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

by Alec Nevala-Lee

Heinlein flew out to visit Scoles in Philadelphia, where he was told that the job, if it materialized, would involve recruiting engineers. He recommended de Camp, who had applied for the Naval Reserve, and he apparently also thought of Asimov. In