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

Table of Contents:

• The Man Who Lost the Sea - (2003) - essay by Barry N. Malzberg
• Twilight - (1934)
• Atomic Power - (1934)
• The Machine - (1935)
• The Invaders - (1935)
• Rebellion - (1935)
• Blindness - (1935)
• The Escape - (1935)
• Night - (1935)
• Elimination - (1936)
• Frictional Losses - (1936)
• Forgetfulness - (1937)
• Out of Night - (1937)
• Cloak of Aesir - (1939)
• Dead Knowledge - (1938)
• Who Goes There? - (1938)
• The Elder Gods - (1939)
• Strange Worlds - (2003)
• Wouldst Write, Wee One? - (2003)

In 1938, acclaimed science fiction author John W. Campbell published the novella Who Goes There?, about a team of scientists in Antarctica who discover and are terrorized by a monstrous, shape-shifting alien entity. The story would later be adapted into John Carpenter's iconic movie The Thing (following an earlier film adaptation in 1951). The published novella was actually an abridged version of Campbell's original story, called Frozen Hell, which had to be shortened for publication. The Frozen Hell manuscript remained unknown and unpublished for decades, and it was only recently rediscovered. Frozen Hell expands the Thing story dramatically, giving vital backstory and context to an already incredible tale. We are pleased and honored to offer Frozen Hell to you now, as Campbell intended it. You will be among the first people to ever read this completed version of the story.

All stories in this volume originally appeared in Street & Smith's Astounding Science Fiction magazine.

Contains stories by: Murray Leinster, Lester Del Rey, Isaac Asimov, Clifford Simak, A.E. Van Voght, and others.

Contents:

• 1 - Introduction (The Incredible Planet) - [Mightiest Machine] - short story
• 5 - The Incredible Planet - [Mightiest Machine] - novelette
• 47 - The Interstellar Search - [Mightiest Machine] - novella
• 177 - The Infinite Atom - [Mightiest Machine] - novella

Note that the contents of this collection are different from the similarly titled collection published in 1973 by Sidgwick & Jackson.

Here are the finest stories by the man who almost single-handedly created modern science fiction--the writer who taught a generation to dream...and to write of all possible futures.

TWILIGHT
He was a mere hitchhiker now, but he had once seen the far, far future... and had returned to mourn what he had seen!

THE MACHINE
The machine was ultimately benevolent...so benevolent that it gave mankind the ultimate but most unwanted gift!

FORGETFULNESS
They were like children in the museum of Earth's glorious past...children who had forgotten so much, but whose powers were those of gods!

And the classic that was to become the movie THE THING: WHO GOES THERE?
The Thing was the most dreadful threat men had ever faced...a creature that could be any one--or all--of them!

And many more!

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: The Three Careers of John W. Campbell - (1976) - essay by Lester del Rey
• The Last Evolution - (1975) - shortfiction
• Twilight - (1934) - novelette
• The Machine - (1935) - shortstory
• The Invaders - (1935) - shortstory
• Rebellion - (1935) - novelette
• Blindness - (1935) - shortstory
• Elimination - (1936) - shortstory
• Forgetfulness - (1937) - novelette
• Out of Night - (1937) - novelette
• Cloak of Aesir - (1939) - novelette
• Who Goes There? - (1938) - novella
• Space for Industry (Astounding Editorial) - (1960) - essay by John W. Campbell, Jr.
• Afterword: Postscriptum - (1976) - essay by Mrs. John W. Campbell

The Planeteers

Collection containing:

• The Brain Stealers of Mars - novelette
• The Double Minds - novelette
• The Immortality Seekers - novelette
• The Tenth World - novelette
• The Brain Pirates - novelette

The Ultimate Weapon

RED SUN RISING:

The star Mira was unpredictably variable. Sometimes it was blazing, brilliant and hot. Other times it was oddly dim, cool, shedding little warmth on its many planets. Gresth Gkae, leader of the Mirans, was seeking a better star, one to which his "people" could migrate. That star had to be steady, reliable, with a good planetary system. And in his astronomical searching, he found Sol.

With hundreds of ships, each larger than whole Terrestrial spaceports, and traveling faster than the speed of light, the Mirans set out to move in to Solar regions and take over.

