The Now Generation • essay by John W. Campbell, Jr. The Plague • novelette by Keith Laumer Bomb Scare • shortstory by Vernor Vinge Life as We Don't Know It • essay by Rick Cook In the Wabe • novelette by Rob Chilson [as by Robert Chilson ] The Busted Troubadour • shortstory by Jackson Burrows The Tactics of Mistake (Part 2 of 4) • serial by Gordon R. Dickson
Author
John Wood Campbell, Jr. was an influential figure in American science fiction. 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. 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. Stuart. He stopped writing fiction after he became editor of Astounding. Known Pseudonyms/Alternate Names: Don A. Stuart Karl van Campen John Campbell J. W. C., Jr. John W. Campbell John Wood Campbell
