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Creating Short Fiction

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The classic guide to writing short fiction -- Revised & Expanded 3rd ed."What Knight doesn't know about writing the short story cannot be put into expository prose anyway."--Algis Budrys"Damon Knight is one of the preeminent teachers of writing in this country. Creating Short Fiction should be considered essential for all beginning writers... not to mention a few others, who've forgotten the ... Read more

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The classic guide to writing short fiction -- Revised & Expanded 3rd ed."What Knight doesn't know about writing the short story cannot be put into expository prose anyway."--Algis Budrys"Damon Knight is one of the preeminent teachers of writing in this country. Creating Short Fiction should be considered essential for all beginning writers... not to mention a few others, who've forgotten the
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In Search of Wonder

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A classic must-have for all readers and writers of science fiction!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 ... Read more

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A classic must-have for all readers and writers of science fiction!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
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Better Than One

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In their only book collaboration, two of science fictions most beloved, award-winning, married writers tackle the same science fiction story premise to get two incredibly different results, and reminisce about the writing process and their lives together. Plus, poetry! ... Read more

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In their only book collaboration, two of science fictions most beloved, award-winning, married writers tackle the same science fiction story premise to get two incredibly different results, and reminisce about the writing process and their lives together. Plus, poetry!
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The Damon Knight Science Fiction MEGAPACK®

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The Damon Knight Science Fiction MEGAPACK® showcases the early pulp magazine work of Damon Knight, one of the most acclaimed and influential voices in the science fiction field from the 1950s onward. Here are 10 classic tales of aliens, interplanetary adventure, exploration, and more as only a Grand Master could write them. Included are:“Doorway To Kal-jmar”“A Likely Story”“The Earth Quarter” ... Read more

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The Damon Knight Science Fiction MEGAPACK® showcases the early pulp magazine work of Damon Knight, one of the most acclaimed and influential voices in the science fiction field from the 1950s onward. Here are 10 classic tales of aliens, interplanetary adventure, exploration, and more as only a Grand Master could write them. Included are:“Doorway To Kal-jmar”“A Likely Story”“The Earth Quarter”
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Faking Out the Reader and It All Begins with Characters

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Bonus! Two chapbooks on writing from the master.Faking Out the Reader focuses on using "head fakes" in writing for delightful results.It All Begins with Characters is a brief masterclass on how to create the best characters.Both of these were originally published in Pulphouse Publishing's "Writer's Chapbook Series" (#27 and #37, respectively). Both of Damon's contributions to the series are ... Read more

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Bonus! Two chapbooks on writing from the master.Faking Out the Reader focuses on using "head fakes" in writing for delightful results.It All Begins with Characters is a brief masterclass on how to create the best characters.Both of these were originally published in Pulphouse Publishing's "Writer's Chapbook Series" (#27 and #37, respectively). Both of Damon's contributions to the series are
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Charles Fort: Prophet of the Unexplained

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*With an introduction by R. Buckminster Fuller.*Charles Fort devoted his life to attacking one of the modern world's most sacred cows: traditional science, with all its authority and all its presuppositions. His method was simple: he collected and published reliable accounts of events that science cannot explain--colored rains, living things such as frogs falling to earth, unknown objects in space ... Read more

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*With an introduction by R. Buckminster Fuller.*Charles Fort devoted his life to attacking one of the modern world's most sacred cows: traditional science, with all its authority and all its presuppositions. His method was simple: he collected and published reliable accounts of events that science cannot explain--colored rains, living things such as frogs falling to earth, unknown objects in space
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Mind Switch

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A zoo acquires a new specimen: "Fritz", a biped from "Brecht's planet." Fritz is intelligent, and his keepers treat him with a mix of courtesy and disdain; he is kept in a display with another (presumably female) biped and the two are required to work for a living, transcribing tapes made by explorers to their planet. One day, Martin Naumchik, a human male, is visiting the zoo when his personality ... Read more

