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Who Goes There?: the Novella That Formed the Basis of the Thing Free FREE WHO GOES THERE?: THE NOVELLA THAT FORMED THE BASIS OF THE THING PDF John W Campbell,William F Nolan | 168 pages | 25 Feb 2013 | Rocket Ride Books | 9780982332207 | English | United States WHO GOES THERE?: A Short Review of the Novella That Inspired THE THING | Jonathan Janz John Wood Campbell Jr. Campbell wrote super-science Who Goes There?: The Novella That Formed The Basis Of The Thing opera under his own name and stories under his primary pseudonym, Don A. Campbell began writing science fiction at age 18 while attending MIT. He published six short stories, one novel, and six letters in the science fiction magazine Amazing Stories from to This work established Campbell's reputation as a writer of space adventure. When in he began to write stories with a different tone, he wrote as Don A. From until the later part of that decade, Campbell was prolific and successful under both names, though he stopped writing fiction shortly after he became editor of Astounding in It is as editor of Astounding Science Fiction later called Analog Science Fiction and Fact from late until his death for which Campbell is primarily remembered today. Also, inCampbell started the fantasy magazine Unknownalthough it was canceled after only four years. Referring to his time spent as an editor, The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction wrote: "More than any other individual, he helped to shape modern sf. An increasingly strong interest in pseudoscience later alienated Campbell from Isaac Asimov. Campbell and Astounding shared one of the inaugural Hugo Awards with H. Shortly after his death inthe University of Kansas science fiction program established the annual John W. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame inducted Campbell inin its inaugural class of two deceased and two living persons. John Campbell was born in NewarkNew Jersey[7] in His father, John Wood Campbell Sr. John was unable to tell them apart and says he was frequently rebuffed by the person he took to be his mother. After one year at Duke Universityhe graduated with a Bachelor of Science in physics in Campbell began writing science fiction at age 18 while attending MIT and sold his first stories quickly. From January to JuneAmazing Stories published six of his short stories, one novel, and six letters. He stopped writing fiction after he became editor of Astounding. Between December 11,and June 13,he hosted a weekly science fiction radio program called Exploring Tomorrow. The scripts were written by authors such as Gordon R. Dickson and Robert Silverberg. They divorced in and he married Margaret Peg Winter in He spent most of his life in New Jersey and died of heart failure at his home in Mountainside, New Jersey. Editor T. Three were part of a space opera series featuring the characters Arcot, Morey, and Wade. A complete novel in the series, Islands of Spacewas the cover story in the Spring Quarterly. Orlin Tremaineand several stories featuring lead characters Penton and Blake appeared from late in Thrilling Wonder Storiesedited by Mort Weisinger. The early work for Amazing established Campbell's reputation as a writer of space adventure. When in he began to publish stories with a different tone he wrote as Don A. Stuart, a pseudonym derived from his wife's maiden name. From until the later part of that decade, Campbell was prolific and successful under both names. Campbell held the amateur radio call sign W2ZGU, and wrote many articles on electronics and radio for a wide range of magazines. Tremaine hired Campbell to succeed him [17] as the editor of Astounding from its October issue. Lester del Rey 's first story, in Marchwas an early find for Campbell, and inhe published such an extraordinary group of new writers for the first time that the period is generally regarded as the beginning of the "Golden Age of Science Fiction", and the July issue in particular. Heinlein 's first story, " Life-Line ", and the next month Theodore Sturgeon 's first story appeared. Also inCampbell started the fantasy magazine Unknown later Unknown Worlds. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction wrote: "More than any other individual, he helped to shape modern sf", [2] and Darrell Schweitzer credits him with having "decreed that SF writers should pull themselves up out of the pulp mire and start writing intelligently, for adults". Campbell often suggested story ideas to writers including "Write me a creature that thinks as well as a man, or better than a man, but not like a man" [27]and sometimes asked for stories to match cover paintings he had already bought. Campbell had a strong formative influence on Asimov and eventually became a friend. By his own example and by his instruction and by his undeviating and persisting insistence, he forced first Astounding and then all science