![]() ![]() But his work stood out for its sharp wit. ![]() Knight played with the standard themes of science fiction: aliens, apocalyptic wars, robots and space. Knight's memoir of the group, "The Futurians," was published in 1977. Wollheim and Frederick Pohl, who went on to be some of the most influential writers and editors in the field. Their ranks included Isaac Asimov, Donald A. ![]() ![]() Born in Baker, Ore., he moved to New York in the early 1940s and joined a group of budding writers called the Futurians. Knight was part of the first wave of literary-minded science fiction writers. Damon Knight, a prolific science fiction writer and editor whose wry humor found its biggest audience in "To Serve Man," a short story that was adapted into a beloved episode of "The Twilight Zone," died on Monday at a hospital in Eugene, his family said. Knight, who had been in poor health in recent years, died at a Eugene hospital of age-related causes, a family spokesman said Tuesday. Facebook Twitter Email Damon Knight, in this undated photo, a prolific science fiction writer and editor who helped transform pulp science fiction into a respectable genre, died Monday, Apin Eugene, Ore. ![]()
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