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A zoo acquires a new specimen: "Fritz", a biped from "Brecht's planet." Fritz is intelligent, and his keepers treat him with a mix of courtesy and disdain; he is kept in a display with another (presumably female) biped and the two are required to work for a living, transcribing tapes made by explorers to their planet. One day, Martin Naumchik, a human male, is visiting the zoo when his personality
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Rule Golden and Other Stories

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Another excellent collection of SFWA Grandmaster Damon Knight's always-excellent stories--five novellas in this case, generally circling around "the great unsolved problem of politics: how to keep the bastards from grinding you down."Rule Golden--what if the Golden Rule were enforced in reverse by some force--the bad things you do to others are done to you?Natural State--are cities doomed by ... Read more

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Another excellent collection of SFWA Grandmaster Damon Knight's always-excellent stories--five novellas in this case, generally circling around "the great unsolved problem of politics: how to keep the bastards from grinding you down."Rule Golden--what if the Golden Rule were enforced in reverse by some force--the bad things you do to others are done to you?Natural State--are cities doomed by
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The Beachcomber

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Vernon Maxwell, a wealthy scriptwriter, is used to indulging his glamorous companion Alice, but her appetite for novelty pushes their flirtation beyond ordinary luxury. When she suggests they skip another European city for another planet, he agrees—and their weekend becomes a gleeful leap into a future where travel can satisfy even the most extravagant boredom. On a spectacular alien world of vast ... Read more

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Vernon Maxwell, a wealthy scriptwriter, is used to indulging his glamorous companion Alice, but her appetite for novelty pushes their flirtation beyond ordinary luxury. When she suggests they skip another European city for another planet, he agrees—and their weekend becomes a gleeful leap into a future where travel can satisfy even the most extravagant boredom. On a spectacular alien world of vast
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The Earth Quarter

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In Damon Knight's The Earth Quarter, Earth refugees survive in a cramped alien enclave where peace is enforced but never secure. From his garret above the Quarter, aging exile Laszlo Cudyk watches a world of resentment, compromise, and fear, while a new crisis stirs the brittle balance between submission and resistance. When young agitator James Harkway of the Minority People's League arrives, his ... Read more

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In Damon Knight's The Earth Quarter, Earth refugees survive in a cramped alien enclave where peace is enforced but never secure. From his garret above the Quarter, aging exile Laszlo Cudyk watches a world of resentment, compromise, and fear, while a new crisis stirs the brittle balance between submission and resistance. When young agitator James Harkway of the Minority People's League arrives, his
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A Likely Story

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On a strangely mild December night in New York, a science fiction club's Christmas party begins in high spirits and quickly turns uncanny. The Medusa Club's usual booze, banter, and insider chaos give way to tiny violations of reality: a camera with no film keeps flashing, clothing fails at the seams, guests stumble and crash, and the weather seems impossibly wrong. Beneath the laughter, the ... Read more

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On a strangely mild December night in New York, a science fiction club's Christmas party begins in high spirits and quickly turns uncanny. The Medusa Club's usual booze, banter, and insider chaos give way to tiny violations of reality: a camera with no film keeps flashing, clothing fails at the seams, guests stumble and crash, and the weather seems impossibly wrong. Beneath the laughter, the
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Three Novels

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An excellent collection of SFWA Grandmaster Damon Knight's always-excellent stories--three short novels in this case:Rule Golden--what if the Golden Rule were enforced in reverse by some force--the bad things you do to others are done to you?Natural State--are cities doomed by genetic engineering?The Dying Man--what would it be like to be immortal... then suddenly find out you'd become mortal? ... Read more

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An excellent collection of SFWA Grandmaster Damon Knight's always-excellent stories--three short novels in this case:Rule Golden--what if the Golden Rule were enforced in reverse by some force--the bad things you do to others are done to you?Natural State--are cities doomed by genetic engineering?The Dying Man--what would it be like to be immortal... then suddenly find out you'd become mortal?
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