Damon Knight
(Damon Francis Knight)
(1922 - 2002)Husband of Kate Wilhelm
Knight's first professional sale was a cartoon drawing to a science-fiction magazine. His first story, "Resilience", was published in 1941.
Novels
Hell's Pavement (1955)
aka The Analogue Men
A for Anything (1959)
Masters of Evolution (1959)
The People Maker (1959)
The Sun Saboteurs (1961)
Beyond the Barrier (1964)
Mind Switch (1965)
aka The Other Foot
Off Centre (1965)
The Rithian Terror (1965)
The Earth Quarter (1970)
World without Children (1970)
The World and Thorinn (1980)
The Man in the Tree (1984)
Double Meaning (1991)
God's Nose (1991)
Why Do Birds (1992)
Humpty Dumpty (1996)
aka The Analogue Men
A for Anything (1959)
Masters of Evolution (1959)
The People Maker (1959)
The Sun Saboteurs (1961)
Beyond the Barrier (1964)
Mind Switch (1965)
aka The Other Foot
Off Centre (1965)
The Rithian Terror (1965)
The Earth Quarter (1970)
World without Children (1970)
The World and Thorinn (1980)
The Man in the Tree (1984)
Double Meaning (1991)
God's Nose (1991)
Why Do Birds (1992)
Humpty Dumpty (1996)
Omnibus
Two Novels (1974)
Rule Golden and Double Meaning (1991)
Earth Quarter / Envoy to New Worlds (2011) (with Keith Laumer)
Web of the Worlds / Rule Golden (2012) (with Harry Harrison and Katherine MacLean)
Far Out, In Deep, Off Centre, Turning On (2014)
Rule Golden and Double Meaning (1991)
Earth Quarter / Envoy to New Worlds (2011) (with Keith Laumer)
Web of the Worlds / Rule Golden (2012) (with Harry Harrison and Katherine MacLean)
Far Out, In Deep, Off Centre, Turning On (2014)
Collections
Far Out (1961)
In Deep (1963)
Turning On (1966)
Natural State (1975)
The Best of Damon Knight (1976)
Damon Knight Short Stories, Vol. 1 (1979)
Rule Golden (1979)
Better than One (1980) (with Kate Wilhelm)
Late Knight Edition (1985)
One Side Laughing (1991)
The Star Beast (2010)
Feast of Demons (2010) (with William Morrison)
In Deep (1963)
Turning On (1966)
Natural State (1975)
The Best of Damon Knight (1976)
Damon Knight Short Stories, Vol. 1 (1979)
Rule Golden (1979)
Better than One (1980) (with Kate Wilhelm)
Late Knight Edition (1985)
One Side Laughing (1991)
The Star Beast (2010)
Feast of Demons (2010) (with William Morrison)
Novellas
Series contributed to
Anthologies edited
A Century of Science Fiction (1963)
First Flight (1963)
A Century of Great Short Science Fiction Novels (1964)
Tomorrow X 4 (1964)
13 French Science Fiction Stories (1965)
Beyond Tomorrow (1965)
The Dark Side (1965)
Cities of Wonder (1966)
Orbit 1 (1966)
Orbit 2 (1967)
Science Fiction Inventions (1967)
The Shape of Things (1967)
Worlds to Come (1967)
The Metal Smile (1968)
One Hundred Years of Science Fiction (1968)
Orbit 3 (1968)
Orbit 4 (1968)
Towards Infinity (1968)
Orbit 5 (1969)
Dimension X (1970)
Orbit 6 (1970)
Orbit 7 (1970)
Orbit 8 (1970)
Orbit 11 (1972)
Orbit 9 (1972)
A Science Fiction Argosy (1972)
A Pocketful of Stars (1972)
Orbit 10 (1972)
Perchance to Dream (1973)
Tomorrow and Tomorrow (1973)
The Golden Road (1974)
Orbit 12 (1974)
Orbit 14 (1974)
Elsewhere X 3 (1974)
Happy Endings (1974)
Orbit 15 (1974)
A Shocking Thing (1974)
Orbit 13 (1974)
Orbit 16 (1975)
Orbit 17 (1975)
Science Fiction of the Thirties (1975)
Orbit 18 (1976)
Best from Orbit One to Ten (1976)
Orbit 19 (1977)
First Contact (1978)
Science Fiction of the 40s (1978) (with Frederik Pohl)
Western Classics from the Great Pulps (1978)
Orbit 20 (1978)
Orbit 21 (1980)
First Voyages (1981) (with Martin H Greenberg and Joseph Olander)
