The NYT ran a very nice obit for Damon Knight yesterday, and countless Boing Boing readers wrote in to tell me about it.

Mr. Knight was part of the first wave of literary-minded science fiction writers. Born in Baker, Ore., he moved to New York in the early 1940’s and joined a group of budding writers called the Futurians. Their ranks included Isaac Asimov, Donald A. Wollheim and Frederick Pohl, who went on to be some of the most influential writers and editors in the field. Mr. Knight’s memoir of the group, “The Futurians,” was published in 1977.

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