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As a avid reader, some would say obsessive, I have never respected the work of John Campbell. His science fiction simply feels naive and implausible, composed o
by bsenftner 8y ago
As a avid reader, some would say obsessive, I have never respected the work of John Campbell. His science fiction simply feels naive and implausible, composed of technological awe that would not exist in a real situation. His writing always struck me as childish, and the members of my book club (during elementary, where I was the only kid in a club of adults) warned me of his racism, so it was easy ti disregard him. After all, there is much better SF than his kiddie wow.
- stan_rogers 8y agoHe also went hook, line and sinker for Hubbard's Dianetics nonsense, which probably wouldn't have gone anywhere without the publication of an abstract in Astounding.
- winchling 8y agoHe seems also to have been responsible for that tiresome predilection for 'psi power' and parapsychology in science fiction which lasted until at least 1980. But, even so, I've gained a huge amount of pleasure from the selection of Golden Age SF I've read. So I guess not all his influence was bad.
- bsenftner 8y agoI always considered Robert Silverberg and his 50's era optimistic SF to be the Golden Age; the Buck Rogers type.