John Campbell, the American writer: a biography, creativity

John Campbell – the famous American writer of the 30s. The works of John so far are a success, despite the fact that in the books he described a completely different century with other technologies.

Biography writer

Born John wood Campbell, on 8 June 1910 in the small town, which is located in the state of new Jersey.

The education John received at the University of Massachusetts. On one education John Campbell did not stop and continued her studies at Duke University. Write John wood began as a student, so at the time when he received a bachelor's degree in physics, he was already known as a science fiction writer.

About the work

John was one of the first writers, who were the authors of fiction. The work of Campbell is characterized in that they contain not only the elements of a fantastic genre, but also of the horror genre. Reviews about books of John Campbell positive, even today there are many readers who delight in the fact that the author wrote. In the books you can't even meet the preconditions for modern technologies, because the author describes the specific 30-ies of the last century.

The Important fact remains that the books of American writer long time there was no translation from English. Only closer to 50 years books began to be translated.

Speaking of John wood, it is important to note that for many people it has become a classic of the horror genre. Despite the fact that the works of Campbell relegated to a literary plan in the 50-ies of the last century (began to produce a lot of scientific journals, works which were more literary than scientific, in nature), his stories and novels are well-known today.

Film Adaptation

Many of the works of John Campbell filmed great movies, although they are not able to cause those emotions that arise when reading.

One of the most famous adaptations was the film “Something”, released in 1951. The Director, who was the first who dared to take on this work, became a Christian Naibi. The film received numerous awards and awards.

A Work which formed the basis of a film called “Who is?”. There is not one film adaptation of this work. If for the first time, based on the novel was filmed, released in 1951, the next was the movie in 1982. In the second film adaptation of the works starred such well-known actor like Kurt Russell. Reading reviews about the second movie, you can find statements about what the film is removed and leaves the same impression as all known film “Stranger”. The second Director, who filmed the work, was John carpenter.

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The third time the piece was filmed in 2001 by Director Matthijs van Changenum younger. One of the main roles was played by actress Mary Winstead, despite the fact that in the previous adaptations, the main roles were performed only by men actors. The shooting took place in British Columbia, where the landscape is most similar to snow and ice the Antarctic. The new film, which was a remake of a film adaptation in 1982, earned high marks and liked the audience.

Awards

In 1968, John Voodoo prize is awarded “Skylark” for the fact that I spent a huge amount of effort to the literary genre of science fiction has become the most developed.

In 1971, the novel “Twilight” and the story “Who is?” were the two highest-rated stories among small fiction 40 years. The writer is deservedly took first place. The winner was determined by readers.

In 1996, the writer was included in the list of writers included in the “Hall of fame of science fiction”. Such an honor was presented to John Wood posthumously.

In the same year the writer was posthumously won the best editor working in 1945.

In 2001, as John posthumously awarded the best editor, who worked in 1950, and in 2004 – the best editor, who worked in 1967.

The memory of the writer

In memory of the creativity and contribution to the development of science fiction, was created by award. There were two: the first is called the “Memorial award John Campbell for best novel of the genre science fiction”; the second – “Award of John Campbell", which honors the best new writers writing science fiction.

The Story “Who is?”

The Work of John Campbell "Who goes?” became one of the most famous novels of all creativity of the writer. The novel was published in 1938 and immediately gained enormous popularity among readers. Despite the fact that the story works no new technologies, and to this day it is read, describing the story with enthusiasm.

The Piece is written in the genre of science fiction and horror. The story is deservedly called a classic of literary horror. The events in the book, create a spooky atmosphere, and the behavior of the characters only doubles the horror when reading. Despite this, the book remains in memory as something amazing that can cause a unique experience.

For a Long time there was no English translation of this work. However, today it is possiblefind the Russian version. It is reduced that makes the work even less than it exists in the original. However, this does not become a hindrance for those readers who are developing in the region of its literary experience.

Content of work

In the center of the plot – research team, who went on an expedition to Antarctica. For a long time through research, one of the members of the group accidentally finds something strange and inexplicable directly at the ice surface. Gathering the other members of the group, it shows the discovery, and colleagues conclude that it is a living creature. That's just what kind of creation – remains a mystery for the entire research team.

A Group of scientists and researchers come to the decision to unfreeze the creature and examined closely. However, everything takes a different turn – the creature comes to life and begins an inexplicable chaos. Trying to kill an alien creature, people understand that it is almost impossible – this thing can take shape of different creatures living on Earth. It takes the form of a man, the appearance of dogs, cats and many others. Fighting for their lives, whether the research team to survive in the Antarctic or is it the creature will win?..