Orbit is a long-running series of anthologies of new fiction edited by Damon Knight; often featuring work by such writers as Gene Wolfe, Joanna Russ, R. A. Lafferty, and Kate Wilhelm, who was married to Knight. The anthologies tended toward the avant-garde edge of science fiction, but by no means exclusively; occasionally the volumes would feature some nonfictional critical writing or humorous anecdote-gathering by Knight. Inspired by Frederik Pohl's Star Science Fiction series, and in its turn an influence on Harlan Ellison's Dangerous Visions volumes and many others, it ran for over a decade and eighteen volumes, including a double-volume but excluding a "Best-of" collection which covered the years1966-1976. Damon Knight (September 19, 1922-April 15, 2002) was a science fiction author, editor, and critic. ... Gene Wolfe (born May 7, 1931) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. ... Joanna Russ (born February 22, 1937), American writer, is the author of a number of works of science fiction (among other sorts of writing), including The Female Man, a meditation on how differing societies might produce very different versions of the same person, and how all might interact, particularly in... Raphael Aloysius Lafferty (November 7, 1914 - March 18, 2002) was a noted science fiction and fantasy writer. ... Kate Wilhelm (born 1928) is a writer who has written material including science fiction, mysteries, and fantasy. ... A work similar to Marcel Duchamps Fountain Avant garde (written avant-garde) is a French phrase, one of many French phrases used by English speakers. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Frederik Pohl (November 26, 1919—) is an American science fiction writer and editor. ... Harlan Ellison, c. ... Dangerous Visions was a path-breaking science fiction short story anthology edited by Harlan Ellison and published in 1967. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...