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Damon Knight

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born

September 19, 1922 in Baker, Oregon, The United States

died

April 15, 2002

gender

male

genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Damon Francis Knight was an American science fiction author, editor, and critic.
Knight's first professional sale was a cartoon drawing to a science-fiction magazine, Amazing Stories. His first story, "Resilience", was published in 1941. He is best known as the author of "To Serve Man", which was adapted for The Twilight Zone. He was a recipient of the Hugo Award, founder of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), cofounder of the National Fantasy Fan Federation, cofounder of the Milford Writer's Workshop, and cofounder of the Clarion Writers Workshop. Knight lived in Eugene, Oregon, with his wife Kate Wilhelm.

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Books by Damon Knight

Average rating: 3.98 · 6,849 ratings · 332 reviews · 176 distinct works

	Creating Short Fiction: The Classic Guide to Writing Short Fiction 4.12 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 1981 — 3 editions	My rating:
	A for Anything 3.17 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 1959 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Why Do Birds 3.29 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Man In The Tree 3.55 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1984 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Best of Damon Knight 3.75 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1976 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Nebula Awards Stories by Damon Knight (Editor), Larry Niven, Brian Aldiss 3.73 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1966 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The World and Thorinn 3.28 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1980 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Humpty Dumpty: An Oval 2.90 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Beyond the Barrier 3.21 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1963 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Futurians 3.53 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1977	My rating:

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CV (3 books)
by Damon Knight

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Quotes by Damon Knight

“There are more riddles in a stone than in a philosopher's head - Kanamit's proverb.”
― Damon Knight, Far Out

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“...There is no such thing as a story. The words on paper are only instructions used by each reader to create a story. The story itself exists in the reader's mind and nowhere else. And it is different for each reader, because no two people have the same experience, background, training, interests, and so on.”
― Damon Knight, Creating Short Fiction: The Classic Guide to Writing Short Fiction