Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January 1967

by John W. Campbell Jr. (Editor), Mack Reynolds (Contributor), Poul Anderson

Secret Science • essay by John W. Campbell, Jr.
Supernova • novella by Poul Anderson
A Criminal Act • shortstory by Harry Harrison
Bring 'Em Back Alive! • essay by Lyle R. Hamilton
Amazon Planet (Part 2 of 3) • serial by Mack Reynolds
The Old Shill Game • shortstory by H. B. Fyfe
The Last Command • [Bolo] • shortstory by Keith Laumer

180 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1967

About the author

John Wood Campbell, Jr. was an influential figure in American science fiction. As editor of Astounding Science Fiction (later called Analog Science Fiction and Fact), from late 1937 until his death, he is generally credited with shaping the so-called Golden Age of Science Fiction.

Isaac Asimov called Campbell "the most powerful force in science fiction ever, and for the first ten years of his editorship he dominated the field completely."

As a writer, Campbell published super-science space opera under his own name and moody, less pulpish stories as Don A. Stuart. He stopped writing fiction after he became editor of Astounding.

Known Pseudonyms/Alternate Names:

Don A. Stuart
Karl van Campen
John Campbell
J. W. C., Jr.
John W. Campbell
John Wood Campbell

Reviews

[Kevin Phyland · Rating 3 out of 5]

Master Merchant David Falkayn and his crew representing the Polesotechnic League have arrived on a planet a bare three light years from Valenderay, a star which has gone “Supernova”, ostensibly to help them evacuate, but profit motives lead to Falkayn’s crew being abducted and pressured in Poul Anderson’s tale. Harry Harrison indulges in a bit of reductio ad absurdum with “A Criminal Act”, where the crime in question is having an unsanctioned child beyond the two permissible. Offenders have a choice - voluntary euthanasia for the father or they become open season for a selected eliminator. After a devastating war a deadly Bolo Mark XXVIII Combat Unit was buried due to its radioactivity but a drilling company accidentally triggers it back to life in “The Last Command” by Keith Laumer. Only a 90 year old war veteran may hold the key. Mack Reynolds gives us another part of his novel “Amazon Planet”, which I have reviewed elsewhere. The other novelette I found almost impossible to understand.