The Clarion Awards (1984)
Westerns of the 40's (1998)
First Flight (1963)
A Century of Great Short Science Fiction Novels (1964)
Tomorrow X 4 (1964)
13 French Science Fiction Stories (1965)
Beyond Tomorrow (1965)
The Dark Side (1965)
Cities of Wonder (1966)
Orbit 1 (1966)
Orbit 2 (1967)
Science Fiction Inventions (1967)
The Shape of Things (1967)
Worlds to Come (1967)
The Metal Smile (1968)
One Hundred Years of Science Fiction (1968)
Orbit 3 (1968)
Orbit 4 (1968)
Towards Infinity (1968)
Orbit 5 (1969)
Dimension X (1970)
Orbit 6 (1970)
Orbit 7 (1970)
Orbit 8 (1970)
Orbit 11 (1972)
Orbit 9 (1972)
A Science Fiction Argosy (1972)
A Pocketful of Stars (1972)
Orbit 10 (1972)
Perchance to Dream (1973)
Tomorrow and Tomorrow (1973)
The Golden Road (1974)
Orbit 12 (1974)
Orbit 14 (1974)
Elsewhere X 3 (1974)
Happy Endings (1974)
Orbit 15 (1974)
A Shocking Thing (1974)
Orbit 13 (1974)
Orbit 16 (1975)
Orbit 17 (1975)
Science Fiction of the Thirties (1975)
Orbit 18 (1976)
Best from Orbit One to Ten (1976)
Orbit 19 (1977)
First Contact (1978)
Science Fiction of the 40s (1978) (with Frederik Pohl)
Western Classics from the Great Pulps (1978)
Orbit 20 (1978)
Orbit 21 (1980)
First Voyages (1981) (with Martin H Greenberg and Joseph Olander)
The Clarion Awards (1984)
Westerns of the 40's (1998)
Non fiction
Charles Fort (1971)
The Futurians (1977)
Turning Points (1977)
Creating Short Fiction (1982)
In Search of Wonder (1996)
The Futurians (1977)
Turning Points (1977)
Creating Short Fiction (1982)
In Search of Wonder (1996)
Anthologies containing stories by Damon Knight
Things (1951)
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 5th Series (1956)
Best SF 3 (1958)
Three from Out There (1959)
13 Great Stories of Science Fiction (1960)
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales (1963)
Spectrum 4 (1965)
An ABC of Science Fiction (1966)
Science Fiction for People Who Hate Science Fiction (1966)
Tomorrow's Children (1966)
Dangerous Visions 2 (1967)
Science Fiction Horizons No. 1 (1968)
The Others (1969)
Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder (1969)
The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1973)
Modern Science Fiction (1974)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 6 (1977)
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories (1978)
The End of Summer (1979)
Science Fiction of the Fifties (1979)
Aliens! (1980)
The Golden Age of Science Fiction (1981)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 11 (1982)
The Second Omni Book of Science Fiction (1984)
100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories (1984)
Universe 14 (1984)
Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century (1987)
Masters of Darkness 2 (1988)
The Norton Book of Science Fiction (1993)
Christmas Forever (1993)
Invaders! (1993)
Bruce Coville's Book of Aliens (1995)
Nebula Awards 30 (1996)
Modern Classics of Fantasy (1997)
Timegates (1997)
Year's Best SF 2 (1997)
The Playboy Book of Science Fiction (1998)
Immortals (1998)
The Young Oxford Book of Aliens (1998)
Technohorror (1999)
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 5th Series (1956)
Best SF 3 (1958)
Three from Out There (1959)
13 Great Stories of Science Fiction (1960)
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales (1963)
Spectrum 4 (1965)
An ABC of Science Fiction (1966)
Science Fiction for People Who Hate Science Fiction (1966)
Tomorrow's Children (1966)
Dangerous Visions 2 (1967)
