Book description
Gene Anderson was born in Oregon, in the twilight post-war years, into
the most ordinary circumstances imaginable. Gene is endowed with powers.
He can look into the other worlds that are all around him. He can make
things happen. He can hurt and he can heal His life changes dramatically
when another boy is killed in a tragic accident, and Gene runs away. He
is only nine. As he grows to 8'6" tall, his wanderings take him
round the world in search of a remarkable destiny. Damon Knight (1922
- 2002) Damon Francis Knight was born in Oregon in 1922. He is regarded
as one of the most important figures in modern science fiction, having
made significant contributions to the field as an author, editor and
critic. Knight co-founded the Milford Writers' Conference, the
influential Clarion Workshop and the Science Fiction Writers of America,
serving as its first president from 1965-67. Around this time he also
made his reputation as one of the field's foremost anthologists.
Beginning with reprint collections, in 1966 he launched the influential
Orbit series of original anthologies. Starting with Orbit 1, the series
would continue for over a decade, concluding in 1980 with Orbit 21.
Orbit was the longest running and most influential anthology series in
SF up to that point, showcasing such important authors as Gene Wolfe, R.
A. Lafferty and Knight's third wife, Kate Wilhelm. A master of short
fiction, Damon Knight is best known in wider circles as the author of
'To Serve Mankind', which was adapted for The Twilight Zone and later
spoofed in a Hallowe'en episode of The Simpsons. He was granted the
SFWA's Grand Master Award in 1995, and in 2002, SFWA renamed it the
Damon Knight Grand Master Award in his honour. He died in 2002.
