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  1. John Wood Campbell Jr. (June 8, 1910 – July 11, 1971) was an American science fiction writer and editor. He was editor of Astounding Science Fiction (later called Analog Science Fiction and Fact) from late 1937 until his death and was part of the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Campbell wrote super-science space opera under his own name and ...

  2. Jul 7, 2024 · John W. Campbell was an American science-fiction writer, considered the father of modern science fiction. Campbell, who spent his childhood reading widely and experimenting with science, began writing science fiction while in college.

  3. Complete order of John W. Campbell books in Publication Order and Chronological Order.

  4. Nov 7, 2018 · If Campbell loomed large in the imaginations of his readers, he was even more daunting in person. He stood an inch over six feet tall and weighed over 200 pounds, with sharp blue eyes and a black cigarette holder with a Chesterfield perpetually clutched in one hand.

  5. Nov 15, 2018 · Scott Bradfield reviews the new cultural biography of its editor John W. Campbell, and the writers he gathered around him.

  6. Feb 6, 2019 · Thus it was that after decades of buttonholing strangers and lecturing them on the nation’s desperate need for a biography of John W. Campbell, the pioneering science fiction writer and influential editor of Astounding Science Fiction (later Analog) from 1937 until his death in 1971, a couple of months ago I discovered that just such a book ...

  7. Apr 1, 2009 · The novella that formed the basis of "The Thing" is the John W. Campbell classic about an antarctic research camp that discovers and thaws the ancient, frozen body of a crash-landed alien. The creature revives with terrifying results, shape-shifting to assume the exact form of animal and man, alike.

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  8. Apr 4, 2019 · John W. Campbell and his views on science fiction are showcased in this intriguing audio interview (presented with illustrative pictures) from 1962.

  9. Oct 23, 2018 · Astounding is the landmark account of the extraordinary partnership between four controversial writers—John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, and L. Ron Hubbard—who set off a revolution in science fiction and forever changed our world.

  10. Jun 9, 2023 · John W. Campbell (1910-1971) was one of the most influential editors of American science fiction. Dr. Isaac Asimov called Campbell “the most powerful force in science fiction ever.”

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