John W. Campbell bibliography

Bibliography

This is a bibliography of works by American writer John W. Campbell Jr. The bibliography is in chronological order of first publication of the books. In most cases only first editions are shown for each title, with the following exceptions. Both British and US editions are shown for Who Goes There? as the title was changed. The Moon is Hell was released both as a novel and a short story collection; both versions are shown. Some confusing variants are shown in full for the Astounding Science Fiction Anthology and its derivatives; the situation is explained more fully in that section. Some other variant titles are listed separately, with notes indicating what the original titles were. The main bibliographic sources are footnoted from this paragraph and provided much of the information in the following sections.,,,, Some footnotes annotating specific points are provided at the appropriate places below.

The Mightiest Machine. Providence, Rhode Island: Hadley Publishing Company, 1947; hardcover. Originally serialized over five issues in Astounding, starting in December 1934. The Incredible Planet. Reading: Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1949; hardcover. Three linked novellas: "The Incredible Planet", "The Interstellar Search", and "The Infinite Atom", originally written as sequels to The Mightiest Machine but rejected by Tremaine for publication in Astounding. This is their first publication, so the book is not a fixup in the usual sense, although the stories were not originally intended for publication as a novel. The Moon is Hell. London: New English Library, 1975; paperback. See the entry in the short story collection section below. The Black Star Passes. Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1953; hardcover. Fixup of three stories in Campbell's "Arcot, Morey and Wade" series, all from 1930: "Piracy Preferred", "Solarite", and "The Black Star Passes". Islands of Space. Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1956; hardcover. Originally published in Amazing Stories Quarterly, Spring 1931. Invaders from the Infinite. Hicksville, New York: Gnome Press, 1961; hardcover simultaneous with: Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1961; hardcover. Originally published in Amazing Stories Quarterly, Spring/Summer 1932. Note that the Gnome Press and Fantasy Press editions were very limited in release. The Reginald Index list the editions as simultaneous. It was to have been a Fantasy Press project, but was handed off to Gnome when the Fantasy Press folded. Lloyd Eshbach of Fantasy Press printed the copies for both editions, including 100 that he did for longtime customers.

From Unknown Worlds. New York: Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 1948; paperback. The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1952; hardcover. The First Astounding Science Fiction Anthology. London: Grayson & Grayson Ltd., 1954; hardcover. See note below. The Second Astounding Science Fiction Anthology. London: Grayson & Grayson Ltd., 1954; hardcover. The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology. New York: Berkley Publishing Corp., 1956; paperback. See note below. Astounding Tales of Space and Time. New York: Berkley Publishing Corp., 1957; paperback. See note below. Prologue to Analog. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1962. Analog I. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1963; hardcover. Analog II. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1964; hardcover. The First Astounding Science Fiction Anthology. London: Four Square, 1964; paperback. See note below. The Second Astounding Science Fiction Anthology. London: Four Square, 1965; paperback. See note below. Analog 3. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1965; hardcover. Analog Anthology. London: Dennis Dobson, 1965; hardcover. Collects Prologue to Analog, Analog I, and Analog II. Analog 4. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1966; hardcover. Analog 5. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1967; hardcover. Selections From the Astounding Science Fiction Anthology. New York: Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1967. See note below. Analog 6. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1968; hardcover. Analog 7. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1969; hardcover. A World By the Tale. New York: Curtis Books, 1970; paperback. Retitling of Analog 3. The Permanent Implosion. New York: Curtis Books, 1970; paperback. Retitling of Analog 4. Countercommandment and Other Stories. New York: Curtis Books, 1970; paperback. Retitling of Analog 5. Analog 8. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1971; hardcover. The situation with regard to The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology and its reprints is confusing enough to warrant a separate discussion. The original anthology, published by Simon & Schuster in 1952, contained 23 stories, and an introduction by Campbell. There have been three separate reissues of these stories in two volumes. The first was done by Grayson & Grayson, in 1954, as The First Astounding Science Fiction Anthology (seven stories) and The Second Science Fiction Anthology (eight stories). This selection omitted the introduction (as did all the later editions) and also omitted eight of the stories. Then in 1956 and 1957 Berkley issued two paperback selections. The first, with serial number G 41, had the same title as the original, 'The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology', but included only eight stories. This was re released in 1967 under the title Selections From the Astounding Science Fiction Anthology. The second Berkley anthology, which had serial number G 47, was Astounding Tales of Space and Time; this selected another seven stories; again eight stories were omitted, although not the same eight as omitted by the Grayson books: Berkley included five stories not printed in the Grayson versions of the anthology, and omitted five that Grayson did print. Finally, in 1964 and 1965, Four Square printed a third version, again in two volumes, and with the same titles as the Grayson books: The First Astounding Science Fiction Anthology and The Second Astounding Science Fiction Anthology. The first volume contained eleven stories, and the second twelve stories; this version reprinted everything from the original 1952 one volume edition except for Campbell's introduction.