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Old 12-24-2008, 05:09 PM   #1
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John W. Campbell Editorial
John W. Campbell was the editor of Astounding Science Fiction, a post he held from 1934 to his death in 1971. This particular editorial was written in 1961. I have found no evidence that the copyright was renewed, so it is now in the public domain. I am posting it in RTF. If someone wants to upload a copy to our ebook library, feel free.


This is one if my favorite Campbell editorials. I strongly urge you to read it.
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Old 12-25-2008, 12:51 PM   #2
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Speaking of Campbell, is his biography of Lovecraft available as an ebook?
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Old 12-25-2008, 01:04 PM   #3
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Did he write one? I don't see it listed:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliog...hn_W._Campbell
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Hmm maybe I am thinking L Sprague De Camp?
It's been ten years since I read it.
Did De Camp write one?
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Old 12-25-2008, 01:19 PM   #5
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in paper:
http://www.amazon.com/Lovecraft-Biog.../dp/0385005784

I can't find it as an ebook.
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Nate,

Had you considered gathering up a pile of his editorials as an ebook for MR? Might make a good read....
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Old 12-25-2008, 05:33 PM   #7
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Had you considered gathering up a pile of his editorials as an ebook for MR? Might make a good read....
I had suggested it quite a while back. Unfortunately, very few have been scanned and converted (I got this one from Baen).

While I was trying to answer Phogg's question earlier, I learned that there is an out of print collection of his editorials . I bought a copy off of Amazon. I'm going to scan the ones that are in the public domain and convert them.
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John W. Campbell was the editor of Astounding Science Fiction, a post he held from 1934 to his death in 1971. This particular editorial was written in 1961. I have found no evidence that the copyright was renewed, so it is now in the public domain. I am posting it in RTF. If someone wants to upload a copy to our ebook library, feel free.


This is one if my favorite Campbell editorials. I strongly urge you to read it.
Nate, I'll go ahead and make this available in an LRF file, just as soon as I finish (in about 2 more hours), Jennie Gerhardt, by Theodore Dreiser.



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For anyone reading this thread, the Campbell editorial is now available in LRF format, with a bonus 11 pulp covers from Astounding.

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