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Damon Knight

1922 - 2002

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Damon Francis Knight (September 19, 1922 – April 15, 2002) was an American science fiction author, editor, and critic. He is the author of "To Serve Man", a 1950 short story adapted for The Twilight Zone. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Damon Knight has received more than 235,489 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Damon Knight is the 4,735th most popular writer (down from 4,524th in 2019), the 6,433rd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,366th in 2019) and the 518th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 240k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The dark side
1966
In search of wonder
History and criticism, Science fiction, American fiction
1956
A for Anything
Fiction, Fiction in English, Science Fiction
What would happen if someone invented a machine that could create an exact duplicate of anything? That is the simple but remarkable premise of Damon Knight's classic 1959 novel, A for Anything. "The Gismo," as the machine is known, seems like it will end poverty and need forever. But of course, things are not that simple. Like any truly great work of science fiction, Knight's novel boldly pursues the ramifications of his premise. What will people do if there is no longer any need to work for anything? What happens if this device is spread carelessly throughout the world (it can even duplicate itself!). Finally, there is the supreme and most chilling of questions: what happens if you try to duplicate a human being?A for Anything is a classic work of science fiction, but it considers questions that are as relevant and compelling today as they were fifty years ago, perhaps more so. Like most of us, Knight watches the mind-boggling technological advancements of our time with a mixture of awe and alarm, and wonders whether we are really in control of the things we are creating. Knight has put his finger on the pulse of our modern sensibility and, mixed with his truly remarkable imagination, created a novel that is gripping, thought-provoking and impossible to put down.
1961
One hundred years of science fiction
Science fiction
1968
Creating short fiction
Authorship, Fiction, Short story
1981

Page views of Damon Knights by language

Over the past year Damon Knight has had the most page views in the with 29,025 views, followed by Japanese (3,435), and Russian (1,893). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Galician (47.39%), Egyptian Arabic (45.51%), and Japanese (42.47%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Damon Knight ranks 4,735 out of 7,302. Before him are Brian Lumley, Robert Menasse, Andrei Bitov, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Michel-Jean Sedaine, and Rosa Mayreder. After him are Hedwig Courths-Mahler, Aaron Sorkin, E. L. James, Hanna Krall, Jean Cau, and Dharamvir Bharati.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Damon Knight ranks 285. Before him are Ingvar Rydell, José Luis Panizo, Rosalio José Castillo Lara, Félix Loustau, Étienne Gailly, and Karl-Erik Nilsson. After him are Stig Sundqvist, Ester Mägi, Natalya Meklin, Rui Campos, Sid Caesar, and Blaga Aleksova. Among people deceased in 2002, Damon Knight ranks 212. Before him are Raoul Diagne, Michel Boisrond, Leopold Vietoris, Tinus Osendarp, Eddie Meduza, and Oskar Sala. After him are John Baptist Wu, Yelena Gorchakova, Georges Beaucourt, Rui Campos, Jeff Corey, and Chaim Potok.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Damon Knight ranks 6,433 out of 20,380. Before him are Diana Muldaur (1938), Bob Sapp (1973), Penelope Ann Miller (1964), Chris Wedge (1957), Eugene Burton Ely (1886), and William Henry Conley (1840). After him are Bobo Brazil (1924), Charles Bolden (1946), Audrey Munson (1891), Walt Frazier (1945), Jonathan M. Wainwright (1883), and Virginia Hall (1906).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Damon Knight ranks 518. Before him are Helene Hanff (1916), Shel Silverstein (1930), Saul Alinsky (1909), Robert B. Parker (1932), Cordwainer Smith (1913), and Rod Serling (1924). After him are Aaron Sorkin (1961), Jacqueline Susann (1918), James Salter (1925), Robert Ettinger (1918), Sue Grafton (1940), and R. J. Palacio (1963).

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