description Orbit (anthology) Overview
Orbit was a series of original science-fiction anthologies edited by American writer and editor Damon Knight. The volumes were published from 1966 to 1980 and presented previously unpublished short fiction rather than reprinting older stories. Orbit provided a venue for formally and thematically experimental work during a period associated with science fiction's New Wave, publishing writers including R. A.
Lafferty, Gene Wolfe, Kate Wilhelm, and Joanna Russ.
help Orbit (anthology) FAQ
How many volumes were published in Damon Knight's Orbit series?
The main series ran for 21 numbered volumes, beginning with Orbit 1 in 1966 and ending with Orbit 21 in 1980. A separate best-of collection drew selections from the first ten volumes.
Did Orbit publish new stories or reprints?
Orbit was principally an original-fiction anthology, so readers encountered stories that had not previously been published. This distinguished it from annual "best of the year" collections built from magazine reprints.
Which writers appeared repeatedly in Orbit?
Damon Knight published work by writers including Gene Wolfe, R. A. Lafferty, Joanna Russ, Carol Emshwiller, and Kate Wilhelm. The series became particularly associated with formally adventurous and literary science fiction.
How was Orbit different from Dangerous Visions?
Harlan Ellison's Dangerous Visions was a high-profile standalone anthology followed by Again, Dangerous Visions, while Orbit operated as a continuing numbered series. Both promoted original and experimental speculative fiction, but Knight sustained Orbit across 21 volumes.
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