Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction

by Alec Nevala-Lee

On May 28, 1951, Campbell told Asimov that he had broken with Hubbard. Asimov was less than surprised. He later recalled, “I knew Campbell and I knew Hubbard, and no movement can have two Messiahs.”