By James (I am Lame) Robert Shaw
R.I.P. 1973 – 2016
Users from the Facebook group Marimam founded offered their recollections on hearing of his death:
Stanley Christopher Burns II
Yeah. Aside from setting the tone for what the group should be he’d always have a friendly reply or comment for you, but if he disagreed he wasn’t a d*** about it. The most graceful admin I’ve ever seen in handling disputes or even personal attacks. Kind of a bellwether for how we should all treat each other online.
Blake H. Lindsey
It’s funny how losing someone you have never met (hell, I never even knew what he really looked like), can cause grief. I’ve immensely enjoyed my interactions with him over the last few years, especially his sense of humor in the face of absurdity—laughing at the craziness of it all will always be CPAF
Leonard Smith
What a loss, not only to us but to his friends, family and wider world. Lukas created a community for us to discuss our favourite genre, Cyberpunk, something he was massively passionate about. He brought us together, as a group of like minded individuals, to share our passion and further our knowledge.
What I find amazing is the outpouring of grief from such a wide array of people, from all over the world. Lukas’s wit, charm, passion and knowledge has reached far into cyberspace, touching all our Cyberdecks.
It brought a few tears to my eyes, finding out that this utterly cool guy has been taken from us. God always takes the brightest, best of humanity. Lukas you were the best of us, may you Rest in Peace buddy.
Please pass my condolences to his family.
Desirae Peñaranda
oh no cry emoticon oh this is so sad! this place will never be the same without him. ive been missing his presence here and now its to be forever like that. heavy heart today. RIP.
His spirit shall live on in here.
He was so kind and had a good soul.
Teresa Lynn Johnson
Can’t believe this. I joined this group when he started it (10-15 people at the time). He created this group because the main Cyberpunk group admins (who were idiots) kicked him out and blocked him from re-joining because they thought he was posting too much. I miss the earlier posters when this group started and he was always a fixture. RIP Lukas…the Net is vast and infinite..enjoy the journey.
Kelly Fishbeck
I’ve also been in this group since the very beginning, and I just adored Lukas. We had the most interesting conversations, and I was so delighted to discuss cultural differences ( and similarities!) as we lived halfway around the world from each other. The internet is so beautiful that we can bond with people so far away, that we have so much in common with despite the fact that we would never have met in real life.
I am just so heartbroken to hear this…I knew about being in the hospital but I was eagerly awaiting his return. He made such an impression and was the most interesting person inside – I’m so glad that I got to meet him and spend a bit of time getting to know each other while he was here. Dammit this breaks my heart. Godspeed, Lukas…. And best of luck in the next part of your journey, wherever that is.
Bryan Magyar
I became a member of the group somewhat a year ago. Through some Cyberpunk post we had some pleasant interactions via comments. Not long ago I sent him a friend request and he accepted, I was looking forward to getting to know him. This is a real bummer, I didn’t really know him, but I feel I missed out on getting to know one really cool dude. Rest in Peace Lukas.
Source(s): Cyberpunk Science Fiction and Culture Facebook group.
