june july american science fiction writer editor editor later called late death generally credited shaping golden age science fiction called campbell powerful force science fiction years dominated field completely writer campbell published super science space opera moody stories primary famous pseudonym campbell wrote pen names stopped writing fiction editor biography campbell born newark new_jersey father cold electrical engineer mother née warm character identical twin visited disliked young john john unable tell apart frequently rebuffed person took mother campbell attended mit befriended eminent mathematician coined term began writing science fiction age sold stories quickly january june amazing published short stories novel letters known pulp writer failed german mit dismissed year graduated physics campbell married divorced married margaret winter spent life new_jersey died home writing career editor lost campbell manuscript accepted entitled invaders infinite failed appeared january followed monthly amazing stories quarterly edited space opera series featuring characters wade complete novel series islands space cover story spring quarterly serial novel ran edited stories featuring lead characters blake appeared late thrilling wonder stories edited early work amazing established campbell reputation writer space adventure began publish stories different tone wrote pseudonym derived wife maiden later decade campbell prolific successful names significant stories published pseudonym twilight november night october goes august goes group researchers discover crashed alien vessel complete shape changing filmed thing world thing thing published year campbell editor significant piece fiction age campbell held amateur radio sign wrote articles electronics radio wide range magazines december june hosted weekly science fiction radio program called exploring tomorrow scripts written authors influence hired campbell succeed editor october issue campbell given authority responsible buying stories somewhat earlier began changes immediately label unusual stories march changing title story march early find campbell published extraordinary group new writers time period generally regarded beginning golden age science fiction july issue particular july issue contained story early story trends august brought story life line month story appeared campbell started fantasy magazine unknown later unknown canceled years victim wartime paper shortages magazine editorial direction significant evolution modern fantasy campbell widely considered single important influential editor early history science fiction wrote individual helped shape modern new magazines galaxy science fiction moved different directions developed talented new writers directly influenced campbell suggested story ideas writers including famously write creature thinks man better man like man asked stories match cover paintings bought campbell strong formative influence eventually friend said campbell influence field example instruction insistence forced science fiction mold abandoned earlier orientation field demolished stock characters filled penny plots sunday supplement science phrase purple pulp instead demanded science fiction writers understand science understand people hard requirement established writers 1930s meet campbell compromise meet requirements sell great hollywood decade silent movies given way famous example type speculative plausible science fiction campbell demanded writers deadline short story appeared wartime year year atomic bomb campbell successor editor analog wrote described basic facts build atomic bomb campbell worked story drawing scientific information papers published technical journals war mechanics constructing bomb perfectly obvious fbi descended campbell office story appeared print demanded issue removed campbell convinced removing magazine fbi advertising project existed aimed developing nuclear weapons demand dropped campbell responsible grim controversial ending famous short story cold writer recounted campbell times sent cold got version wanted kept coming ingenious ways save girl strength classic story lies fact life young woman sacrificed save lives simply impact lived views slavery green wrote campbell enjoyed taking devil advocate position area willing defend viewpoints disagreed led debate example wrote campbell pointed peculiar institution slavery fact provided blacks brought higher standard living africa suspected comments analog editorials read john held racist views regard blacks finally green agreed campbell rapidly increasing soon rendered slavery obsolete better usa endure years suffer truly costs civil war june editorial called civil war centennial campbell argued slavery dominant form human relationships history present unusual anti slavery cultures dominated planet wrote bet south integrated job right half century sooner vastly human misery way slavery ended introducing industry man skilled competent work hands industrial management forced remain business accept fact man black white purple according faced riots mid seriously proposed went proposing natural slaves unhappy freed sat panel pointed worker bee unable work dies misery freed went masters enslaved ideals anti fought civil war merely expressions self interest blacks emancipation fundamentally riots suburbs los_angeles smoking campbell heavy life seldom seen customary cigarette holder analog september months major warning dangers cigarette smoking issued january campbell ran editorial tobacco took title similarly named anti smoking book stated connection lung cancer referred barely possible cigarette smoking cancer claimed tobacco effects led effective thinking page piece automobile safety analog dated campbell wrote people suddenly conscious fact cars kill people cigarettes completely right fringe politics 1930s campbell interested theories rhine founded campbell student following years growing interest reflected stories published encouraged writers include topics tales leading publication numerous works abilities increasing tendencies eventually start writers wrote favorably things dean drive device supposedly produced thrust violation newton law machine supposedly psi powers campbell interested wrote ron initial article assure absolute sincerity important articles published claimed successfully techniques wrote number writers wrote stuff ensure sales campbell best writers retreated went explain campbell championed far ideas men trained including felt duty stir minds readers force curiosity right border lines began series editorials championed social point view described far right expressed sympathy national election instance bitter opposition including hardly read campbell editorial temper assessment peers described campbell haired blond man challenging foot features presented formidable appearance said tall large man light hair nose wide face thin lips cigarette holder forever teeth wrote wrote greatest editor seen likely fact major editors english language literature middle years twentieth century heritage built said campbell minded talking meant listening monologue knight agreed campbell lecture room manner unpleasant unwilling face campbell talked good deal listened liked outrageous things british novelist critic dismissed campbell add note editor figure marked think invented psi machine british novelist editorial claimed writers wild eyed man fierce anti stories crew cut cigar competent guys like campbell image success work reflected deep seated majority readers saw menace union meeting viewed campbell turning magazine vessel right wing politics early 1950s fascist deeply magazine pretending offering kids alternative course alternative writer editor sophisticated recounted length meeting campbell man imagined combination thing campbell said dead destroyed new discovery predicted win ron nobel peace prize campbell ordered think clear remember remember mother tried button hook stopped commented reinforced private opinion majority science fiction crowd despite brilliance missing campbell died age new_jersey time sudden death years helm analog campbell quirky personality eccentric editorial demands alienated number writers point longer submitted works remained grateful campbell early friendship support dedicated early concluded stating way express meant write book days quarter century ago final word campbell years life diminishing shadow campbell important discovery fast friend eventually tired wrote campbell saved science fiction product hack took editorial policies help encouragement gave writers scenes raised literary intellectual standard progress stems renaissance awards honors shortly campbell death science fiction program established annual renamed annual established annual best new writer memorials effective inducted campbell inaugural class deceased living persons shared inaugural hugo awards world science fiction convention subsequently won hugo award best professional magazine seven times works shortened lists title titles different versions publications campbell different titles simply selections works omitted main sources provided information following sections novels incredible planet black star passes islands space invaders infinite short story collections editions goes moon hell best space best differs version new dawn edited books unknown worlds prologue analog analog analog analog analog analog analog analog editorial number letter editor requiem analog volume volume memorial works memorial works include john campbell memorial anthology edited audio host exploring tomorrow biography criticism biography campbell years analog june issue
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