'Far more skillfully wrought than his space operas, these stories laid the groundwork for the editorial philosophy Campbell applied to the sophistication of Astounding… the extrapolative ingenuity of 'Who Goes There?'… bore much richer and stranger fruit' (Barron). This collection features seven of these stories, including the titular story, a classic tale of an alien who can perfectly mimic earthly life forms, 'a fine paranoid fantasy' (Barron). wrote and published 16 stories under the pseudonym Don A. This copy one of an unspecified number of subscriber's copies signed by Campbell on the front free endpaper.īefore becoming editor of Astounding Science-Fiction, where he shaped the Golden Age of science fiction, John W. Octavo, original blue cloth, original dust jacket.įirst edition of Campbell's collection of seven science fiction stories-including the titular story which served as the basis for John Carpenter's 'The Thing' (1982), as well as 'The Thing from Another World' (1951)-in fantastic illustrated dust jacket designed by Hannes Bok. Who Goes There? Seven Tales of Science-Fiction. He stopped writing fiction after he became editor of Astounding.'IT HAS NO NATURAL ENEMIES, BECAUSE IT BECOMES WHATEVER IT WANTS TO': FIRST EDITION OF JOHN CAMPBELL'S WHO GOES THERE?, BASIS FOR JOHN CARPENER'S THE THING-SIGNED BY CAMPBELLĬAMPBELL, John W., Jr. 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.'Īs a writer, Campbell published super-science space opera under his own name and moody, less pulpish stories as Don A.

As editor of Astounding Science Fiction (later called Analog Science Fiction and Fact), from late 1937 until his death, he is generally credited with shaping the so-called Golden Age of Science Fiction. was an influential figure in American science fiction. He stopped writing fiction after he became editor of Astounding. 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, less pulpish stories as Don A.

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