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Better Than One by Damon Knight & Kate Wilhelm (NESFA Press, August 1980, 978-0-9603146-0-7, $3.00, xiv+76pp, hc, co) [edited by D. Christine Benders]     Published for Noreascon II (1980). Details taken from online listing. vii · Introduction (#1) · Damon Knight · in xi · Introduction (#2) · Kate Wilhelm · in 3 · Exorcism · Damon Knight · pm 4 · Epithalamium · Damon Knight · pm 5 · Elegy · Damon Knight · pm 8 · Introduction to “Semper Fi” · Damon Knight · is 11 · Semper Fi · Damon Knight · ss Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction August 1964, as “Satisfaction” 36 · Introduction to “Baby, You Were Great!” · Kate Wilhelm · is 41 · Baby, You Were Great! · Kate Wilhelm · ss Orbit 2 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1967 69 · Alternatives · Kate Wilhelm · pm 71 · Four Seasons · Kate Wilhelm · pm 74 · No One Listens · Kate Wilhelm · pm 76 · The Eagle · Kate Wilhelm · pm

Best Stories from Orbit, Volumes 1-10 ed. Damon Knight (Berkley/Putnam, June 1975, 0-399-11472-6, $7.95, 373pp, hc, an)     Given as The Best from Orbit on the cover. 1 · A Sort of Introduction · Damon Knight · in 3 · The Secret Place · Richard M. McKenna · ss Orbit 1 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1966 17 · The Loolies Are Here · Allison Rice · ss Orbit 1 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1966 24 · The Doctor · Theodore L. Thomas · ss Orbit 2 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1967 31 · Baby, You Were Great! · Kate Wilhelm · ss Orbit 2 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1967 45 · The Hole on the Corner · R. A. Lafferty · ss Orbit 2 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1967 56 · I Gave Her Sack and Sherry [Alyx] · Joanna Russ · nv Orbit 2 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1967 71 · Mother to the World · Richard Wilson · nv Orbit 3 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1968 104 · Don’t Wash the Carats · Philip José Farmer · ss Orbit 3 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1968 109 · The Planners · Kate Wilhelm · ss Orbit 3 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1968 124 · The Changeling · Gene Wolfe · ss Orbit 3 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1968 135 · Passengers · Robert Silverberg · ss Orbit 4 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1968 147 · Shattered Like a Glass Goblin · Harlan Ellison · ss Orbit 4 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1968 156 · The Time Machine · Langdon Jones · nv Orbit 5 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1969 176 · Look, You Think You’ve Got Troubles · Carol Carr · ss Orbit 5 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1969 187 · The Big Flash · Norman Spinrad · nv Orbit 5 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1969 206 · Jim and Mary G · James Sallis · ss Orbit 7 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1970 212 · The End · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss Orbit 6 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1970 221 · Continued on Next Rock · R. A. Lafferty · nv Orbit 7 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1970 242 · The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories · Gene Wolfe · nv Orbit 7 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1970 259 · Horse of Air · Gardner R. Dozois · ss Orbit 8 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1970 273 · One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty · Harlan Ellison · ss Orbit 8 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1970 288 · Rite of Spring · Avram Davidson · ss Orbit 8 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1970 295 · The Bystander · Thom Lee Wharton · ss Orbit 8 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1970 313 · The Encounter · Kate Wilhelm · nv Orbit 8 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1970 334 · Gleepsite · Joanna Russ · ss Orbit 9 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1971 339 · Binaries · James Sallis · ss Orbit 9 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1971 350 · Al · Carol Emshwiller · ss Orbit 10 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1972 363 · Live, from Berchtesgaden · George Alec Effinger · ss Orbit 10 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1972

Beyond Tomorrow ed. Damon Knight (Harper & Row, 1965, LC:65-20251, $4.50, xv+332pp, hc, an) xiii · Introduction · Damon Knight · in 1 · Brightside Crossing · Alan E. Nourse · nv Galaxy Science Fiction January 1956 35 · The Deep Range · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Star Science Fiction Stories No. 3 ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1955 51 · Coventry · Robert A. Heinlein · na Astounding Science-Fiction July 1940 125 · The Mile-Long Spaceship · Kate Wilhelm · ss Astounding Science Fiction April 1957 141 · The Seesaw [Isher] · A. E. van Vogt · ss Astounding Science-Fiction July 1941 173 · Nightfall · Isaac Asimov · nv Astounding Science-Fiction September 1941 229 · The Million-Year Picnic [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Summer 1946 247 · Desertion [City (Websters)] · Clifford D. Simak · ss Astounding Science Fiction November 1944 269 · Twilight [Dying Earth] · Don A. Stuart · nv Astounding Stories November 1934 303 · Happy Ending · Henry Kuttner · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories August 1948 333 · More Good Reading in Science Fiction · [uncredited] · bi

