The ▁It ch ing ▁H our ", ▁appeared ▁in ▁the ▁Summer ▁ 1 9 4 0 ▁number ▁of ▁Fut uria ▁Fant asia , ▁edited ▁and ▁published ▁by ▁Ray ▁Brad bury . ▁ ▁" Res ili ence " ▁followed ▁in ▁the ▁February ▁ 1 9 4 1 ▁number ▁of ▁St ir ring ▁Science ▁St ories , ▁edited ▁by ▁Donald ▁W oll heim . ▁ ▁An ▁editor ial ▁error ▁made ▁the ▁latter ▁story ' s ▁ending ▁in com pre hens ible ; ▁it ▁was ▁repr int ed ▁in ▁a ▁ 1 9 7 8 ▁magazine ▁in ▁four ▁pages ▁with ▁a ▁two - page ▁introduction ▁by ▁Knight . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁his ▁first ▁story ▁sale , ▁he ▁was ▁living ▁in ▁New ▁York , ▁and ▁was ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Fut uri ans . ▁One ▁of ▁his ▁short ▁stories ▁describes ▁par an ormal ▁dis ruption ▁of ▁a ▁science ▁fiction ▁fan ▁group , ▁and ▁contains ▁came o ▁appearances ▁of ▁various ▁Fut uri ans ▁and ▁others ▁under ▁thin ly - dis gu ised ▁names : ▁for ▁instance , ▁non - F ut ur ian ▁SF ▁writer ▁H . ▁Be am ▁Pi per ▁is ▁identified ▁as ▁" H . ▁D rey ne ▁F ifer ". ▁ ▁Knight ' s ▁forte ▁was ▁the ▁short ▁story ; ▁he ▁is ▁widely ▁acknowled ged ▁as ▁having ▁been ▁a ▁master ▁of ▁the ▁genre . ▁ ▁To ▁the ▁general ▁public , ▁he ▁is ▁best ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁" To ▁Ser ve ▁Man ", ▁a ▁ 1 9 5 0 ▁short ▁story ▁adapted