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John Wood Campbell, Jr. (June 8, 1910 – July 11, 1971) was an important science fiction editor and writer. As a writer he was first influential under his own name as a writer of super-science space opera and then under the name Don A. Stuart, a pseudonym he used for moodier, less pulpish stories. However, Campbell's primary influence on the genre was as the editor of Astounding Science Fiction, a post that he held from late 1937 until his death. In that role he is generally credited with helping to create the so-called Golden Age of Science Fiction, which is often held to have started with the July. | feedboo is Islands of Space Campbell John Wood Published 1956 Categorie s Fiction Science Fiction Source http 1 About Campbell John Wood Campbell Jr. June 8 1910 - July 11 1971 was an important science fiction editor and writer. As a writer he was first influential under his own name as a writer of super-science space opera and then under the name Don A. Stuart a pseudonym he used for moodier less pulpish stories. However Campbell s primary influence on the genre was as the editor of Astounding Science Fiction a post that he held from late 1937 until his death. In that role he is generally credited with helping to create the so-called Golden Age of Science Fiction which is often held to have started with the July 1939 issue 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. At the time of his sudden and unexpected death after 34 years at the helm of Astounding however his quirky personality and occasionally eccentric editorial demands had alienated a number of his most illustrious writers such as Asimov and Robert A. Heinlein to the point that they no longer submitted works to him. Source Wikipedia Also available on Feedbooks for Campbell Invaders from the Infinite 1961 The Ultimate Weapon 1936 The Black Star Passes 1953 The Last Evolution 1932 Copyright Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and or check the copyright status in your country. Note This book is brought to you by Feedbooks http Strictly for personal use do not use this file for commercial purposes. 2 Prologue In the early part of the Twenty Second Century Dr. Richard Arcot hailed as the greatest living physicist and Robert Morey his brilliant mathematical assistant discovered the so-called molecular motion drive which utilized the random energy of heat to produce useful motion. John Fuller designing engineer helped the two men to