Damon Knight

Explains effective use of structure and pacing, and offers advice for creating realistic dialogue, plot, and characters

The Classic Guide to Writing Short Fiction

Creating Short Fiction

It is the early 21st century, and Ed Stone says he's been in suspended animation since the 1930s--put there by aliens who have sent him on a mission: convince the nations of the world to build a massive vault, in which humanity's billions will lie in suspension and survive the Earth's impending destruction. And, the strangest thing of all is everybody believes him.

Why Do Birds

In the 21st century, Ed Stone says he's been in suspended animation since the 1930s--put there by aliens who have sent him on a mission: convince the nations of the world to build a massive vault, and put all the billions of humanity into suspended animation to survive the Earth's impending destruction. Strangest of all: Everybody believes him.

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A novel that explores the power of persuasion features the deceitful acts of Ed Stone, who convinces entire nations that he has been chosen to preserve humanity in a massive vault suspended in space.

When researchers accidentally release an alien lifeform, McNulty's Symbiont, into the world, the alien alters thousands of adults who produce Symbiont children, beings who punish violence with instant death but who offer heightened consciousness to thosew

A Reasonable World

Orbit 12

A l'état de nature

Offers tips on choosing characters, locations, viewpoint, and style, developing an idea into a story, creating realisitic dialogue, and overcoming the technical problems of writing fiction

Culled from the most imaginative and provocative minds of the pas thirty years, these pieces demonstrate the vitality and diversity, the excitement and commitment of the writers who helped make science fiction what it is today.

Essays on the Art of Science Fiction

Turning Points

An Oval

Humpty Dumpty

This expanded Third Edition is 150,000 words, up from 120,000 in the 1967 Second Edition, and double the length of the 1956 First Edition (and that's not even counting 33 pages of bibliography and index). Damon Knight effectively invented science fiction criticism. His reviews were not mere statements of his personal preferences--his skillful essays analyzed the books and told why they were good or bad, to the edification of readers, the delight of good writers, and the embarrassment of bad ones. In this unique critical study of science fiction, Mr. Knight works on the principle that science fiction is a form of literature which needs no apologies and no special dispensations: it can and should be judged by the same high standards that apply to all literature. His incisive and knowing criticism covers the field brilliantly, from "Classics" to "Chuckleheads." This new edition adds a chapter of autobiography, articles on writing and teaching science fiction, and other fascinating essays. Even ifyou already have the first or second editions, you should consider getting this edition simply for the new material, which includes: Chapter 1: Myself When Young autobiographical ; Chap: 13: The Excluded Data about Carles Fort ; Chap. 29: Milford and Clarion; Chap. 30: Science and the World; Chap. 31: What Is Science Fiction, Anyway?; Chap. 32: Writing Science Fiction; a major expansion of Chapter 5, discussing John W. Campbell, Jr.; and other additions and emendations.

Essays on Modern Science Fiction

In Search of Wonder

Alien Ghetto. The men of Earth were spread thin across the galaxy - and little welcome where they did appear. They lived on sufferance, disliked by their hosts and intent on spreading hatred to the stars! Unable to live in peace in their own worlds, they would sow their seeds of discontent among the peoples of the galaxy, as all the hatreds of mankind simmered under alien rule. But revolution against Earth's alien hosts would mean - for all mean - the end of the stars!

World without Children and The Earth Quarter

Republishing all of SFWA Grandmaster Damon Knight's books, in conjunction with the author's estate - see all of Damon Knight's books from ReAnimus Press! Anti-social behavior is "cured"? by giving everyone an "analogue", a mental imprint of an authority figure that intervenes whenever violent or otherwise harmful acts are contemplated. What could be more perfect? Twenty-first century civilization has no war, no anxiety, no poverty. Why? Because you have a remote-control, computer conscience, keeping you on the straight and narrow. There's one small catch, of course: you have no choice. You are a prisoner of mental manipulation. Young Arthur Bass is an Immune, one of the few who has escaped this stifling control. But when his "subversive" nature is discovered, he must flee or be annihilated. As an underground wanderer and explorer, he meets brilliant and beautiful Annie Silvers. Together, they become rebels determined to rescue human beings from the robot state. But being a rebel is the most dangerous profession of all. "One of the most perceptive, fascinating, and delightfully horrible Utopias I've ever read." -Robert A. W. Lowndes "There's a voice in your brain...but its not yours! Nerve-shattering...a chase sequence on a par with the best of Hitchcock" -The New York Times

Hell's Pavement

Ray Bradbury

Poul Anderson

Leigh Brackett

Frederik Pohl

Clifford D. Simak

Jerome Bixby

Gardner F. Fox

Good Press presents to you this meticulously edited and formatted collection of space adventures, alien contacts and intergalactic wars stories written by some of the greatest masters of the Sci-Fi genre: Ray Bradbury: Jonah of the Jove-Run Zero Hour Rocket Summer Lorelei of the Red Mist The Creatures That Time Forgot Asleep in Armageddon Defense Mech Lazarus Come Forth Morgue Ship The Monster Maker A Little Journey Leigh Brackett: Black Amazon of Mars Child of the Sun Citadel of Lost Ships Enchantress of Venus Last Call From Sector 9G Outpost on Io Queen of the Martian Catacombs Shannach Terror Out of Space The Beast-Jewel of Mars The Blue Behemoth The Dragon-Queen of Jupiter The Jewel of Bas The Stellar Legion The Vanishing Venusians Thralls of the Endless Night Poul Anderson: Captive of the Centaurianess Lord of a Thousand Sun Out of the Iron Womb Sargasso of Lost Starships Star Ship Swordsman of Lost Terra The Virgin of Valkarion Tiger by the Tail Witch of the Demon Seas Jerome Bixby: Cargo to Callisto Tubemonkey The Crowded Colony Vengeance on Mars Clifford D. Simak: Message From Mars Mr. Meek Plays Polo Mr. Meek—Musketeer The Shipshape Miracle Damon Knight The Star Beast Doorway to Kal-Jmar The Third Little Green Man The Avenger Frederik Pohl: Asteroid of the Damned Conspiracy on Callisto Double-Cross Let the Ants Try Gardner F. Fox: When Kohonnes Screamed The Warlock of Sharrador Werwile of the Crystal Crypt Sword of the Seven Suns Vassals of the Lode-Star Engines of the Gods by Gardner Tonight the Stars Revolt! The Last Monster Man nth The Man the Sun-Gods Made

Sci-Fi Classics: Illustrated Anthology

Intergalactic Stories: 60+ SF Classics in One Edition (Illustrated)

A voice in your brain warning you away from that one drink too many, or the crime of violence, guiding your every move from birth to death - that's the Analogue Machine, a terrifying and ingenious psychological device for compelling conformity. Analogue Men is an exploration of man and society written with dazzling ingenuity and plausibility.

If you discovered a fantastic power like this, you'd use it benevolently, for the good of the entire human race—wouldn't you? Sure you would! A comedy by the author of "To Serve Man," this classic story features thinly disguised science fiction writers as characters.

A Likely Story

A Likely Story, has been acknowledged as a major work throughout human history, and we have taken precautions to assure its preservation by republishing this book in a modern manner for both present and future generations. This book has been completely retyped, revised, and reformatted. The text is readable and clear because these books are not created from scanned copies.

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