# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-w-campbell
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:44:09.680Z

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name: "John W. Campbell"
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description: "John Wood Campbell Jr. was an American science fiction writer and editor. He was editor of Astounding Science Fiction from late 1937 until his death and was part of the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Campbell wrote \n\"super-science\" space opera under his own name and other stories under his primary pseudonym, Don A. Stuart. Campbell also used the pen names Karl Van Kampen and Arthur McCann. His novella Who Goes There? (1938) was adapted as the films The Thing from Another World (1951) and The Thing (1982); as well as a prequel The Thing (2011)."
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deathDate: "1971-07-11"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump