A voice in your brain warning you away from that one drink too many, or the crime of violence, guiding your every move from birth to death - that's the Analogue Machine, a terrifying and ingenious psychological device for compelling conformity.  Analogue Men is an exploration of man and society written with dazzling ingenuity and plausibility.

Hell's Pavement

In the decade from 1951 to 1960, Damon Knight was the outstanding critic of science fiction books. Knight's reviews were not mere statements of his personal preferences - his skillful essays analysed 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. Believing that his work deserved more permanence than could be found in its original magazine publication, Advent brought out the famous first edition of In Search of Wonder in 1956. In this book, Knight wove his essays into chapters on many aspects of science fiction and fantasy, ranging from "Classics" to "Chuckleheads". A second book was planned, but other activities prevented Knight from finishing it, however he was persuaded to integrate most of the new material into this second edition, which is more than fifty percent longer than the first.

In Search of Wonder

The Millennium is here. No more wars, no more gang killings, no more drunken accidents. Because you have to be good, when there's an Analogue in your brain! You're a sheep, in a world of sheep...yes, the world is perfect, until a wolf comes along - the man without an Analogue, the enemy, the man outside the law. then what are you going to do, sheep - run, or turn wolf?

Pave de l'enfer

Le Royaume de Dieu

Culled from the most imaginative and provocative minds of the pas thirty years, these pieces demonstrate the vitality and diversity, the excitement and commitment of the writers who helped make science fiction what it is today.

Turning Points

Aux origines des célèbres ateliers d'écriture Clarion, Damon Knight dit lui-même qu'avant de se lancer comme professeur, il ne savait pas si l'écriture pouvait s'enseigner.
Ce nouveau guide démontre avec brio que les techniques de récits s'analysent, se démontent et se remontent, comme saurait le démontrer n'importe quel artisan avec son art. Développer son talent, aller de l'idée à l'histoire, la commencer, la contrôler et enfin la terminer, voici ce qu'offre Damon Knight dans son essai.
Accessible à toutes et tous, Devenir artisan de ses histoires dévoile un parcours ludique et éducatif qui vous confrontera à vos motivations, vos envies, vos habitudes, en vous proposant avec précision des outils et des méthodes clairs.

Comment écrire de la fiction ? Tome 2 : devenir artisan de ses histoires

1-Daniel Riche, Damon Knight, p7, Préface2-Attrapez ce Martien!/Catch that Martian, p28, tr. Jacques PARSONS3-Le Circuit de l'éternité/Ticket to anywhere, p45, tr. Jacques PARSONS4-Babel II, p74, tr. Liliane SZTAJN5-Anachron/Thing of beauty, p105, tr. Liliane SZTAJN6-En scène!/You're another, p127, tr. René DURAND7-Ex tempore/The beach where time began, p167, tr. Lorris MURAIL8-L'Ennemi/The enemy, p182, tr. Lorris MURAIL9-Eripmav, p204, tr. Liliane SZTAJN10-Une petite merveille/Thing of beauty, p206, tr. Liliane SZTAJN11-Suite au prochain volume/To be continued, p241, tr. René LATHIÈRE12-Masques/Masks, p257, tr. Arlette ROSENBLUM13-Ici, très bas/Down there, p270, tr. Wm Olivier DESMOND14-La Ronde, p284, tr. Anne COLIN DU TERRAIL15-L'Homme qui revenait/The man xho went back, p301, tr. Liliane SZTAJN16-Anon., Bibliographie de Damon Knight, p306www.noosfere.com/icarus/livres/niourf...

Le livre d'or de la science-fiction: Damon Knight

Gene Anderson was born in Oregon, in the twilight post-war years, into the most ordinary circumstances imaginable.
Gene is endowed with powers.  He can look into the other worlds that are all around him.  He can make things happen.  He can hurt and he can heal.
His life changes dramatically when another boy is killed in a tragic accident, and Gene runs away.  He is only nine.  As he grows to 8'6" tall, his wanderings take him round the world in search of a remarkable destiny.

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