Damon Knight
Damon Knight, founder of the Science Fiction Writers Association of America, helped give the Golden Age of Science Fiction its tinge.
In 1941, he hitchhiked
from Oregon to New York and became a part of a group known as the Futurians-a
group that included Frederik
Pohl, Isaac
Asimov, C.M. Kornbluth, and Donald Wollheim.
It was a group that would later make cameo appearances in his short fiction,
the most famous of which was To Serve Man.
Born in 1922, Knight was also known for his work as an editor, producing a series of original anthologies from 1966 to 1980. These anthologies are credited for launching the careers of such writers as R.A. Lafferty, Gene Wolfe, Kate Wilhelm and Gardner Dozois. He married science fiction, mystery, and fantasy author Kate Wilhelm and the two of them frequently taught at writer conventions.
Knight was a leader in the field of science fiction criticism, demanding that it be held to the same standards as mainstream literature. His own work was recognized by a Hugo and a Pilgrim Award. The Grand Master Award for Science Fiction Writers was renamed in his honor when it was bestowed on him in 1994.
Damon Knight died in 2002 at the age of 69.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Fiction: |
World Without Children |
The Mirror |
The World and Thorinn |
Hell’s Pavement |
The Man in the Tree |
VOR (with James Blish) |
Double Meaning |
A for Anything |
God’s Nose |
Masters of Evolution |
Why Do Birds |
The People Maker |
Humpty Dumpty: An Oval |
The Sun Saboteurs |
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Beyond the Barrier |
Non-fiction: |
Mind Switch |
Charles Fort |
Off Centre |
Turning Points |
The Rithian Terror |
Creating Short Fiction |
The Earth Quarter |
In Search of Wonder |