And on Earth there was nothing which would be capable of beating off this incredible armada -- until Buck Kendall stumbled upon THE ULTIMATE WEAPON.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - (1962) - essay by John W. Campbell, Jr.
• Belief - (1953) - novelette by Isaac Asimov
• Pandora's Planet - [Pandora's Planet - 1] - (1956) - novelette by Christopher Anvil
• Sound Decision - (1956) - novelette by Robert Silverberg and Randall Garrett
• Omnilingual - (1957) - novelette by H. Beam Piper
• Triggerman - (1958) - shortstory by J. F. Bone
• A Filbert Is a Nut - (1959) - shortstory by Rick Raphael
• Business as Usual, During Alterations - (1958) - novelette by Ralph Williams
• Pushbutton War - (1960) - shortstory by Joseph P. Martino
• We Didn't Do Anything Wrong, Hardly - (1959) - shortstory by Roger Kuykendall
• Minor Ingredient - (1956) - shortstory by Eric Frank Russell

A best of from the early years of Analog magazine. Seven of the stories are "hard" SF, which was what Campbell strongly desired from his writers.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - (1963) - essay by John W. Campbell, Jr.
• Monument - (1961) - novelette by Lloyd Biggle, Jr.
• The Plague - (1961) - shortstory by Teddy Keller
• Remember the Alamo! - (1961) - shortstory by T. R. Fehrenbach
• The Hunch - (1961) - shortstory by Christopher Anvil
• Barnacle Bull - (1960) - shortstory by Poul Anderson
• Join Our Gang? - (1961) - shortstory by Sterling E. Lanier
• Sleight of Wit - (1961) - novelette by Gordon R. Dickson
• Prologue to an Analogue - (1961) - novelette by Leigh Richmond

Table of Contents:

• Preface - (1964) - essay by John W. Campbell, Jr.
• The Weather Man - (1962) - novella by Theodore L. Thomas
• Good Indian - (1962) - shortstory by Mack Reynolds
• Blind Man's Lantern - (1962) - novelette by Allen Kim Lang
• Junior Achievement - (1962) - shortstory by William M. Lee
• Novice - (1962) - novelette by James H. Schmitz
• Ethical Quotient - (1962) - novella by John T. Phillifent
• Philosopher's Stone - (1963) - shortstory by Christopher Anvil
• The Circuit Riders - (1962) - shortstory by R. C. FitzPatrick

Table of Contents:

• Introduction- essay by John W. Campbell, Jr.
• Hilifter- (1963)- shortstory by Gordon R. Dickson
• Not in the Literature- (1963)- shortstory by Christopher Anvil
• Sonny- (1963)- shortstory by Rick Raphael
• The Trouble with Telstar- (1963)- novelette by John Berryman
• New Folks' Home- (1963)- novelette by Clifford D. Simak
• Industrial Revolution- (1963)- novella by Poul Anderson
• A World by the Tale- (1963)- shortstory by Randall Garrett
• Thin Edge- (1963)- novelette by Randall Garrett

Table of Contents:

• These Stories May Upset You - essay by John W. Campbell, Jr.
• Subjectivity - (1964) - shortstory by Norman Spinrad
• The Permanent Implosion - (1964) - novelette by Dean McLaughlin
• Sunjammer - (1964) - novelette by Poul Anderson
• A Day in the Life of Kelvin Throop - (1964) - shortstory by R. A. J. Phillips
• Genus Traitor - (1964) - novelette by Mack Reynolds
• A Case of Identity - (1964) - novella by Randall Garrett
• The Mary Celeste Move - (1964) - shortstory by Frank Herbert

Table of Contents:

• "Scientists Are Stupid!" - (1967) - essay by John W. Campbell, Jr.
• Coincidence Day - (1965) - shortstory by John Brunner
• The Adventure of the Extraterrestrial - (1965) - novelette by Mack Reynolds
• Fighting Division - (1965) - shortstory by Randall Garrett
• Computers Don't Argue - (1965) - shortstory by Gordon R. Dickson
• Say It with Flowers - (1965) - shortstory by Poul Anderson
• Mission "Red Clash" - (1965) - novella by Joe Poyer
• Countercommandment - (1965) - shortstory by Patrick Meadows
• Balanced Ecology - (1965) - shortstory by James H. Schmitz
• Overproof - (1965) - novelette by Randall Garrett

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by John W. Campbell, Jr.
• Prototaph - (1966) - shortstory by Keith Laumer
• Bookworm, Run! - (1966) - novelette by Vernor Vinge
• The Easy Way Out - (1966) - shortstory by G. Harry Stine
• Giant Meteor Impact - (1966) - essay by J. E. Enever
• Early Warning - (1966) - shortstory by Robin Scott Wilson
• Call Him Lord - (1966) - novelette by Gordon R. Dickson
• CWACC Strikes Again - (1966) - novelette by Harry Harrison
• Stranglehold - (1966) - shortstory by Christopher Anvil
• The Message - (1966) - novelette by Piers Anthony and Frances Hall
• Light of Other Days - (1966) - shortstory by Bob Shaw
• Something To Say - (1966) - novelette by John Berryman
• Letter from a Higher Critic - (1966) - shortstory by Stewart Robb
• ... Not a Prison Make - (1966) - novelette by Joseph P. Martino
• 10:01 A.M. - (1966) - shortstory by Alexander Malec

Table of Contents:

