An early and articulate critic was the noted author Damon Knight.

Dick also defended van Vogt against Damon Knight ’ s criticisms:

His importance to early fandom is chronicled in his 1974 book The Immortal Storm by Sam Moskowitz and in the 1977 book The Futurians by Damon Knight. With Frederik Pohl and John Michel, 1938

At one time or another, the membership included Isaac Asimov, Frederik Pohl, Cyril Kornbluth, James Blish, John Michel, Judith Merril, Robert A. W. Lowndes, Richard Wilson, Damon Knight, Virginia Kidd, and Larry T. Shaw.

* " The Enemy " ( short story ), a short story by Damon Knight

* Damon Knight

* The Futurians by Damon Knight ( 1977 )

Damon Knight wrote, " As a science fiction writer she has few peers ; her work is not only technically brilliant but has a rare human warmth and richness.

The third part of Icehenge was originally published as the novella On the North Pole of Pluto in 1980 in the anthology Orbit 18 edited by Damon Knight.

Peers such as L. Sprague DeCamp and Damon Knight have commented critically on Heinlein's portrayal of incest and pedophilia in a lighthearted and even approving manner.

Author and editor Damon Knight summed up the difficulty by stating that " science fiction is what we point to when we say it ", a definition echoed by author Mark C. Glassy, who argues that the definition of science fiction is like the definition of pornography: you don't know what it is, but you know it when you see it.

In the late 1930s, John W. Campbell became editor of Astounding Science Fiction, and a critical mass of new writers emerged in New York City in a group called the Futurians, including Isaac Asimov, Damon Knight, Donald A. Wollheim, Frederik Pohl, James Blish, Judith Merril, and others.

By the 1970s, critics within the field such as Terry Carr and Damon Knight were using sci-fi to distinguish hack-work from serious science fiction, and around 1978, Susan Wood and others introduced the pronunciation " skiffy ".

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America ( SFWA ) was founded by Damon Knight in 1965 as a non-profit organization to serve the community of professional science fiction authors, 24 years after his essay " Unite or Fie!

It was founded in 1965 by Damon Knight under the name Science Fiction Writers of America, Inc. and it retains the acronym SFWA after a very brief use of the SFFWA.

Not always annually there are also the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award since 1975 for lifetime achievement in science fiction or fantasy, the Bradbury Award since 1992 for best dramatic presentation, the Author Emeritus title since 1995 to a senior writer whose major impact was long ago or overlooked.

* Damon Knight ( 1965 – 1967 )

* 1922 – Damon Knight, American author ( d. 2002 )

In his " Books " column for F & SF, Damon Knight listed The Martian Chronicles on his top-ten science fiction books of the 1950s.

* You're Another, a 1955 short story by Damon Knight, is about a man who discovers that he is an actor in a " livie ", a live-action show that is viewed by billions of people in the future.

Some observers ( such as Fort's biographer Damon Knight ) have suggested that Fort's distrust of authority has its roots in his father's treatment.

In his " Books " column for F & SF, Damon Knight selected the novel as one of the 10 best SF books of the 1950s.

As related from In Search of Wonder ( 1956 ), Damon Knight wrote:

The noted science fiction author and critic Damon Knight wrote:

* The Futurians by Damon Knight ( 1977 )

Following McComas and Boucher were other book critics, including Alfred Bester, Damon Knight, Avram Davidson, Judith Merril, James Blish, Joanna Russ, Algis Budrys, John Clute, Orson Scott Card, Charles de Lint, Elizabeth Hand and Michelle West.

F & SF assembled more than a dozen special issues devoted to a single author, beginning with a special issue on Theodore Sturgeon ( September 1962 ), followed by Ray Bradbury ( May 1963 ), Isaac Asimov ( October 1966 ), Fritz Leiber ( July 1969 ), Poul Anderson ( April 1971 ), James Blish ( April 1972 ), Frederik Pohl ( September 1973 ), Robert Silverberg ( April 1974 ), Damon Knight ( November 1976 ), Harlan Ellison ( July 1977 ), Stephen King ( December 1990 ), Lucius Shepard ( March 2001 ), Kate Wilhelm ( September 2001 ), Barry N. Malzberg ( June 2003 ) and Gene Wolfe ( April 2007 ).

