The Best of John W. Campbell (1973)

✍ Scribed by John W. Campbell Jr.

• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Year: 1976
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 233 KB
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

THE VISIONS OF JOHN W. GAMPBELL. Here in one volume are 11 of the finest stories and one penetrating article by the man who almost single-handedly created modern science fiction—stories rich in imagination and outstanding in their sweep and sense of that wonder which is science fiction at its best.

• 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!
• CLOAK OF AESIR
The Sam Mother had grown weary during her long rule over Earth... but neither her daughters nor mankind would grant her peace!
• WHO GOES THERE?
The Thing was the most dreadful threat men had ever faced a thing that could be any one—or all—of them!

Plus six more stories of wonder—and an important view of the future by the writer who taught a generation to dream and to write of all possible futures.