fiction into his mold. He abandoned the earlier orientation of the field. He demolished the stock characters who had filled it; eradicated the penny dreadful plots; extirpated the Sunday-supplement science. In a phrase, he blotted out the purple of pulp. Instead, he demanded that science-fiction writers understand science and understand people, a hard requirement that many of the established writers of the s could not meet. Campbell did not compromise because of that: those who could not meet his requirements could not sell to him, and the carnage was as great as it had been in Hollywood a decade before, while silent movies had given way to the talkies. One example of the type of speculative but plausible science fiction that Campbell demanded from his writers is " Deadline ", a short story by Cleve Cartmill that appeared during the wartime year ofa year before the detonation of the first atomic bomb. As Ben BovaCampbell's successor as editor at Analogwrote, it "described the basic facts of how to build an atomic bomb. Cartmill and Campbell worked together on the story, drawing their scientific information from papers published in the technical journals before the war. To them, the mechanics of constructing a uranium-fission bomb seemed perfectly obvious. Campbell convinced them that by removing the magazine "the FBI would be advertising to everyone that such a project existed and was aimed at developing nuclear weapons" and the demand was dropped. Campbell was also responsible for the grim and controversial ending of Tom Godwin 's short story " The Cold Equations ". Writer Joe Green recounted that Campbell had. Godwin kept coming up with ingenious ways to save the girl! Since the strength of this deservedly classic story lies in the fact that the life of one young woman must be sacrificed to save the lives of many, it simply would not have the same impact if she had lived. Between December 11,and June 13, Who Goes There?: The Novella That Formed The Basis Of The Thing, Campbell hosted a weekly science fiction radio program called Exploring Tomorrow. Green wrote that Campbell "enjoyed taking the 'devil's advocate' position in almost any area, willing to defend even viewpoints with which he disagreed if that led Who Goes There?: The Novella That Formed The Basis Of The Thing a livelier debate". As an example, he wrote:. Finally, however, Green agreed with Campbell that "rapidly increasing mechanization after would have soon rendered slavery obsolete anyhow. It would have been better for the USA to endure it a few more years than suffer the truly horrendous costs of the Civil War. He wrote. It's my bet that the South would have been integrated by The only way slavery has ever been ended, anywhere, is by introducing industry According to Michael MoorcockCampbell suggested that some people Who Goes There?: The Novella That Formed The Basis Of The Thing slavery. He also, when faced with the Watts riots of the mid-sixties, seriously proposed and went on to proposing that there were 'natural' slaves who were unhappy if freed. I sat on a panel with him inas he pointed out that the worker bee when unable to work dies of misery, that the moujiks when freed went to their masters and begged to be enslaved again, that the ideals of the anti-slavers who fought in the Civil War were merely expressions of self-interest and that the blacks were 'against' emancipation, which was fundamentally why they were indulging in 'leaderless' riots in the suburbs of Los Angeles. InCampbell published an essay supporting segregated schools and arguing that "the Negro race" had failed to "produce super-high- geniuses". Delany 's Nova a month before it was ultimately published, with a note and phone call to his agent explaining that he did not feel his readership "would be able to relate to a black main character". Campbell was a critic of government regulation of health and safety, excoriating numerous public health initiatives and regulations. Campbell was a heavy smoker throughout his life and was seldom seen without his customary cigarette holder. In the Analog of Septembernine months after the Surgeon General 's first major warning about the dangers of cigarette smoking had been issued January 11, Campbell ran an editorial, "A Counterblaste to Tobacco" that took its title from the anti-smoking book of the same name by King James I of England. He said that tobacco's calming effects led to more effective thinking. However, Who Goes There?: The Novella That Formed The Basis Of The Thing a one-page piece about automobile safety in the Analog dated MayCampbell wrote of "people suddenly Who Goes There?: The Novella That Formed The Basis Of The Thing conscious of the fact that cars kill more people than cigarettes do, even if the antitobacco alarmists were completely right His critiques of government regulation of health risks were not limited to tobacco.
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