John W. Campbell Bibliography - Short Story Collections and Omnibus Editions

Short Story Collections and Omnibus Editions

  • Who Goes There?. Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1948; hardcover. Collection of seven stories.
  • The Moon is Hell. Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1951; hardcover. Contains The Moon Is Hell and also "The Elder Gods", which was originally published in the October 1939 Unknown as by Don A. Stuart, but which was actually a collaboration between John Campbell and Arthur J. Burks according to Contento. Chalker reports that Campbell purchased the story from Burks in order to use the concept. Note that this same title is listed above as a novel, since all later editions dropped this short story. The Tuck Encyclopedia and the Chalker History give the first edition as "Fantasy, 1950", whereas the Currey bibliography gives the first edition as "Fantasy Press, 1951". There does not seem to be support for the Tuck/Chalker date in other sources.
  • Cloak of Aesir. Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1952; hardcover. Collection of seven stories.
  • The Thing and Other Stories. London: Fantasy Books, 1952; paperback. Reprint of the 1948 Shasta edition of Who Goes There?.
  • Who Goes There?. New York: Dell Books, 1955; paperback. Six stories; drops three stories from the 1952 Shasta edition, and adds two others.
  • The Planeteers. New York: Ace Books, Inc., 1966; paperback. Bound dos-a-dos with Campbell's The Ultimate Weapon, as Ace Double G-585; see above. This contains all five "Penton and Blake" stories, published in Thrilling Wonder Stories between 1936 and 1938.
  • The Best of John W. Campbell. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1973; hardcover. Five stories, compiled by George Hay; with an introduction by James Blish.
  • John W. Campbell Anthology. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1973; hardcover. Omnibus volume containing The Black Star Passes, Islands of Space, and Invaders from the Infinite.
  • The Space Beyond. New York: Pyramid Books, 1976; paperback. Three previously unpublished stories – "Marooned", "All", and "The Space Beyond" – plus an introduction by Isaac Asimov and an afterword by George Zebrowski. "All" formed the basis for Robert A. Heinlein's novel Sixth Column.
  • The Best of John W. Campbell. Garden City: Nelson Doubleday, Inc., 1976; hardcover. Note contents differ from 1973 volume with the same title; this selection was edited by Lester del Rey and contains eleven stories and one article, with an introduction by del Rey and an afterword by Campbell's wife. All but one story from the 1973 volume is included in this version.
  • The Thing. London: Tandem Books Limited, 1976; paperback. Retitling of the 1952 Shasta edition of Who Goes There?
  • A New Dawn: The Don A. Stuart Stories of John W. Campbell, Jr. Framingham: NESFA Press, 2003; hardcover. Contains all eighteen stories published as by Don A. Stuart; also includes an introductory essay by Barry N. Malzberg.

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