James Blish ( quoted by Damon Knight ) said about Knight's interpretation of his story:

Several other well-known writers appeared in Planet Stories, including Isaac Asimov, Clifford Simak, James Blish, Fredric Brown and Damon Knight.

Alumni include Forrest J Ackerman, Gregory Benford, James Blish, Robert Bloch, Marion Zimmer Bradley, F. M. Busby, Terry Carr, Jack Chalker, Willis Conover, E. Everett Evans, Richard Geis, Jim Harmon, Patrick & Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Lee Hoffman, Damon Knight, David Langford, Robert A. W. Lowndes, Sam Moskowitz, Frederik Pohl, Robert Silverberg and Wilson Tucker.

* Vanguard APA-science fiction ; the second science fiction APA, founded in 1945, discontinued early in 1950 ; alumni include James Blish, James Kepner, Damon Knight, Robert A. W. Lowndes, Judith Merrill and Donald Wollheim.

The family plot of Damon Runyon is located at Woodlawn Cemetery in Bronx, NY.

* The Damon Runyon Stakes is a thoroughbred horse race run every December at Aqueduct Race Track.

* The Damon Runyon Theatre – audio files of the complete series at the Internet Archive

United States courts of appeals | U. S. circuit judges Robert Katzmann, Damon Keith, and Sonia Sotomayor at a 2004 exhibit on the Fourteenth Amendment, Thurgood Marshall, and Brown v. Board of Education.

Blur's work, along with many more minor Britpop bands, have been cited as particularly reminiscent of 1970s Wire at various points, with Graham Coxon and Damon Albarn both speaking of the band's influence on Blur.

Justine Frischmann, formerly of Suede and leader of Elastica ( and at the time in a relationship with Damon Albarn ) explained, " Damon and I felt like we were in the thick of it at that point.

Childhood friends Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon met Alex James when they began studying at London's Goldsmiths College in 1988.

Eastwood's 30th directorial outing came with Invictus, a film based on the story of the South African team at the 1995 Rugby World Cup, with Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela, Matt Damon as rugby team captain François Pienaar and Grant L. Roberts as Ruben Kruger.

Other musicians, and at least one comedian, who have sung Numan's praises in recent years include Beck, Grant Nicholas, Tricky, Damon Albarn & Matt Sharp, Jarvis Cocker, Queens of the Stone Age, David Bowie, Noel Fielding and Afrika Bambaataa, who spoke of the influence Numan's music had on the fledgling American DJ scene: " In the late 70s and early 80s Gary had the rhythms that DJs wanted to get hold of and people waited for his records on the dance floor.

In February 2002, he signed as a free agent with the Boston Red Sox, where at age 43 he became the oldest player to play center field in major league history when he replaced Johnny Damon for three games in April and another in July

United States courts of appeals | U. S. circuit judges Robert A. Katzmann, Damon J. Keith, and Sonia Sotomayor at a 2004 exhibit on the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution | Fourteenth Amendment, Thurgood Marshall, and Brown v. Board of Education

Damon Knight and Kate Wilhelm were among the first teachers at the workshop.

Damon Hill at the 1995 French Grand Prix

* Several scenes in The Bourne Ultimatum, starring Matt Damon, were filmed with British actor Paddy Considine at Waterloo between October 2006 and April 2007

The racing driver Graham Hill lived at Mill Hill for much of his adult life, as of course did his son Damon Hill.

* Keith Albarn, manager of Soft Machine and father of Damon Albarn, taught art at Walthamstow Art College in the 1960s

Hazel Albarn, originally from Lincolnshire, was a theatrical set designer for Joan Littlewood's theatre company at the Theatre Royal Stratford East in London and was working on the satirical play, Mrs Wilson's Diary just before Damon was born.

of land and fishponds adjacent to John Rodgers Airport and Fort Kamehameha were purchased by the War Department from the Bishop, Damon and Queen Emma estates for a new air depot and air base at a cost of $ 1, 095, 543. 78.

In 2011, graduating senior Damon Fowler objected to prayer at the Bastrop High School graduation exercises, claiming a looming violation of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Damon is located at ( 29. 289519 ,-95. 737038 ).

20-year-old Will Hunting ( Matt Damon ) of South Boston has a genius-level intellect but chooses to work as a janitor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and spend his free time with his friends Chuckie Sullivan ( Ben Affleck ), Billy McBride ( Cole Hauser ) and Morgan O ' Mally ( Casey Affleck ).