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Damon Knight -- Science Fiction writer -- dies (author of Twilight Zone episode "To Serve Man")
sfgate.com ^ | 4/19/02

Posted on 04/19/2002 6:54:52 PM PDT by vikingchick

Edited on 04/13/2004 2:40:10 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Eugene, Ore. -- 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. He was 79 and lived in Eugene.


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TOPICS: Books/Literature
KEYWORDS: twilightzone

1 posted on 04/19/2002 6:54:53 PM PDT by vikingchick
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To: SciFiGuy
FYI
2 posted on 04/19/2002 7:15:09 PM PDT by vikingchick
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To: vikingchick
"It's a cookbook!" The man really wrote a masterpiece when he wrote that episode; he captured human nature of the general public to a T.

Looky what I found. I just posted this link on another thread two days ago. "How To Serve Man."

Does this mean I am psychic? Should I get a tinfoil helmet to protect myself from receiving further precognitions?

3 posted on 04/20/2002 10:59:31 PM PDT by jrewingjr
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To: aomagrat; American Preservative
Bump.
4 posted on 04/20/2002 11:19:53 PM PDT by jrewingjr
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To: jrewingjr

"How to Cook for Forty Humans"
5 posted on 04/21/2002 7:29:53 AM PDT by aomagrat
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To: jrewingjr
You ARE psychic. Add Twilight Zone theme song here. :)
6 posted on 04/21/2002 11:28:25 AM PDT by vikingchick
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Bump for a creative mind that produced at least one good story. :)
7 posted on 04/21/2002 8:19:25 PM PDT by vikingchick
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