John W. Campbell

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John Wood Campbell Jr. (* 8. June 1910 in Newark , New Jersey ; † 11. July 1971 ) was an American science fiction - writers and - Publisher .

Life

Campbell completed his natural science education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Duke University in 1932 with a Bachelor of Science. From 1937 until his death in 1971, he published the American science fiction magazine Astounding Science Fiction , which was renamed Analog Science Fiction in 1960, for more than three decades . His work as an author was always overshadowed by his work as an editor. His importance as editor is attributed to the fact that he discovered new writers and sometimes also supported them with ideas for their works. Some of these writers, whose first short stories Campbell published, are well-known authors such as Isaac Asimov , Robert Heinlein , Lyon Sprague de Camp or AE van Vogt . He also edited the fantasy magazine Unknown (later Unknown Worlds ) from 1939 to 1943.

Before Campbell became editor, he wrote science fiction himself. In the early 1930s he was with his Arcot, Morey, and Wade series in the space opera as important as the author EE Smith . He then wrote more nuanced short stories, such as Twilight and Forgetfulness , under the pseudonym Don A. Stuart (borrowed from the name of his wife "Dona Stuart").

His best known short story is Who Goes There? , about a group of scientists in Antarctica who discover an alien spacecraft and its crew member frozen in the ice. This story was filmed as The Thing from Another World (1951) and again as The Thing (1982). In 2011, a prequel entitled The Thing was released. The short story itself was named the Best SF Short Story of All Time by Science Fiction Writers Of America in 1970. His novel The Incredible Planet (Engl. The Incredible Planet ) from 1949 is often counted among the most important novels of the 1930s and 1940s.

Between December 11, 1957 and June 13, 1958, Campbell hosted a weekly radio program, Exploring Tomorrow . The templates for the programs were written by authors such as Gordon R. Dickson and Robert Silverberg .

The John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel and John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer were donated in his honor.

In 1996 Campell was posthumously inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame.

Award

  • 2014: Retro Hugo Award for Who Goes There? , That Thing from Another World from 1938

