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xv, 364 pages ; 18 cm |
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Ballantine Books SF
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Ballantine Books science fiction
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| Contents |
Introduction : the three careers of John W. Campbell / Lester del Rey -- The last evolution [Amazing Stories, August 1932] -- Twilight [Astounding Stories, November 1934] -- The machine [Astounding Stories, February 1935) -- The invaders [Astounding Stories, June 1935] -- Rebellion [Astounding Stories, August 1935) -- Blindness [Astounding Stories, March 1935] -- Elimination [Astounding Stories, May 1936] -- Forgetfulness [Astounding Stories, June 1937] -- Out of night [Astounding Stories, October 1937] -- Cloak of Aesir [Astounding Science Fiction, March 1939] -- Who goes there? [Astounding Science Fiction, August 1938] -- Space for industry [Analog editorial, April 1960] -- Afterword : postscriptum / Mrs. John W. Campbell. |
| Summary |
John W. Campbell, Jr. (1910-1971) was more than just one of the greatest science fiction writers of the twentieth century. As editor of Astounding Science Fiction from 1937 until his death, he is generally credited with being the primary shaper of the Golden Age of science fiction. He tutored such giants in the field as A. E. van Vogt, Theodore Sturgeon, and Robert A. Heinlein. Campbell's fiction featured spaceships and aliens, (which are thought of today as typical sci-fi tropes), but he was philosophically focused on big technological and scientific ideas and their ramifications. Writing as Don A. Stuart, Campbell's stories often seem interested in scientific ideas for their own sake, while nevertheless addressing the consequences of the applying them. His fiction explores human nature by contrasting human relationships with technology, or evolution, or aliens, and interrogates other cultural tropes -- specifically what counts as a flourishing civilization, the idea of "progress," and the notion of science as "beneficial." |
| Credits |
Cover art by H. R. Van Dongen. |
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Science fiction, American. (OCoLC)fst01108635
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Short stories, American. (OCoLC)fst01117064
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Genre/Form |
Short stories. (OCoLC)fst01726740
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Short stories.
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| Added Author |
Del Rey, Lester, 1915-1993, editor, author of introduction.
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| ISBN |
0345249607 |
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9780345249609 |
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