Over the course of just over a decade, beginning in 1962 with
A Century of Science Fiction, Damon Knight produced a couple of dozen reprint anthologies. Five 'tomes' are compiled on the "Knight Tomes" page; his
Science Fiction of the 30's is compiled on the "Decades Bests" page. Another fifteen are compiled on this page. Some are theme anthologies while others simply gather Knight's selections of stories, mostly from the 1940s and '50s, that he felt deserved preservation in book form.
Authors most often reprinted in this group: Robert A. Heinlein (8), Isaac Asimov (7), Theodore Sturgeon (6), C.M. Kornbluth and Henry Kuttner (5 each). Knight also found stories by non-genre authors who rarely if ever appeared in other genre anthologies, including W. Somerset Maughm, Ogden Nash, and Damon Runyon.
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Tomorrow X 4, (Fawcett Gold Medal, 1964)
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Beyond Tomorrow, (Harper & Row, 1965)
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The Dark Side, (Doubleday, 1965)
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Cities of Wonder, (Doubleday, 1966)
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Worlds to Come, (Harper & Row, 1967)
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Science Fiction Inventions, (Lancer, 1967)
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The Metal Smile, (Belmont, 1968)
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Toward Infinity, (Simon & Schuster, 1968)
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Dimension X, (Simon & Schuster, 1970)
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A Pocketful of Stars, (Doubleday, 1971)
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First Contact, (Pinnacle, 1971)
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Perchance to Dream, (Doubleday, 1972)
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Tomorrow and Tomorrow, (Simon & Schuster, 1973)
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A Shocking Thing, (Pocket, 1974)
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Happy Endings, (Bobbs-Merrill, 1974)
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Combined Contents by Author and Title
Robert Abernathy
Single Combat
(F&SF Jan 1955)
-- Cities of Wonder
Conrad Aiken
Mr. Arcularis
(Harper's Mar 1931)
-- Perchance to Dream
Brian W. Aldiss
The New Father Christmas
(F&SF Jan 1958)
-- The Metal Smile
Poor Little Warrior!
(F&SF Apr 1958)
-- A Shocking Thing
The Saliva Tree
(F&SF Sep 1965)
-- Dimension X
The Underprivileged
(New Worlds May 1963)
-- Cities of Wonder
Poul Anderson
Quixote and the Windmill
(Astounding Nov 1950)
-- The Metal Smile
Leonid Andreyev
The Abyss
-- A Shocking Thing
Isaac Asimov
Dreaming Is a Private Thing
(F&SF Dec 1955)
-- Science Fiction Inventions
The Martian Way
(Galaxy Nov 1952)
-- Worlds to Come
Nightfall
(Astounding Sep 1941)
-- Beyond Tomorrow
Not Final!
(Astounding Oct 1941)
-- Toward Infinity
-- First Contact
Someday
(Infinity Science Fiction Aug 1956)
-- The Metal Smile
The Ugly Little Boy
(Galaxy Sep 1958)
-- Dimension X
Hugh Atkinson
The Language of Flowers
(Splinters, 1968)
-- Happy Endings
Isaac Babel
A Letter
(Red Cavalry, 1929)
-- Happy Endings
J. G. Ballard
Billennium
(New Worlds Nov 1961)
-- Cities of Wonder
The Sound-Sweep
(Science-Fantasy Feb 1960)
-- Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Stephen Vincent Benét
By the Waters of Babylon
(The Saturday Evening Post Jul 31 1937)
-- Cities of Wonder
Nightmare Number Three
(Selected Works of Stephen Vincent Benét, 1935)
-- The Metal Smile
Alfred Bester
Fondly Fahrenheit
(F&SF Aug 1954)
-- A Shocking Thing
Hobson's Choice
(F&SF Aug 1952)
-- Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Ambrose Bierce
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
(San Francisco Examiner Jul 13 1890)
-- Perchance to Dream
Oil of Dog
(Oakland Daily Evening Tribune Oct 11 1890)
-- A Shocking Thing
James Blish
Mistake Inside
(Startling Stories Mar 1948)
-- The Dark Side
Okie
(Astounding Apr 1950)
-- Cities of Wonder
Sunken Universe
(Super Science Stories May 1942)
-- Worlds to Come
Jorge Luis Borges
The Circular Ruins
(Labyrinths, 1962)
-- Perchance to Dream
Anthony Boucher
Nellthu
(F&SF Aug 1955)
-- The Dark Side
Ben Bova
Fifteen Miles
(F&SF May 1967)
-- A Pocketful of Stars
Ray Bradbury
The Black Ferris
(Weird Tales May 1948)
-- The Dark Side
The Earth Men
(Thrilling Wonder Stories Aug 1948)
-- Toward Infinity
Mars Is Heaven!
