John W. Campbell

The Black Star Passes (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A sky pirate armed with superior weapons of his own invention... An unseen dark sun aimed at ending civilization in our solar system... First contact with a dangerous alien race... These are just some of the challenges that test the skill and minds of the brilliant team of scientist-astronauts Arcot, Wade, and Morey. These initial adventures here are a classic of science fiction and first brought the name of their author, John Campbell, into prominence as a master of the inventive SF imagination.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Reading Essentials
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. März 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9788832538953
• Artikelnr.: 55447682

Autorenporträt

John Wood Campbell Jr. (1910 - 1971) was an American science fiction writer and editor. 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 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 stories under his primary and most famous pseudonym, Don A. Stuart. Campbell also wrote under the pen names Karl Van Kampen and Arthur McCann. He stopped writing fiction after he became editor of Astounding. Campbell helped launch the career of science fiction author L. Ron Hubbard, and played a key role in the initial promotion of Dianetics.