''Far Out'' is a collection of 13
science fiction
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short stories by American writer
Damon Knight
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''.Stanyard, ''Dimensions Behind ...
. The stories were originally published between 1949 and 1960 in ''
Galaxy
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'', ''
If'', and other science fiction magazines. There is an introduction by
Anthony Boucher
William Anthony Parker White (August 21, 1911 – April 29, 1968), better known by his pen name Anthony Boucher (), was an American author, critic, and editor who wrote several classic mystery novels, short stories, science fiction, and radio dr ...
.
The book contains the story "
To Serve Man", which was later adapted for television.
Contents
* Introduction
* "
To Serve Man"
* "
Idiot Stick"
* "
Thing of Beauty"
* "
The Enemy"
* "
Not with a Bang
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* "
Babel II
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* "
Anachron"
* "
Special Delivery
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* Special delivery (postal service), a postal service for urgent postal packets
Literature
* "Special Delivery" (short story), a 1953 short story by Damon Knight
* ''Special Delivery'' (novel), a 1997 novel by ...
"
* "
You're Another"
* "
Time Enough"
* "
Extempore
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* "
Cabin Boy
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Duties
Cabin boys ...
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* "
The Last Word"
External links
*
Knight, Damon (1961),
Far Out', Simon & Schuster, New York
1961 short story collections
Science fiction short story collections
Works by Damon Knight
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