''Turning On'' is a collection of thirteen
science fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel uni ...
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 t ...
. The stories were originally published between 1951 and 1965 in ''
Galaxy'', ''
Analog
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Computing and electronics
* Analog signal, in which information is encoded in a continuous variable
** Analog device, an apparatus that operates on analog signals
*** Analog electronics, circuits which use analog ...
'' and other science fiction magazines.
An
Ace
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paperback reprinting in 1967 omitted the story "
The Handler". This story was also omitted in the 1966 reissue of the Doubleday hardback edition.
Contents
* "
Semper Fi"
* "
The Big Pat Boom"
*
Man in the Jar
* "
The Handler"
* "
Mary
Mary may refer to:
People
* Mary (name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the name)
Religious contexts
* New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below
* Mary, mother of Jesus, also calle ...
"
* "
Auto Da Fé"
* "
To the Pure"
* "
Eripmav"
* "
Backward, O Time"
* "
The Night of Lies"
* "
Maid to Measure"
* "
Collector's Item
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"
* "A Likely Story"
*
Don't Live in the Past
External links
*
1966 short story collections
Science fiction short story collections
Works by Damon Knight
Doubleday (publisher) books
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