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His first story was published in 1941. He was a recipient of the Hugo Award, founder of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), cofounder of the Milford Writers' Conference , and cofounder of the Clarion Writers Workshop. Knight lived in Eugene, Oregon; with his wife Kate Wilhelm.

At that time of his first story, he was living in New YorkNew York is a state in the northeastern United States whose U. postal abbreviation is NY . It is sometimes called New York State when there is need to distinguish it from New York City. History See: History of New York New York was one of the thirteen col, and was a member of the FuturiansThe Futurians were an influential group of science fiction fans, editors and writers. They were a major force in the development of science fiction writing and science fiction fandom in the years 1937- 1945. The Futurians were based in New York. As descri. One of his short stories describes paranormal disruption of a science fiction fan group, and contains cameo appearances of various Futurians.

The SFWA's Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award for lifetime achievement was renamed in his honor. Formerly known as the Grand Master Award, Knight received that honor in 19941994 is a common year starting on Saturday, and was designated the International year of the Family''. Events January events January 1 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect January 6 Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the right leg by an.

Writings of Damon Knight (partial list)

Novels:

• Hell's Pavement (1955)
• VOR (with James BlishJames Blish ( East Orange, New Jersey, May 23, 1921 Henley-on-Thames, July 29, 1975) was an American author of fantasy and science fiction. Blish also wrote criticism of science fiction using the pen-name William Atheling Jr. Blish trained as a biologist) (1958)
• Masters of Evolution (1959)
• The People Maker (1959)
• The Sun Saboteurs (1961)
• Beyond the Barrier (1964)
• Mind Switch (1965)
• 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: An Oval (1996)

Short Stories and other writings:

• Not with a Bang (1949)
• To Serve Man (1950)
• The Country of the Kind (1955)
• The Futurians
• In Search of Wonder
• Turning Points
• Orbit (editor)

External links:

• SFWA Obituary for Damon Knight
• Fantastic Fiction's entry for Damon Knight

To the general public, he is best known as the author of To Serve Man , which was adapted for The Twilight ZoneThe Twilight Zone was a television series created (and often written) by its narrator and host Rod Serling. Each episode was an individual fantasy or science fiction story, often concluding with an eerie or unexpected twist. A popular success, it introduc.

See also: R. A. LaffertyRaphael Aloysius Lafferty ( November 7, 1914 March 18, 2002) was a noted science fiction and fantasy writer. He lived most of his life in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He did not start to write until the 1960s but then produced more than 200 short stories and 21 novel and Gene WolfeGene Wolfe (born May 7, 1931) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He is noted for his dense, allusion-rich prose as well as the strong influence of his Catholic faith, which he adopted in marrying a Catholic. He is a prolific short story wr