bibliography

Series

Arcot, Morey and Wade
  • 1 The Black Star Passes (1930)
    • German: The black star. Translated by Fritzheinz van Doornick. Pabel (Utopia Zukunftsroman # 85), 1957. Also as: Die dead Sonne. Translated by Walter Brumm. Heyne SF&F # 3458, 1975, ISBN 3-453-30334-2 .
  • 2 Islands of Space (in: Amazing Stories Quarterly, Spring 1931 )
    • German: Cosmic Cruise. Translated by Fritz Moeglich . Balowa / Gebrüder Zimmermann (Balowa Bestseller des Kosmos # 193), 1959, DNB 450738167 .
  • 3 Invaders From the Infinite (in: Amazing Stories Quarterly, Spring-Summer 1932 )
    • English: Invasion from Infinity. Translated by Ilse Pauli. Heyne SF&F # 3453, 1975, ISBN 3-453-30337-7 .
  • Piracy Preferred (in: Amazing Stories, June 1930 )
    • German: Der Luftpirat. Pabel (Utopia Science Fiction # 82), 1956. Also called: The Pirate. Translated by Walter Brumm. In: John W. Campbell: The Dead Sun. Translated by Walter Brumm. Heyne SF&F # 3458, 1975, ISBN 3-453-30334-2 .
  • Solarite (in: Amazing Stories, November 1930 )
    • German: Spaceship Solarit. Pabel (Utopia Zukunftsroman # 84), 1957. Also as: Solarius. Translated by Walter Brumm. In: John W. Campbell: The Dead Sun. Translated by Walter Brumm. Heyne SF&F # 3458, 1975, ISBN 3-453-30334-2 .
  • John W. Campbell Anthology (collective edition of 3 novels; 1973)
  • Arcot, Morey & Wade (collective edition from 1–3; 2008)
Waterson & Gale (short stories)
  • 1 When the Atoms Failed (in: Amazing Stories, January 1930 )
  • 2 The Metal Horde (in: Amazing Stories, April 1930 )
Donald Barclay (short stories)
  • 1 The Electronic Siege (in: Wonder Stories, April 1932 )
  • 2 Space Rays (in: Wonder Stories, December 1932 )
Mightiest machine
  • The Mightiest Machine (5 parts in: Astounding Stories, December 1934  ff.)
    • German: The incredible system. Translated by Clark Darlton . Balowa / Gebrüder Zimmermann (Balowa Bestseller des Kosmos), 1960, DNB 450738175 .
  • The Incredible Planet (1949)
    • German: The incredible planet. Translated by Otto Schrag. Rauch's Space Books # 1, 1952. Also as: Lonely, the stars shine. Translated by Otto Schrag. Pabel (Utopia large volume # 115), 1959.
  • The Infinite Atom (1949, in: John W. Campbell: The Incredible Planet )
    • German: The infinite atom. Translated by Otto Schrag. In: John W. Campbell: The Incredible Planet. Translated by Otto Schrag. Rauch's Space Books # 1, 1952.
  • The Interstellar Search (1949, in: John W. Campbell: The Incredible Planet )
    • German: Search between the stars. In: John W. Campbell: The Incredible Planet. Translated by Otto Schrag. Rauch's Space Books # 1, 1952.
Twilight (short stories)
  • 1 Twilight (in: Astounding Stories, November 1934 ; as Don A. Stuart)
  • 2 Night (in: Astounding Stories, October 1935 )
The Machine (short stories)
  • 1 The Machine (in: Astounding Stories, February 1935 )
    • German: The machine. In: The Best Stories by John W. Campbell. 1980.
  • 2 The Invaders (in: Astounding Stories, June 1935 )
    • English: The Invaders. In: The Best Stories by John W. Campbell. 1980.
  • 3 Rebellion (in: Astounding Stories, August 1935 )
Penton and Blake (short stories)
  • The Brain Stealers of Mars (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, December 1936 )
  • The Double Minds (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, August 1937 )
  • The Immortality Seekers (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1937 )
  • The Tenth World (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, December 1937 )
  • The Brain Pirates (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1938 )
Sarn (short stories)
  • Out of Night (in: Astounding Stories, October 1937 )
    • German: From the night. In: The Best Stories by John W. Campbell. 1980.
  • Cloak of Aesir (in: Astounding Science-Fiction, March 1939 )
    • German: Äsir. In: The thing from another world. Weiss (Utopian paperbacks), 1958. Also called: The coat of Aesir. In: The Best Stories by John W. Campbell. 1980.
Who Goes There? (Short novels)
  • "Who Goes There?" (In: Astounding Science-Fiction, August 1938 ; also: Who Goes There?, 1948; also: The Thing from Another World , 1952)
    • German:
      • Who's there? Translated by Uwe Anton . In: Gotthard Günther (Ed.): Overcoming space and time. Rauch's Space Books # 3, 1952.
      • The thing from another world. Translated by Margaret Auer. In: The thing from another world. Weiss (Utopian paperbacks), 1958.
      • Who is going there Translated by Joachim Körber . In: The Best Stories by John W. Campbell. 1980.
      • Who goes there Translated by Rosemarie Hundertmarck. In: Isaac Asimov , Martin H. Greenberg and Joseph D. Olander (eds.): Question mark future. Moewig (Playboy Science Fiction # 6736), 1984, ISBN 3-8118-6736-9 .
      • The thing from another world. Translated by Fabian Dellemann. In: Shane McKenzie (Eds.) And John W. Campbell: The Thing from Another World. Festa, 2016, ISBN 978-3-86552-432-4 .
  • Frozen Hell (2019, posthumously published long version of Who Goes There? )

Novels

  • Conquest of the Planet (1935)
    • German: The legacy of the past. Translated by Heinz Zwack. Moewig Terra # 258, 1962 (abridged).
  • The moon is hell! (1950)
  • The Elder Gods (1951)

Collections

  • Who Goes There? (1938; also: The Thing and Other Stories , 1952; also: Who Goes There? And Other Stories , 1955; also: The Thing , 1966; also: Who Goes There? / Parasite Deep , with Shane McKenzie)
    • German: The thing from another world: future stories. Translated by Margaret Auer. Weiss, Berlin-Schöneberg 1958, DNB 450738191 .
  • The moon is hell! (1951)
  • The Planeteers / The Ultimate Weapon (1966, collective edition)
  • The Best of John W. Campbell (1973)
  • The Space Beyond (1976)
  • A New Dawn: The Complete Don A. Stuart Stories (2003)
  • John W. Campbell, Jr .: Science Fiction Genius (2013)
  • The 39th Golden Age of Science Fiction Megapack (2018)