A Century of Great Short Science Fiction Novels ed. Damon Knight (Delacorte Press, 1964, LC:64-11910, $4.95, 379pp, hc, an) 9 · The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · Robert Louis Stevenson · na Longmans, Green, January 5 1886 63 · The Invisible Man · H. G. Wells · n. C. Arthur Pearson, 1897 169 · The Absolute at Large · Karel Čapek · na Macmillan US, 1927; abridged. translated from the Czech (Továrna na absolutno, Polygrafie, 1922). 231 · Gulf · Robert A. Heinlein · na Astounding Science Fiction November 1949 (+1) 295 · E for Effort · T. L. Sherred · nv Astounding Science Fiction May 1947 343 · Hunter, Come Home · Richard M. McKenna · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1963

A Century of Great Short Science Fiction Novels (var. 1) ed. Damon Knight (Mayflower, 1968, 1168-8, 5/-, 314pp, pb, an)     This edition omits “The Invisible Man”. 4 · The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · Robert Louis Stevenson · na Longmans, Green, January 5 1886 69 · The Absolute at Large · Karel Čapek · na Macmillan US, 1927; abridged. translated from the Czech (Továrna na absolutno, Polygrafie, 1922). 143 · Gulf · Robert A. Heinlein · na Astounding Science Fiction November 1949 (+1) 217 · E for Effort · T. L. Sherred · nv Astounding Science Fiction May 1947 271 · Hunter, Come Home · Richard M. McKenna · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1963

A Century of Science Fiction ed. Damon Knight (Simon & Schuster, June 1962, LC:62-12409, $4.95, 352pp, hc, an)     Every story is introduced by the editor, Damon Knight. 9 · Introduction · Damon Knight · in 15 · I. Robots 15 · The Ideal [Van Manderpootz] · Stanley G. Weinbaum · ex Wonder Stories September 1935 17 · Moxon’s Master · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 16 1899, as “A Night at Moxon’s” 26 · Reason [Mike Donovan; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Astounding Science-Fiction April 1941 42 · Who Can Replace a Man? · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Infinity Science Fiction June 1958, as “But Who Can Replace a Man?” 51 · II. Time Travel 51 · The Time Machine [Time Machine] · H. G. Wells · ex Heinemann, 1895 56 · Of Time and Third Avenue · Alfred Bester · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1951 64 · Sail On! Sail On! · Philip José Farmer · ss Startling Stories December 1952 73 · Worlds of the Imperium [Imperium] · Keith Laumer · ex Ace, 1962 74 · The Business, as Usual · Mack Reynolds · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1952 78 · III. Space 80 · What’s It Like Out There? · Edmond Hamilton · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories December 1952 101 · Sky Lift · Robert A. Heinlein · ss Imagination November 1953 115 · The Star [Star of Bethlehem] · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Infinity Science Fiction November 1955 121 · IV. Other Worlds and People 121 · The Crystal Egg · H. G. Wells · ss The New Review #96, May 1897 136 · The Wind People · Marion Zimmer Bradley · ss If February 1959 152 · Unhuman Sacrifice · Katherine MacLean · nv Astounding Science Fiction November 1958 180 · V. Aliens Among Us 180 · What Was It? [Harry Escott] · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1859, uncredited. 192 · The First Days of May · Claude Veillot; translated by Damon Knight · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1961 translated from the French (“Les Premiers Jours de Mai”, Fiction May ’60). 208 · Day of Succession · Theodore L. Thomas · ss Astounding Science Fiction August 1959 215 · Angel’s Egg · Edgar Pangborn · nv Galaxy Science Fiction June 1951 248 · VI. Superman 249 · Another World · J.-H. Rosny-Aîné; translated by Damon Knight · nv translated from the French (“Un autre monde”, La Revue Parisienne, September/October 1895). 273 · Odd John · Olaf Stapledon · ex Methuen, 1935 277 · Call Me Joe · Poul Anderson · nv Astounding Science Fiction April 1957 309 · VII. Marvelous Inventions 309 · From the “London Times” of 1904 · Mark Twain · ss The Century Magazine November 1898 319 · Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea [Captain Nemo] · Jules Verne · ex Sampson Low, 1873 translated from the French (Vingt Mille Lieues Sous Les Mers, Hetzel, 1871). 324 · You Are with It! · Will Stanton · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1961 331 · Cease Fire · Frank Herbert · nv Astounding Science Fiction January 1958 351 · Suggested Reading · [uncredited] · bi

