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    John W. Campbell was an American science fiction writer and editor. He edited the magazine Astounding Science Fiction, later renamed Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, from late 1937 until his death in 1971. Under his editorship, Astounding became the most influential magazine in the field of science fiction and helped mold the genre to become a major part of popular culture. Shortly after his death, the University of Kansas established the annual John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel in his honor, and the World Science Fiction Society established the annual John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.

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    John W. Campbell was an American science fiction writer and editor. He edited the magazine Astounding Science Fiction, later renamed Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, from late 1937 until his death in 1971. Under his editorship, Astounding became the most influential magazine in the field of science fiction and helped mold the genre to become a major part of popular culture. Shortly after his death, the University of Kansas established the annual John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel in his honor, and the World Science Fiction Society established the annual John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.

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    John W. Campbell was an American science fiction writer and editor. He edited the magazine Astounding Science Fiction, later renamed Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, from late 1937 until his death in 1971. Under his editorship, Astounding became the most influential magazine in the field of science fiction and helped mold the genre to become a major part of popular culture. Shortly after his death, the University of Kansas established the annual John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel in his honor, and the World Science Fiction Society established the annual John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.

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    Hugo Awards with H. L. Gold and Galaxy at the 1953 World Science Fiction Convention.

    Subsequently,
    Campbell and Astounding (later renamed Analog) won the Hugo Award for Best Professional Magazine
    seven times.

    Shortly after his death in 1971, the University of Kansas science fiction program established the annual John
    W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel and also renamed after him its annual
    Campbell Conference. The World Science Fiction Society established the annual John W. Campbell Award
    for Best New Writer, since renamed the Astounding Award for Best New Writer. The Science Fiction and
    Fantasy Hall of Fame inducted Campbell in 1996, in its inaugural class of two deceased and two living
    persons.

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    Biography
    Writing career
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    Influence
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    Slavery, race, and segregation
    Medicine and health
    Pseudoscience, parapsychology, and politics
    Assessment by peers
    Awards and honors
    Works
    Novels
    Short story collections and omnibus editions
    Edited books
    Nonfiction
    Memorial works
    Further reading
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    Biography and criticism
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    Biography
    John Campbell was born in Newark, New Jersey,[7] in 1910. His father, John Wood Campbell Sr., was an
    electrical engineer. His mother, Dorothy (née Strahern) had an identical twin who visited them often and
    who disliked John. John was unable to tell them apart and says he was frequently rebuffed by the person he

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