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[[File:John W Campbell 193102.jpg|thumb|300px|John W. Campbell, as shown in ''Wonder Stories'' in 1932]]
'''John W. Campbell, Jr.''' (1910 – 1971) was an American science fiction writer and editor. As editor of ''[[Astounding Science Fiction]]'' magazine for over thirty years, he was one of the most influential figures in the Golden Age of Science Fiction.
As a writer, the bulk of his work was done in the 1930s. He first made his name as an author of [[Science Hero]] [[Space Opera]], including the 'Arcot, Morey and Wade' stories, which were collected in book form in the 1950s. He also wrote more thoughtful science fiction under the name Don A. Stuart, including the linked stories "Twilight" and "Night", and "[[Who Goes There?]]", the story that inspired the films ''[[The Thing from Another World]]'' and ''[[The Thing (film)|The Thing]]''.
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There have been two significant awards established in his honour, the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel and the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (which is not technically a [[Hugo Award]], but is presented at the same annual award ceremony).
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* "[[Who Goes There?]]"
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* [[Can't Argue with Elves]]: Campbell hated this trope and gave an [[Executive Veto]] to any story in which aliens were shown to be superior to humans.
** Isaac Asimov responded by writing stories that don't have aliens at all, such as the ''[[Foundation]]'' series, so that questions of whether the aliens are superior did not arise.
* [[Deus Est Machina]]: "The Machine"
* [[Framing Device]]:
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** "Night" has a frame story about a man who disappears during an experiment and later claims to have been projected into the (even more) distant future.
** "Elimination" is the story of a potentially world-changing invention that destroyed its inventors; in the frame story, a patent attorney tells the story to make the point that some inventions are best left undeveloped.
* [[Hard Light]]: In the ''Arcot, Morey and Wade'' series.
* [[Humanity's Wake]]: "Night".
* [[Man-Eating Plant]]: A man-eating Venusian plant is mentioned as having almost killed one of the heroes in "The Brain-Stealers of Mars".
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