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John W. Campbell

John Wood Campbell Jr. was an American science fiction writer and editor. As editor of Astounding Science Fiction from late 1937 until his death, he is generally credited with shaping the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Isaac Asimov called Campbell "the most powerful force in science fiction ever, and for the first ten years of his editorship he dominated the field completely."

As a writer, Campbell published super-science space opera under his own name and moody stories under his primary and most famous pseudonym, Don A. Stuart. Campbell also wrote under the pen names Karl Van Kampen and Arthur McCann.
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American science fiction writer (1910–1971)

Born 8 June 1910
Died 11 July 1971

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  • Cover of: The Black Star Passes

    First published in 1953 — 24 editions
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    First published in 1961 — 17 editions
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    First published in 1948 — 14 editions
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  • Cover of: The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume Two A
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    Cover of edition sciencefictionha0002unse_l5f2 Cover of edition sciencefictionha00bova Cover of edition sciencefictionha00benb First published in 1973 — 12 editions
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  • Cover of: Before the Golden Age: A Science Fiction Anthology of the 1930s
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    First published in 1974 — 9 editions
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    First published in 1971 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Isaac Asimov presents the great science fiction stories: Volume 1, 1939
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    First published in 1979 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: The Mammoth book of classic science fiction: short novels of the 1930s
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  • Cover of: Analog 3

    First published in 1965 — 4 editions
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American science fiction writer (1910–1971)

Born 8 June 1910
Died 11 July 1971

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American Science fiction, Science fiction, science fiction, Fiction, Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure, Extraterrestrial beings, Fiction, science fiction, space opera, Books and reading, Fiction, science fiction, general, Science Fiction, Authorship, Fiction, science fiction, hard science fiction, American Authors, American Novelists, Authors, american, Biography, Bosch, hieronymus, -1516, Correspondence, English Science fiction, English Short stories, Fiction, action & adventure, Fiction, general, History and criticism, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Scientists, fiction

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United States

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John Wood Campbell (1910-1971), William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Aristophanes, F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940), Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980), Toni Morrison (1931-2019)

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20th century

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  • John W. Campbell Jr.
  • John Wood Campbell
  • John W. Campbell, Jr.
  • John Wood Campbell
  • John W. (Editor) Campbell
  • Jr. (editor). Campbell John W.

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August 31, 2023 Edited by Dirk_P_Broer John Wood Campbell; John W. (Editor) Campbell; Jr. (editor). Campbell John W.
August 29, 2022 Edited by dcapillae remove wrong names
August 29, 2022 Edited by dcapillae merge authors
December 5, 2013 Edited by Sarah Breau Edited name
April 29, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import