Science Fiction Horizons No. 1 (1968)
The Others (1969)
Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder (1969)
The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1973)
Modern Science Fiction (1974)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 6 (1977)
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories (1978)
The End of Summer (1979)
Science Fiction of the Fifties (1979)
Aliens! (1980)
The Golden Age of Science Fiction (1981)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 11 (1982)
The Second Omni Book of Science Fiction (1984)
100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories (1984)
Universe 14 (1984)
Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century (1987)
Masters of Darkness 2 (1988)
The Norton Book of Science Fiction (1993)
Christmas Forever (1993)
Invaders! (1993)
Bruce Coville's Book of Aliens (1995)
Nebula Awards 30 (1996)
Modern Classics of Fantasy (1997)
Timegates (1997)
Year's Best SF 2 (1997)
The Playboy Book of Science Fiction (1998)
Immortals (1998)
The Young Oxford Book of Aliens (1998)
Technohorror (1999)
Short stories
| Double Meaning [short story] | |||
| In the Beginning | |||
| Not with a Bang (1949) | |||
| To Serve Man (1950) | |||
| Ask Me Anything (1951) | |||
| Cabin Boy (1951) | |||
| The Analogues (1952) | |||
| Beachcomber (1952) | |||
| Ticket to Anywhere (1952) | |||
| Anachron (1953) | |||
| Babel II (1953) | |||
| Four in One (1953) | |||
| Special Delivery (1953) | |||
| Rule Golden [short story] (1954) | |||
| The Country of the Kind (1955) | |||
| You're Another (1955) | |||
| Extempore (1956) | |||
| The Last Word (1956) | |||
| Stranger Station (1956) | |||
| The Dying Man (1957) | |||
| The Enemy (1957) | |||
| An Eye for a What? (1957) | |||
| Be My Guest (1958) | |||
| Eripmav (1958) | |||
| Idiot Stick (1958) | |||
| Thing of Beauty (1958) | |||
| The Handler (1960) | |||
| Time Enough (1960) | |||
| The Big Pat Boom (1963) | |||
| God's Nose [short story] (1964) | |||
| Maid to Measure (1964) | |||
| Shall the Dust Praise Thee? (1967) | |||
| Masks (1968) | Hugo (nominee) Nebula Awards (nominee) | ||
| I See You (1976) | Hugo (nominee) | ||
| Forever (1981) | |||
| O (1983) | |||
| Strangers on Paradise (1986) | |||
| Not a Creature (1993) | |||
| Fortyday (1994) | |||
| Life Edit (1996) |
Awards
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Damon Knight recommends
The Book of Ptath (1947) A E van Vogt "Van Vogt's work has a raw power that has never been equalled in science fiction." | The Blue Star (1952) Fletcher Pratt "A magnificent job of writing... a gem-perfect example of a branch of pure fantasy so rare nowadays." | Conjure Wife (1953) Fritz Leiber "Easily the most frightening (and necessarily) the most thoroughly convincing of all modern horror stories...Leiber has never written anything better." | |
The End of Eternity (1955) Isaac Asimov "Monumentally good ideas...fascinating." | Dangerous Visions 1 (1967) Harlan Ellison "Gigantic, exuberant, startling, vital, meaningful." | Dreamsnake (1978) Vonda N McIntyre "One of the best and brightest of the new science fiction writers." | |
Systemic Shock (1981) (Quantrill, book 1) Dean Ing "Terrifyingly plausible." | Meet Me in the Moon Room (2001) Ray Vukcevich "What other writer could make you start laughing halfway down the first page of a story about a man putting on a sweater? Thurber maybe, a long time ago. Buy this book." |
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