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Nombre canónico: Campbell, John W.
Nombre legal: Campbell, John Wood, Jr.
Otros nombres: Stuart, Don A.
Fecha de nacimiento: 1910-06-08
Fecha de fallecimiento: 1971-07-11
Género: male
Nacionalidad: USA
Lugar de nacimiento: Newark, New Jersey, USA
Lugar de fallecimiento: Mountainside, New Jersey, USA
Causa de fallecimiento: heart ailment
Lugares de residencia: Newark, New Jersey, USA
Mountainside, New Jersey, USA
Educación: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Duke University (BS | 1934 | Physics)
Ocupaciones: writer
researcher
radio host
Editor
Organizaciones: Astounding Science Fiction
Premios y honores: E.E. Smith Memorial Award for Imaginative Fiction (1968)
Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame (1966)
Hugo (Editor, Retro-Hugo, [1939], 2014)
Science Fiction Hall of Fame (1970)

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Who Goes There por John W. Campbell

An unbearable violet flame leaped suddenly in the skies, shrieking a thousand feet in the air. A rain of black metal separated from a solid clump to spread in a long, stretching line that reached down and down in masses to the waiting earth. It settled at the base of a giant rock, finally, as a second long rain of metal reached down and down.

I started reading this book in late October, as it starts with a a science fiction/horror novella suitable for Hallowe'en. I liked the the solution that the men came up with for identifying which people and animals were actually clones of the monster. It was much cleverer than the solution in the 1950s film adaptation "The Thing From Another Planet", which was changed to something much easier to understand. I'm going to try to see the 1980s version "The Thing", as that is supposed to be a very good film.

I enjoyed all the stories in this book except "Blindness" which was a bit too physics heavy for me, but my favourites were "Who Goes There?", "Frictional Losses" and "Elimination".… (más)

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isabelx | 12 reseñas más. | Nov 6, 2023 |

Who Goes There? por John W. Campbell

A largely decent set of short stories which is let down by the original story The Thing was based on-one of the worst short stories I think I've ever read. There are however some real gems in here otherwise and I think without the titular story, this would be an incredible compilation

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KevDS | 12 reseñas más. | Sep 18, 2023 |

Analog 7 por John W. Campbell Jr.

Some good stuff from 1967! There's a couple things you have to remember though. One, the world was a far simpler place then, and this period in time was particularly notable for "tongue in cheek" writing...
Unfortunately not available in electronic formats, as I'd love to post some highlights...

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acb13adm | 2 reseñas más. | Sep 13, 2023 |

Unknown Fantasy Fiction, October 1940 por John W. Campbell

Mixed bag. Technically I only skimmed the L. Sprague de Camp novel and the L. Ron Hubbard story but that was enough. C.L. Moore's take on Eden is interesting.

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J.Flux | Aug 13, 2022 |

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