John W. Campbell, Jr.
(1910-1971)
John Wood Cambpell, Jr.
A drawing of Campbell (From
Trillion Year Spree, by Brian Aldiss)
Bio:
"Discovered" by Thomas O'Connor Sloan (30's editor of Amazing). Degree in Physics from MIT (1932)
and Duke. Used the pseudonym Don. A Stuart. Editor between December 1937 and 1971 of Astounding SF, he
was one of the best known editors in the genre and considered instrumental in the development of less
pulpy and more scientifically accurate SF.
Pseudonyms:
Don A. Stuar, Karl Van Campen
Bibliography:
- Analog 2
- sh.st.coll. Ed
- Analog 6
- sh.st.coll. 1968 Ed.
- The Best of John W. Campbell
- sh.sts. 1973
- The Best of John W. Campbell
- sh.sts. 1976 differs from 1973 title
- The Black Star Passes
- sh.sts. 1953
- The Cloak of Aesir
- sh.sts. 1952, Shasta
- Collected Editorials from Analog
- nf 1966
- The Incredible Planet
- 1949
- Invaders from the Infinite
- 1961
- Islands of Space
- 1956
- John W. Campbell Anthology
- 1973 Omnibus
- The Mightiest Machine
- 1947
- The Moon is Hell
- sh.sts. 1951
- The Planeteers
- sh.sts. 1966
- The Ultimate Weapon
- 1966
- Who Goes There?
- sh.sts. 1948
- aka The Thing & Other Stories
and The Thing from Outer Space
- title story filmed as
The
Thing
- Who Goes There? and Other Stories
- sh.sts. 1955
- The Space Beyond
- 1976 sh.sts.
- The John W. Campbell Letters, Vol. 1
- nf 1986 w. Perry & Tony Chapdelaine & George Hay
- "Concerning SF"
- preface to The Best of SF. Ed. by G.Conklin 1946
- "Forgetfulness"
- (c) 1937 by Street & Smith Publications, Inc.
- 1989 in The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by
David G. Hartwell
- "The Last Evolution
- Aug 1932 Amazing
- "Night"
- 1934 Amazing
- "Twilight"
- 1932 Amazing as Don. A. Stuart
- "Wesso: Islands in Space"
- Sept 1972 Amazing. Comic style story, w. illustrations by Wesso
- "When Atoms Failed"
- 1930, Amazing Stories
- "Who Goes There?"
- sh.st.
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