The Amazing John W. Campbell and the Golden Age of Science Fiction, Part 3 of 4
Stunning 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 sparked a revolution in science fiction and forever changed our world.
This remarkable cultural tale centers on the figure of John W. Campbell, Jr., whom Asimov called "the most powerful force in science fiction of all time." Campbell, who has never been the subject of a biography until now, was both a visionary author – he wrote the story which was later filmed as The Thing – and the editor of the groundbreaking magazine better known as Astounding Science Fiction, in which he discovered countless legendary writers and classic published works ranging from Series I, Robot to Dune. For more than thirty years, from the rise of the pulps to the beginnings of Star Trek, he dominated the genre and his three closest collaborators reached unimaginable heights. Asimov became the most prolific author in American history; Heinlein became the leading science fiction writer of his generation with the novels Starship Troopers and Stranger in a Strange Land; and Hubbard achieved lasting fame – and infamy – as the founder of the Church of Scientology.
This remarkable cultural tale centers on the figure of John W. Campbell, Jr., whom Asimov called "the most powerful force in science fiction of all time." Campbell, who has never been the subject of a biography until now, was both a visionary author – he wrote the story which was later filmed as The Thing – and the editor of the groundbreaking magazine better known as Astounding Science Fiction, in which he discovered countless legendary writers and classic published works ranging from Series I, Robot to Dune. For more than thirty years, from the rise of the pulps to the beginnings of Star Trek, he dominated the genre and his three closest collaborators reached unimaginable heights. Asimov became the most prolific author in American history; Heinlein became the leading science fiction writer of his generation with the novels Starship Troopers and Stranger in a Strange Land; and Hubbard achieved lasting fame – and infamy – as the founder of the Church of Scientology.
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