▁for ▁The ▁Tw il ight ▁Zone . ▁ ▁It ▁won ▁a ▁ 5 0 - year ▁Ret ro - H ugo ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁as ▁the ▁best ▁short ▁story ▁of ▁ 1 9 5 0 . ▁Knight ▁also ▁became ▁well ▁known ▁as ▁a ▁science ▁fiction ▁critic , ▁a ▁career ▁which ▁began ▁when ▁he ▁wrote ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 5 ▁that ▁A . ▁E . ▁van ▁Vog t ▁" is ▁not ▁a ▁giant ▁as ▁often ▁maintained . ▁He ' s ▁only ▁a ▁pyg my ▁who ▁has ▁learned ▁to ▁operate ▁an ▁over g rown ▁type writer ." ▁He ▁ceased ▁review ing ▁when ▁Fant asy ▁& ▁Science ▁F iction ▁refused ▁to ▁publish ▁a ▁review . ▁These ▁reviews ▁were ▁later ▁collected ▁in ▁In ▁Search ▁of ▁Wonder . ▁ ▁Alg is ▁Bud rys ▁wrote ▁that ▁Knight ▁and ▁William ▁Ath eling ▁Jr . ▁( James ▁B lish ) ▁had ▁" transform ed ▁the ▁rev iewer ' s ▁trade ▁in ▁the ▁field ", ▁in ▁Knight ' s ▁case ▁" without ▁the ▁guidance ▁of ▁his ▁own ▁prior ▁example ". ▁The ▁term ▁" idi ot ▁plot ", ▁a ▁story ▁that ▁only ▁functions ▁because ▁almost ▁everyone ▁in ▁it ▁is ▁an ▁id iot , ▁became ▁well - known ▁through ▁Knight ' s ▁frequent ▁use ▁of ▁it ▁in ▁his ▁reviews , ▁though ▁he ▁believed ▁the ▁term ▁was ▁probably ▁invent ed ▁by ▁B lish . ▁Knight ' s ▁only ▁non - Ret ro - H ugo ▁Award ▁was ▁for ▁" Best ▁Rev iewer " ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 6 . ▁