Cities of Wonder ed. Damon Knight (Doubleday, February 1966, LC:66-11767, $4.50, xii+252pp, hc, an, cover by John Rombola) ix · Introduction · Damon Knight · in 1 · Single Combat · Robert Abernathy · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1955 13 · Dumb Waiter · Walter M. Miller, Jr. · nv Astounding Science Fiction April 1952 51 · Jesting Pilot · Henry Kuttner · ss Astounding Science Fiction May 1947, as by Lewis Padgett 67 · “It’s Great to Be Back!” · Robert A. Heinlein · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 26 1947 87 · Billenium · J. G. Ballard · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #112, November 1961 105 · Okie [Cities in Flight] · James Blish · nv Astounding Science Fiction April 1950 149 · The Luckiest Man in Denv · C. M. Kornbluth · ss Galaxy Science Fiction June 1952, as by Simon Eisner 163 · The Machine Stops · E. M. Forster · nv Oxford and Cambridge Review November 1909 195 · The Underprivileged · Brian W. Aldiss · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #130, May 1963 213 · By the Waters of Babylon · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 31 1937, as “The Place of the Gods” 227 · Forgetfulness · Don A. Stuart · nv Astounding Stories June 1937

The Dark Side ed. Damon Knight (Doubleday, 1965, $4.50, 241pp, hc, an) ix · Introduction · Damon Knight · in 1 · The Black Ferris · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales May 1948 13 · They · Robert A. Heinlein · ss Unknown April 1941 36 · Mistake Inside · James Blish · nv Startling Stories March 1948 65 · Trouble with Water · Horace L. Gold · ss Unknown March 1939 96 · c/o Mr. Makepeace · Peter Phillips · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1954 112 · The Golem · Avram Davidson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1955 121 · The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham · H. G. Wells · ss The Idler May 1896 144 · It · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Unknown August 1940 179 · Nellthu · Anthony Boucher · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1955 182 · Casey Agonistes · Richard M. McKenna · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1958 198 · Eye for Iniquity · T. L. Sherred · nv Beyond Fantasy Fiction July 1953 232 · The Man Who Never Grew Young · Fritz Leiber · ss Night’s Black Agents by Fritz Leiber, Jr., Arkham House, 1947

Dimension X ed. Damon Knight (Simon & Schuster, 1970, 671-65129-3, $5.95, 351pp, hc, an) 9 · The Man Who Sold the Moon [D.D. Harriman] · Robert A. Heinlein · na The Man Who Sold the Moon by Robert A. Heinlein, Shasta, 1950 121 · The Marching Morons · C. M. Kornbluth · nv Galaxy Science Fiction April 1951 159 · Fiddler’s Green · Richard M. McKenna · nv Orbit 2 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1967 233 · The Saliva Tree · Brian W. Aldiss · na The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1965 303 · The Ugly Little Boy · Isaac Asimov · nv Galaxy Magazine September 1958, as “Lastborn”

Dimension X (var. 1) ed. Damon Knight (Coronet, June 1974, 0-340-16787-4, 35p, 156pp, pb, an)     Only includes 2 of the 5 stories in the original hardback (Simon & Schuster, 1970); the other three are in Elsewhere x 3. 9 · The Man Who Sold the Moon [D.D. Harriman] · Robert A. Heinlein · na The Man Who Sold the Moon by Robert A. Heinlein, Shasta, 1950 121 · The Marching Morons · C. M. Kornbluth · nv Galaxy Science Fiction April 1951

Elsewhere x 3 ed. Damon Knight (Coronet, June 1974, 0-340-18616-X, 35p, 192pp, pb, an)     Three stories from Dimension X (Simon & Schuster, 1970). 9 · Fiddler’s Green · Richard M. McKenna · nv Orbit 2 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1967 79 · The Saliva Tree · Brian W. Aldiss · na The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1965 147 · The Ugly Little Boy · Isaac Asimov · nv Galaxy Magazine September 1958, as “Lastborn”

