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Damon Knight

Damon Knight was born in Baker City, Oregon. He graduated from the WPA Art Center in Salem, Oregon, then moved to New York City. His first story, "Resilience", was published in 1941. In 1943 he went into publishing, first with Popular Publications, then editing Beyond in 1950-51 and If in 1959-60. He became a science fiction critic in 1945, but gave that up in 1954. In 1956 he co-founded the Milford Science Fiction Writers' Conference. Also in 1956, he received the Hugo Award for science fiction criticism. In 1965, he founded and became the first president of the Science Fiction Writers of America. He published his last book, Will the Real Hieronymus Bosch Please Stand Up? on the internet in 2000. He lived in Eugene, Oregon, United States, with his wife Kate Wilhelm, also a science fiction writer.

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American science fiction writer, editor and critic (1922–2002)

Born 19 September 1922
Died 15 April 2002

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    First published in 1970 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1973 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1971 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1985 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Futurians: the story of the science fiction "family" of the 30's that produced today's top SF writers and editors
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    First published in 1977 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The golden road: great tales of fantasy and the supernatural.
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  • Cover of: Happy Endings: 15 stories by the masters of the macabre
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  • Cover of: Humpty Dumpty: an oval
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    First published in 1996 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Late Knight edition

    First published in 1985 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Le pavé de l'enfer

    First published in 1979 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1969 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: One side laughing: stories unlike other stories
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    First published in 1991 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Perchance to dream.

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  • Cover of: A reasonable world
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  • Cover of: Three novels: Rule golden, Natural state, [and] The dying man
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    First published in 1967 — 1 edition
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American science fiction writer, editor and critic (1922–2002)

Born 19 September 1922
Died 15 April 2002

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Science fiction, American Science fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, Science fiction, American, Fiction, English Short stories, Fiction, general, Short stories, Children's fiction, Fantasy fiction, Fiction, short stories (single author), History and criticism, English Science fiction, American Fantasy fiction, American fiction, American literature, Authorship, Fiction, fantasy, general, Science fiction, history and criticism, Short stories, English, American Fantastic fiction, American fiction, history and criticism, 20th century, Anthologie, Anthologies, Biography

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United States, Jamaica, New York, Paris

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Charles Fort (1874-1932), Brian Wilson Aldiss (1925-), Carlos, Eugene Foster, Mrs Foster

Time

20th century, alternate realities, space, the future

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  • Damon Francis Knight

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