(Planet Stories Fll 1948)
-- Worlds to Come
The Million Year Picnic
(Planet Stories Sum 1946)
-- Beyond Tomorrow
Robert Branson
The Red-Headed Murderess
(Colliers Oct 9 1948)
-- Happy Endings
Fredric Brown
Answer
(Angels and Spaceships, 1954)
-- The Metal Smile
The Waveries
(Astounding Jan 1945)
-- First Contact
Algis Budrys
The Edge of the Sea
(Venture Mar 1958)
-- Worlds to Come
First to Serve
(Astounding May 1954)
-- The Metal Smile
The Man Who Always Knew
(Astounding Apr 1956)
-- Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Italo Calvino
A Sign in Space
(Cosmicomics, 1968)
-- Tomorrow and Tomorrow
John W. Campbell, Jr.
Forgetfulness
(Astounding Jun 1937)
-- Cities of Wonder as by Don A. Stuart
Twilight
(Astounding Nov 1934)
-- Beyond Tomorrow as by Don A. Stuart
Who Goes There?
(Astounding)
-- Toward Infinity as by Don A. Stuart
Carol Carr
Look, You Think You've Got Troubles
(Orbit 5, 1969)
-- A Pocketful of Stars
Terry Carr
Hop-Friend
(F&SF Nov 1962)
-- A Pocketful of Stars
Walter Van Tilburg Clark
The Portable Phonograph
(The Yale Review Spr 1941)
-- Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Arthur C. Clarke
The Deep Range
(Star Science Fiction Stories, 1954)
-- Beyond Tomorrow
The Sentinel
(Ten Story Fantasy Spr 1951)
-- Worlds to Come
Theodore R. Cogswell
The Burning
(F&SF Jul 1960)
-- A Pocketful of Stars
The Cabbage Patch
(Perspective Fll 1952)
-- A Shocking Thing
John Collier
De Mortuis
(New Yorker Jul 18 1942)
-- Happy Endings
Interpretation of a Dream
(New Yorker May 5 1951)
-- Perchance to Dream
The Touch of Nutmeg Makes It
(New Yorker May 3 1941)
-- A Shocking Thing
Roald Dahl
Man from the South
(Colliers Sep 4 1948)
-- A Shocking Thing
The Way Up to Heaven
(New Yorker Feb 27 1954)
-- Happy Endings
Avram Davidson
The Golem
(F&SF Mar 1955)
-- The Dark Side
The Sources of the Nile
(F&SF Jan 1961)
-- Tomorrow X 4
-- A Pocketful of Stars
L. Sprague de Camp
Employment
(Astounding May 1939)
-- Science Fiction Inventions
Philip K. Dick
Impostor
(Astounding Jun 1953)
-- The Metal Smile
Gordon R. Dickson
An Honorable Death
(Galaxy Feb 1961)
-- A Pocketful of Stars
The Monkey Wrench
(Astounding Aug 1951)
-- The Metal Smile
Sonya Dorman
Harry the Tailor
(Cosmopolitan 1961)
-- A Pocketful of Stars
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
-- Perchance to Dream
Harlan Ellison
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
(If Mar 1967)
-- A Pocketful of Stars
Carol Emshwiller
Hunting Machine
(Science Fiction Stories May 1957)
-- Science Fiction Inventions
Pelt
(F&SF Nov 1958)
-- A Pocketful of Stars
Philip José Farmer
Father's in the Basement
(Orbit 11, 1972)
-- Happy Endings
E. M. Forster
The Machine Stops
(Oxford and Cambridge Review Nov 1909)
-- Cities of Wonder
H. B. Fyfe
In Value Deceived
(Astounding Nov 1950)
-- First Contact
Moonwalk
(Space Science Fiction Nov 1952)
-- Worlds to Come
H. L. Gold
Trouble with Water
(Unknown Mar 1939)
-- The Dark Side
Graham Greene
The End of the Party
(The London Mercury Jan 1932)
-- Perchance to Dream
Harry Harrison
Rock Diver
(Worlds Beyond Feb 1951)
-- Science Fiction Inventions
Robert A. Heinlein
Coventry
(Astounding Jul 1940)
-- Beyond Tomorrow
Goldfish Bowl
(Astounding Mar 1942)
-- First Contact
It's Great to Be Back!