First Contact ed. Damon Knight (Pinnacle, November 1971, P062N, 95¢, 219pp, pb, an, cover by Richard Powers) 7 · Introduction · Damon Knight · in 9 · First Contact · Murray Leinster · nv Astounding Science Fiction May 1945 45 · Doomsday Deferred · Will F. Jenkins · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 24 1949 62 · The Hurkle Is a Happy Beast · Theodore Sturgeon · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Fall 1949 72 · Not Final! · Isaac Asimov · ss Astounding Science-Fiction October 1941 92 · The Blind Pilot · Charles Henneberg (ghost written by Nathalie Henneberg); translated by Damon Knight · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1960 translated from the French (“Au pilote aveugle”, Fiction #68, July 1959). 111 · The Silly Season · C. M. Kornbluth · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Fall 1950 128 · Goldfish Bowl · Robert A. Heinlein · nv Astounding Science-Fiction March 1942, as by Anson MacDonald 164 · In Value Deceived · H. B. Fyfe · ss Astounding Science Fiction November 1950 177 · The Waveries · Fredric Brown · ss Astounding Science Fiction January 1945 203 · In the Abyss · H. G. Wells · ss Pearson’s Magazine August 1896

First Flight ed. Damon Knight (Lancer, 1963, 72-672, 50¢, 160pp, pb, an, cover by Ed Emshwiller)     Subtitled “Maiden Voyages in Space and Time”, also as Now Begins Tomorrow. 7 · Introduction · Damon Knight · in 9 · The Isolinguals · L. Sprague de Camp · ss Astounding Stories September 1937 27 · The Faithful · Lester del Rey · ss Astounding Science-Fiction April 1938 36 · Black Destroyer [Beagle] · A. E. van Vogt · nv Astounding Science-Fiction July 1939 67 · Life-Line · Robert A. Heinlein · ss Astounding Science-Fiction August 1939 85 · Ether Breather [Ether Breather] · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Astounding Science-Fiction September 1939 99 · Loophole · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Astounding Science Fiction April 1946 105 · Tomorrow’s Children [Tomorrow’s Children] · Poul Anderson & F. N. Waldrop · nv Astounding Science Fiction March 1947; given as by Anderson alone. 132 · That Only a Mother · Judith Merril · ss Astounding Science Fiction June 1948 142 · Walk to the World · Algis Budrys · ss Space Science Fiction November 1952 154 · T · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Nebula Science Fiction #18, 1956

First Voyages ed. Damon Knight, Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander (Avon, May 1981, 0-380-77586-7, $2.95, x+373pp, pb, an)     Expanded version of First Flight by Damon Knight, Lancer, 1963. ix · Introduction · Damon Knight · in 1 · The Isolinguals · L. Sprague de Camp · ss Astounding Stories September 1937 21 · The Faithful · Lester del Rey · ss Astounding Science-Fiction April 1938 33 · Black Destroyer [Beagle] · A. E. van Vogt · nv Astounding Science-Fiction July 1939 67 · Life-Line · Robert A. Heinlein · ss Astounding Science-Fiction August 1939 87 · Ether Breather [Ether Breather] · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Astounding Science-Fiction September 1939 103 · Proof · Hal Clement · ss Astounding Science-Fiction June 1942 123 · Loophole · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Astounding Science Fiction April 1946 131 · Tomorrow’s Children [Tomorrow’s Children] · Poul Anderson & F. N. Waldrop · nv Astounding Science Fiction March 1947; given as by Anderson alone. 161 · That Only a Mother · Judith Merril · ss Astounding Science Fiction June 1948 173 · Scanners Live in Vain · Cordwainer Smith · na Fantasy Book #6, 1950 213 · Time Trap · Charles L. Harness · nv Astounding Science Fiction August 1948 245 · Defense Mechanism · Katherine MacLean · ss Astounding Science Fiction October 1949 255 · Angel’s Egg · Edgar Pangborn · nv Galaxy Science Fiction June 1951 295 · Come On, Wagon! · Zenna Henderson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1951 307 · Walk to the World · Algis Budrys · ss Space Science Fiction November 1952 321 · Beyond Lies the Wub · Philip K. Dick · ss Planet Stories July 1952 331 · My Boy Friend’s Name Is Jello · Avram Davidson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1954 337 · T · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Nebula Science Fiction #18, 1956 345 · Prima Belladonna [Vermilion Sands] · J. G. Ballard · ss Science Fantasy #20, December 1956 361 · April in Paris · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination September 1962