• Weyr Search - (1967) - novella by Anne McCaffrey
• The Last Command - (1967) - shortstory by Keith Laumer
• Elementary Mistake - (1967) - shortstory by Poul Anderson
• There Is a Crooked Man - (1967) - novella by Jack Wodhams
• Burden of Proof - (1967) - shortstory by Bob Shaw
• Dead End - (1967) - shortstory by Mike Hodous
• Aim For the Heel - (1967) - novelette by John T. Phillifent
• The Featherbedders - (1967) - novelette by Frank Herbert
• Fiesta Brava - (1967) - novella by Mack Reynolds
• Lost Calling - (1967) - shortstory by Howard L. Myers
• Free Vacation - (1967) - shortstory by W. Macfarlane

Table of Contents:

• Hawk Among the Sparrows - (1968) - novella by Dean McLaughlin
• The Powers of Observation - (1968) - shortstory by Harry Harrison
• In His Image - (1969) - novelette by Rob Chilson
• Jump - (1969) - shortstory by Bill Earls
• Gottlos - (1969) - novelette by Colin Kapp
• The Hidden Ears - (1969) - shortstory by Lawrence A. Perkins
• Womb to Tomb - (1969) - shortstory by Joseph Wesley
• Testing ... One, Two, Three, Four - (1969) - shortstory by Stepan Chapman
• Winkin, Blinkin and πR² - (1968) - shortstory by R. C. FitzPatrick

THREE AGAINST THE STARS!

A sky pirate armed with superior weapons of his own invention...

First contact with an alien race dangerous enough to threaten the safety of two planets...

The arrival of an unseen dark sun whose attendant marauders aimed at the very end of civilization in this Solar System...

These were the three challenges that tested the skill and minds of the brilliant team of scientist-astronauts Arcot, Wade, and Morey. Their initial adventures are a classic of science fiction which first brought the name of their author, John W. Campbell, Jr., into prominence as a master of the inventive imagination -- long before he became the editor of Astounding/Analog and changed the field of science fiction forever!

Collection of three Arcot, Wade and Morley stories originally published in 1930: "Piracy Preferred", "Solarite", and "The Black Star Passes." With an introduction by Campbell.

The second book - and first full-length novel - featuring Arcot, Wade & Morey, the Three Gadgeteers of space science. Following the repulsion of the invading Black Star, the threesome put together a faster-than-light spaceship, and find: The fugitive planets of the Black Star; A frozen cemetary-world of a lost race; And a knock-down, drag-out interplanetary war in another galaxy!

The alien spaceship was unthinkably huge, enormously powerful, apparently irresistible. It came from the void and settled on Earth, striking awe into the hearts of all who saw it. Its mission, however, was not conquest -- but a call for help!

First contact was a job for the brilliant team of scientists, Arcot, Wade, and Morey. And what they received was an offer of an alliance against an invading foe so powerful that no known force could turn it back!

John W. Campbell's INVADERS FROM THE INFINITE is a veritable odyssey of the universe, exploring world after world and uncovering cosmic secret after cosmic secret. Here is a classic space opera that may never be surpassed!

"Who Goes There?": The novella that formed the basis of "The Thing" is the John W. Campbell classic about an antarctic research camp that discovers and thaws the ancient body of a crash-landed alien. The creature revives with terrifying consequences, shape-shifting to assume the exact form of animal and man, alike.

Paranoia ensues as a band of frightened men work to discern friend from foe, and destroy the menace before it challenges all of humanity!

The story, hailed as "one of the finest science fiction novellas ever written" by the SF Writers of America, is best known to fans as THE THING - it was the basis of Howard Hawks' The Thing From Another World in 1951, and John Carpenter's The Thing in 1982.

A collection of seven astounding journeys into tomorrow.

Contents:

• Forgetfulness
• The Escape
• The Machine
• The Invaders
• Rebellion
• Out of Night
• Cloak of Aesir

Contents:

• 9 - The Moon Is Hell! - novel by John W. Campbell, Jr.
• 147 - The Elder Gods - (1973) - novella by John W. Campbell, Jr. and Arthur J. Burks

A million light-years from Earth, one solitary experimental spaceship floated amidst a vast fleet of strange starships, hurtled into the unmapped void by a revolutionary new concept in space mechanics!

Appeared in Ace Double G-585 (1966).

RED SUN RISING:

The star Mira was unpredictably variable. Sometimes it was blazing, brilliant and hot. Other times it was oddly dim, cool, shedding little warmth on its many planets. Gresth Gkae, leader of the Mirans, was seeking a better star, one to which his "people" could migrate. That star had to be steady, reliable, with a good planetary system. And in his astronomical searching, he found Sol.

With hundreds of ships, each larger than whole Terrestrial spaceports, and traveling faster than the speed of light, the Mirans set out to move in to Solar regions and take over.

And on Earth there was nothing which would be capable of beating off this incredible armada -- until Buck Kendall stumbled upon THE ULTIMATE WEAPON.