"\"To Serve Man\" is a science fiction short story written by Damon Knight. It first appeared in the November 1950 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction and has been reprinted a number of times, including in Frontiers in Space (1955), Far Out (1961), and The Best of Damon Knight (1976). The title is a double entendre meaning either \"to perform a service for humanity\" or \"to serve a human as food\"."@en . . "To Serve Man"@en . . . . . .