(The Saturday Evening Post Jul 26 1947)
-- Cities of Wonder
The Man Who Sold the Moon
(The Man Who Sold the Moon, 1950)
-- Dimension X
Ordeal in Space
(Town & Country May 1948)
-- Worlds to Come
The Roads Must Roll
(Astounding Jun 1940)
-- Tomorrow X 4
They
(Unknown Apr 1941)
-- The Dark Side
The Year of the Jackpot
(Galaxy Mar 1952)
-- A Shocking Thing
Charles Henneberg
The Blind Pilot
(F&SF Jan 1960)
-- First Contact
Frank Herbert
Committee of the Whole
(Galaxy Apr 1965)
-- Science Fiction Inventions
Patricia Highsmith
The Snail-Watcher
(Gamma #3 1964)
-- A Shocking Thing
Will F. Jenkins
Doomsday Deferred
(The Saturday Evening Post Sep 24 1949)
-- First Contact
Nunnally Johnson
Ashes to Ashes
(The Smart Set May 1923)
-- Happy Endings
Garson Kanin
The Damnedest Thing
(Esquire Feb 1956)
-- Happy Endings
Rudyard Kipling
The Brushwood Boy
(The Century Dec 1895)
-- Perchance to Dream
Damon Knight
Masks
(Playboy Jul 1968)
-- A Pocketful of Stars
C. M. Kornbluth
Gomez
(The Explorers, 1954)
-- Tomorrow and Tomorrow
The Luckiest Man in Denv
(Galaxy Jun 1952)
-- Cities of Wonder
The Marching Morons
(Galaxy Apr 1951)
-- Dimension X
The Silly Season
(F&SF Fll 1950)
-- First Contact
That Share of Glory
(Astounding Jan 1952)
-- Worlds to Come
Henry Kuttner
Dream's End
(Startling Stories Jul 1947)
-- Perchance to Dream
Happy Ending
(Thrilling Wonder Stories Aug 1948)
-- Beyond Tomorrow
Jesting Pilot
(Astounding May 1947)
-- Cities of Wonder
Private Eye
(by HK & C. L. Moore)
(Astounding Jan 1949)
-- Science Fiction Inventions
Two-Handed Engine
(by HK & C. L. Moore)
(F&SF Aug 1955)
-- The Metal Smile
Keith Laumer
The Last Command
(Analog Jan 1967)
-- A Pocketful of Stars
Fritz Leiber
The Man Who Never Grew Young
(Night's Black Agents, 1947)
-- The Dark Side
The Secret Songs
(F&SF Aug 1962)
-- Perchance to Dream
The Winter Flies
(F&SF Oct 1967)
-- A Pocketful of Stars
Murray Leinster
First Contact
(Astounding May 1945)
-- First Contact
John D. MacDonald
The Big Contest
(Worlds Beyond Dec 1950)
-- Worlds to Come
Katherine MacLean
And Be Merry...
(Astounding Feb 1950)
-- Toward Infinity
The Snowball Effect
(Galaxy Sep 1952)
-- Science Fiction Inventions
W. Somerset Maugham
Lord Mountdrago
(The International Feb 1939)
-- Perchance to Dream
Miss Thompson
(The Smart Set Apr 1921)
-- Happy Endings
Ford McCormack
March Hare Mission
(Worlds Beyond Jan 1951)
-- Toward Infinity
Richard McKenna
Casey Agonistes
(F&SF Sep 1958)
-- The Dark Side
-- A Shocking Thing
Fiddler's Green
(Orbit 2, 1967)
-- Dimension X
The Night of Hoggy Darn
(If Dec 1958)
-- Tomorrow X 4
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Dumb Waiter
(Astounding Apr 1952)
-- Cities of Wonder
I Made You
(Astounding Mar 1954)
-- The Metal Smile
C. L. Moore
No Woman Born
(Astounding Dec 1944)
-- Tomorrow X 4
Private Eye
(by Henry Kuttner & CLM)
(Astounding Jan 1949)
-- Science Fiction Inventions
Two-Handed Engine
(by Henry Kuttner & CLM)
(F&SF Aug 1955)
-- The Metal Smile
Ogden Nash
The Purist
-- Happy Endings
Alan E. Nourse
Brightside Crossing
(Galaxy Jan 1956)
-- Beyond Tomorrow
Peter Phillips
c/o Mr. Makepeace
(F&SF Feb 1954)
-- The Dark Side
John R. Pierce
Invariant
(Astounding Apr 1944)
-- Science Fiction Inventions
Kit Reed
Winter
(Winter's Tales 15, 1969)
-- Happy Endings
Jane Rice
The Idol of the Flies
(Unknown Jun 1942)
-- Happy Endings
Damon Runyon
Undertaker Song
(Colliers Nov 24 1934)
-- Happy Endings
Joanna Russ
This Night, at My Fire
(Epoch Win 1966)
-- A Pocketful of Stars
Saki
Tobermory
(The Westminster Gazette Nov 27 1909)
-- Happy Endings
James Sallis
A Few Last Words
(Orbit 4, 1968)
-- A Pocketful of Stars
James H. Schmitz
The Witches of Karres
(Astounding Dec 1949)
-- Toward Infinity
Robert Sheckley
Fool's Mate
(Astounding Mar 1953)
-- The Metal Smile
T. L. Sherred
Eye for Iniquity
(Beyond Fantasy Fiction Jul 1953)
-- The Dark Side
Wilmar H. Shiras
In Hiding
(Astounding Nov 1948)
-- Toward Infinity
Clifford D. Simak
Desertion
(Astounding Nov 1944)
-- Beyond Tomorrow
Cordwainer Smith
No, No, Not Rogov!
(If Feb 1959)
-- Science Fiction Inventions
Margaret St. Clair
Short in the Chest
(Fantastic Universe Jul 1954)
-- The Metal Smile as by Idris Seabright
Theodore Sturgeon
And Now the News...
(F&SF Dec 1956)
-- Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Bianca's Hands
(Argosy (UK) May 1947)
-- A Shocking Thing
The Chromium Helmet
(Astounding Jun 1946)
-- Science Fiction Inventions
The Hurkle Is a Happy Beast
(F&SF Fll 1949)
-- First Contact
It
(Unknown Aug 1940)
-- The Dark Side
The Man Who Lost the Sea
(F&SF Oct 1959)
-- Toward Infinity
William Tenn
The Liberation of Earth
(Future May 1953)
-- Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Theodore Thomas
The Clone
(Fantastic Dec 1959)
-- A Shocking Thing
The Intruder
(F&SF Feb 1961)
-- A Pocketful of Stars
J. C. Thompson
The Right Man for the Right Job
(Playboy Jul 1962)
-- A Shocking Thing
James Thurber
A Friend to Alexander
(New Yorker Jan 10 1942)
-- Perchance to Dream
A. E. van Vogt
Resurrection
(Astounding Aug 1948)
-- Toward Infinity
Rogue Ship
(Super Science Stories Mar 1950)
-- Tomorrow and Tomorrow
The Seesaw
(Astounding Jul 1941)
-- Beyond Tomorrow
H. G. Wells
In the Abyss
(Pearson's Magazine Aug 1896)
-- First Contact
The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham
(The Idler May 1896)
-- The Dark Side
Under the Knife
(The New Review Jan 1896)
-- Perchance to Dream
John Anthony West
A Case History
-- A Shocking Thing
Edward Lucas White
Lukundoo
(Weird Tales Nov 1925)
-- A Shocking Thing
Kate Wilhelm
The Mile-Long Spaceship
(Astounding Apr 1957)
-- Beyond Tomorrow
Windsong
(Orbit 4, 1968)
-- A Pocketful of Stars
Bernard Wolfe
Self Portrait
(Galaxy Nov 1951)
-- Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Gene Wolfe
The HORARS of War
(Nova 1, 1970)
-- A Pocketful of Stars
