Short Story Collections

Includes the extremely creepy story "Who Goes There" which was the basis for three movie versions of "The Thing." Contents: 1 Introduction: The Three Careers of John W. Campbell (1976) essay by Lester del Rey 7 The Last Evolution (1975) short fiction by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by John W. Campbell] 24 Twilight [Twilight 1] (1934) novelette by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by John W. Campbell] 44 The Machine [The Machine 1] (1935) short story by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by John W. Campbell] 61 The Invaders [The Machine 2] (1935) short story by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by John W. Campbell] 79 Rebellion [The Machine 3] (1935) novelette by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by John W. Campbell] 107 Blindness (1935) short story by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by John W. Campbell] 122 Elimination (1936) short story by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by John W. Campbell] 139 Forgetfulness (1937) novelette by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by John W. Campbell] 164 Out of Night [Sarn] (1937) novelette by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by John W. Campbell] 201 Cloak of Aesir [Sarn] (1939) novelette by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by John W. Campbell] 246 Who Goes There? [Who Goes There?] (1966) novella by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by John W. Campbell] 299 Space for Industry [Editorial (Astounding)] (1966) essay by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by John W. Campbell] 304 Postscriptum (1976) essay by Mrs. John W. Campbell

From the Golden Age of Science Fiction: John W. Campbell, Jr. presents three mind-jarring space operas: Contents: * Introduction - Big, Big, Big by Isaac Asimov * Marooned: Four giant ships made of the wonder element synthium crash the asteroid belt and brave the cold of Jupiter's moons in man's last reckless dash to adventure. * All: The Chinese have brutally conquered the Earth and out of their ruthless tyranny evolves the last great religious ar...and the first God of Nuclear Divinity. * The Space Beyond: When you wake up 75 billion miles from Earth in a crippled ship hurtling toward a blistering Mega-Sun, with a crew of insane gangsters and a Texan, what you don't need to run into is a galactic war. Or was that their only chance for survival? * Afterword by George Zebrowski

Contains all of John W. Campbell's Don A Stuart stories.

Armchair Fiction presents extra large editions of classic science fiction double novels. The first novel is “Cosmic Kill” by science fiction maestro Robert Silverberg. When Intelligence assigned Lon Archman to assassinate one of the most powerful men in the Solar System, Archman knew there was little chance of his coming back alive. The evil lord Darrien had established a foothold on Mars and was firmly in control of the Martian city, Canalopolis. Archman knew he’d have to land on Mars, enter Canalopolis, elude security, find his way into Darrien’s palace, and then figure out who was the real Darrien, and not just one of several orthysynthetic robot doubles. No easy task! But with the arrival of two unexpected players—a beautiful Earth girl and a crafty Mercurian—Archman’s task became more complicated than ever. Could he use these two new players to his advantage, or would they prove to be the harbingers of his death? The second novel is “Beyond the End of Space” penned by science fiction master, John W. Campbell. Randolph Warren wasn’t trying to destroy himself and his whole lab with his new scientific apparatus, but that’s what almost happened. What Randolph had been laboring on was a revolutionary experiment relating to the energy of matter. However, what he actually accomplished was the total annihilation of matter, transmuting it into a sheer, raw atomic force, the likes of which had never been known before. Properly developed, it promised to be a boon to mankind. But a small syndicate of the world’s wealthiest energy brokers—who weren’t afraid to wreak death and destruction—set their sights on this amazing new discovery. Soon Warren and his associates found themselves flung outside the known Universe—beyond the end of space. The only question that remained was could they return to their own space and time before Earth fell prey to a group of power-hungry madmen?