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  <default_description>THE VISIONS OF JOHN W. CAMPBELL

Here are the finest stories by the man who almost single-handedly created modern science fiction--the writer who taught a generation to dream...and to write of all possible futures.

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!

And the classic that was to become the movie THE THING: WHO GOES THERE?
The Thing was the most dreadful threat men had ever faced...a creature that could be any one--or all--of them!

And many more!</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1973</original_publication_year>
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    <body><![CDATA[This collection was well worth perusing.  If nothing else, reading &quot;Who Goes There?&quot; was a thrill, especially considering it was written originally in 1938.  <br/><br/>&quot;Elimination&quot; was one of the best time travel theory stories I've ever read.  I highly recommend that one as w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32076238">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My girlfriend found this book for me and I was thrilled to crack it open and see it was the book with the story I had always wanted to read - Who goes there?  I wasn't disappointed at all plus I was in for a great surprise.  The other stories in the book were awesome.  I love this book and it sits o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45679455">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Best of John W. Campbell by John W. Campbell (1976)]]></body>
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