''Cosmic Knights'' is an

anthology In book publishing, an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; it may be a collection of plays, poems, short stories, songs or excerpts by different authors. In genre fiction, the term ''anthology'' typically categ ...

of themed fantasy and science fiction short stories on the subject of knights edited by

Isaac Asimov yi, יצחק אזימאװ , birth_date = , birth_place = Petrovichi, Russian SFSR , spouse = , relatives = , children = 2 , death_date = , death_place = Manhattan, New York City, U.S. , nationality = Russian (1920–1922)Soviet (192 ...

, Martin H. Greenberg and

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. The third volume in their

Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy ''Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy'' is a series of twelve themed paperback fantasy and science fiction anthologies edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh, a companion set to the ten volume ''Isaac Asimov's Wonde ...

series, it was first published in paperback by Signet/New American Library in January 1985. The first British edition was issued in trade paperback by Robinson in July 1987. The book collects ten novellas, novelettes and short stories by various fantasy and science fiction authors, with an introduction by Asimov.

*"Introduction: In Days of Old" (

) *"Crusader Damosel" (

Vera Chapman Vera Chapman (8 May 1898 – 14 May 1996), also known as Vera Ivy May Fogerty, and within the Tolkien Society as Belladonna Took, was a British author and founder of the Tolkien Society in the United Kingdom, and also wrote a number of pseudo-h ...

) *"Divers Hands" ( Darrell Schweitzer) *" The Reluctant Dragon" ( Kenneth Grahame) *" The Immortal Game" ( Poul Anderson) *"The Stainless-Steel Knight" (

John T. Phillifent John Thomas Phillifent (November 10, 1916 – December 15, 1976) was an English electrical engineer and author of science fiction and fantasy. He wrote as John T. Phillifent and under the pen name John Rackham. Most of his work was published as by ...

) *"Diplomat-at-Arms" ( Keith Laumer) *"Dream Damsel" (

Evan Hunter Evan Hunter, born Salvatore Albert Lombino,(October 15, 1926 – July 6, 2005) was an American author and screenwriter best known for his 87th Precinct novels, written under his Ed McBain pen name, and the novel upon which the film ''Blackbo ...

) *"

The Last Defender of Camelot ''The Last Defender of Camelot'' is an anthology of science fiction and fantasy short stories by American writer Roger Zelazny. Contents This is a list of the short stories included in the 1980 edition. The ones with UM were only in the limited ...

" ( Roger Zelazny) *"A Knyght Ther Was" (

Robert F. Young Robert Franklin Young (June 8, 1915 – June 22, 1986) was an American science fiction writer born in Silver Creek, New York. Except for the three and a half years he served in the Pacific Theatre during World War II, he spent most of his ...

) *" Divide and Rule" (

L. Sprague de Camp Lyon Sprague de Camp (; November 27, 1907 – November 6, 2000) was an American writer of science fiction, fantasy and non-fiction. In a career spanning 60 years, he wrote over 100 books, including novels and works of non-fiction, including biog ...

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