Book description
Take a step forward and fall suddenly into a creeping blob of
protoplasm, then discover that your three companions have fallen with
you and your bodies have been digested by the 'thing'. Watch a man
searching on a beach, and feel your blood run cold when he tells you
what he is searching for. A doorway that will take you anywhere, except
back to earth. 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.