Short stories

1930
  • The Voice of the Void (in: Amazing Stories Quarterly, Summer 1930 )
1932
  • The Derelicts of Ganymede (in: Wonder Stories, January 1932 )
  • The Last Evolution (in: Amazing Stories, August 1932 )
    • German: The last evolution. Translated by Joachim Körber. In: The Best Stories by John W. Campbell. 1980.
1933
  • Beyond the End of Space (2 parts in: Amazing Stories, March 1933  ff.)
  • The Battery of Hate (in: Amazing Stories, November 1933 )
  • Cosmos: Interference on Luna (Chapter 6 of 18 in a joint work of numerous authors, in: Science Fiction Digest, November 1933  ff.)
1934
  • Atomic Power (in: Astounding Stories, December 1934 ; as Don A. Stuart)
  • The Irrelevant (in: Astounding Stories, December 1934 )
1935
  • Conquest of the Planets (3 parts in: Amazing Stories, January 1935  ff .; also: The Conquest of the Planets )
    • German: The legacy of the past. Moewig (Terra # 258), 1962.
  • Blindness (in: Astounding Stories, March 1935 )
    • German: blindness. In: The Best Stories by John W. Campbell. 1980.
  • The Escape (in: Astounding Stories, May 1935 )
1936
  • Elimination (in: Astounding Stories, May 1936 )
    • German: extinction. In: The Best Stories by John W. Campbell. 1980.
  • Frictional Losses (in: Astounding Stories, July 1936 )
  • Uncertainty (2 parts in: Amazing Stories, October 1936  ff .; also: The Ultimate Weapon , 1966)
    • English: The attack of Mira. Moewig (Terra nova # 163), Munich 1970, DNB 363410317 .
1937
  • Forgetfulness (in: Astounding Stories, June 1937 )
    • German: At the beginning of infinity. In: Walter Spiegl (Ed.): Science-Fiction-Stories 4. Ullstein 2000 # 4 (2791), 1972, ISBN 3-548-02791-1 . Also as: forgetfulness. In: The Best Stories by John W. Campbell. 1980.
  • Other Eyes Watching (1937)
1938
  • Dead Knowledge (in: Astounding Stories, January 1938 )
  • Who Goes There? (1938; as Don A. Stuart)
  • Who Goes There? (1938)
    • German: The thing from another world. Translated by Margarete Auer. In: Shane McKenzie (Eds.) And John W. Campbell: The Thing from Another World. Moewig Terra # 529, 1967.
1939
  • The Elder Gods (in: Unknown, October 1939 ; with Arthur J. Burks )
  • Planet of Eternal Night (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1939 )
  • The Cloak of Aesir (1939; as Don A. Stuart)
  • The Cloak of Aesir (1939)
    • English: The mantle of Aesir. Translated by Joachim Körber. In: The Best Stories by John W. Campbell. 1980.
1940
  • Wouldst Write, Wee One (in: Scienti-Snaps, February 1940 )
1954
  • The Idealists (1954, in: Raymond J. Healy (Ed.): 9 Tales of Space and Time )
1957
  • Spaceship Solarit. Pabel (Utopia Science Fiction # 84), 1957.
  • The black star. Pabel (Utopia Science Fiction # 85), 1957.
1959
  • "What Do You Mean ... Human?" (1959)
1960
  • The infinite atom. Pabel (Utopia large volume # 116), 1960.
  • Space For Industry (1960)
    • German: Space for industry. Translated by Joachim Körber. In: The Best Stories by John W. Campbell. 1980.
1962
  • The legacy of the past. Moewig (Terra # 258), 1962.
1976
  • The Ultimate Weapon (1976)
    • English: The attack of Mira. Translated by Birgit Reß-Bohusch . Moewig Terra Nova # 163, 1971.
  • All (1976, in: John W. Campbell: The Space Beyond )
  • Marooned (1976, in: John W. Campbell: The Space Beyond )
  • The Space Beyond (1976, in: John W. Campbell: The Space Beyond )

Anthologies

  • From Unknown Worlds (1938)
  • The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology (1952)
  • Astoundimg Science Fiction Vol. 10 No. 1 (1954)
  • The First Astounding Science Fiction Anthology (1954)
  • The Second Astounding Science Fiction Anthology (1954)
  • Astounding Tales of Space and Time (1957)
  • Selections from The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology (1967)
  • Astounding Science Fiction, July 1939 (1981)
Analogous to anthologies
  • 1 Analog 1 (1963; also: Analog One , 1967)
  • 2 Analog 2 (1964; also: Analog Two , 1967)
  • 3 Analog 3 (1965; also: A World by the Tale , 1970)
  • 4 Analog 4 (1966; also: The Permanent Implosion , 1970)
  • 5 Analog 5 (1967; also: Countercommandment , 1970)
  • 6 Analog 6 (1966)
  • 7 Analog 7 (1970)
  • 8 Analog 8 (1971)
  • Prologue to Analog (1962)
  • Analog Anthology (1965)

Non-fiction, letters and essays

  • The Atomic Story (1947)
  • Collected Editorials from Analog (1966)
  • The John W. Campbell Letters With Isaac Asimov and AE Van Vogt (1989)
  • The Essential Surrealism (2002)
  • The Heinlein Letters: Volume I (2011; with Robert A. Heinlein )

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ science fiction awards database - John W. Campbell Jr. . Retrieved November 21, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Campbell, John W.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Campbell Jr., John Wood (full name); Campbell Jr., John W. (alternative spelling); Camping, Karl van (pseudonym); Kampen, Karl van (pseudonym); McCann, Arthur (pen name); Stuart, Don A. (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American science fiction writer and editor
DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Newark (New Jersey)
DATE OF DEATH July 11, 1971