#11 - John W. Campbell and the Golden Age of Sci-Fi

<p>John W. Campbell was the controversial longtime editor of Astounding Science Fiction who single-handedly directed the course of science fiction in the 1940s, a time that is not called the "golden age of sci-fi." However, I argue the golden age continued through the 1950s as writers who got their start under Campbell began publishing on their own.</p> <p>Book recommendation: <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_of_Gravity"><em>Mission of Gravity</em></a> by Hal Clement.</p> <p><a href= "https://web.archive.org/web/20120825082507/http://www.loa.org/sciencefiction/why_silverberg.jsp"> Robert Silverberg on the golden age.</a><br /> The Internet Speculative Fiction Database's "<a href= "http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/stats.cgi?15">Most-Viewed Short Fiction</a>."<br /> <a href= "https://locusmag.com/2019/11/cory-doctorow-jeannette-ng-was-right-john-w-campbell-was-a-fascist/"> Cory Doctorow on Campbell.</a><br /> <a href= "https://sciencemeetsfiction.com/nonfiction-essays/the-real-problem-with-the-cold-equations/"> My essay on "The Cold Equations."</a></p>