“Personally, I don’t give a fuck” Michael Kurland, e-mail to author, November 8, 2017.
“no matter that we may leave the surface” LRH, “Flag Order 3879: The Sea Org & The Future,” January 19, 1986.
“Let’s get this over with!” Wright, Going Clear, 226.
“L. Ron Hubbard discarded the body” Miller, Bare-Faced Messiah, 372–73.
they later settled with the estate Atack, A Piece of Blue Sky, 397.
At three remote compounds The plans to preserve LRH’s work are described in detail in “Preservation for Eternity,” International Scientology News 64, 26–39.
including his fiction Author interview with Chuck Beatty, August 28, 2017.
“Now all there is to worry about” Virginia Heinlein, circular letter, August 18, 1986, quoted in Patterson, The Man Who Learned Better, 454.
“I’m just going to do it” Patterson, The Man Who Learned Better, 461.
“Now you know the answer” Virginia Heinlein to RAH, June 29, 1988, quoted in Patterson, The Man Who Learned Better, 470.
“spouted off in his usual fashion” Ibid., 473.
“When Robert died” Virginia Heinlein, “Relationships,” biographical essay in the RAH Archives, UC Santa Cruz.
in an unresponsive state Mark Cole, “The Clown Prince of Science Fiction: Inside the Wild and Undisciplined Mind Of Randall Garrett,” The Internet Review of Science Fiction, September 2009, http://www.irosf.com/q/zine/article/10578 (accessed December 2017).
He suffered “wipeouts” Asimov, I. Asimov, 533–34.
“You clearly don’t know my husband’s work” Grazer, A Curious Mind, 99.
Marilyn vos Savant Julie Baumgold, “In the Kingdom of the Brain,” New York Magazine, February 6, 1989, 41.
“Well, you might have been ready to die” Asimov, I. Asimov, 538.
it came back positive Janet Asimov, in Asimov, It’s Been a Good Life, 252.
“I’m seventy-one and a half” Ben Bova, “Isaac,” Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction, November 1992, 15.
Gertrude had died of breast cancer White, Isaac Asimov, 222.
“David’s great hobby” Asimov, I. Asimov, 176.
“the biggest child pornography collection” Eric Brazil, “Charges shatter Asimov son’s reclusion,” San Francisco Examiner, March 15, 1998.
three years’ probation PACER case locator search, accessed on November 14, 2017.
“It has always been my ambition” Asimov, “Farewell Farewell,” The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1992, quoted in Asimov, I. Asimov, 551.
“Do you have a typewriter I can use?” Asimov, Asimov Laughs Again, 145.
“Isaac, you’re the best there is” Janet Asimov, epilogue to Asimov, I. Asimov, 551–52.
“I love you, too” Ibid., 551.
“We are now living in a science fictional world” Asimov, in Solstein and Moosnick, JWC’s Golden Age of Science Fiction, 21.
“I want—” Janet Asimov, epilogue to Asimov, I. Asimov, 551.
Index
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abortion, 130, 254, 257, 269, 277, 278
Ace Magazines, 181
Ackerman, Forrest J, 106, 237, 238, 272, 286
“Ad Astra” (Asimov), 94–95, 96
“Affirmations” (Hubbard), 233–34, 260, 450n
“Against the Fall of Night” (Clarke), 244
AIDS, 403, 406
Air Trails and Science Frontiers Magazine, 236, 241–42, 245–46
Alaska, 127, 130–31, 132
Aldrin, Buzz, 350
Algol, USS, 179, 201–2
“All” (Heinlein), 64, 118, 120
All About Radiation (Hubbard), 332
Allen, John, 323
Allen, Woody, 398, 495n
“—All You Zombies—” (Heinlein), 339
Amazing Stories, 6, 30, 75, 100, 463n
Asimov’s story, 93, 94
Campbell’s stories, 30–33, 37, 57, 61
American Chemical Society, 221
American Fiction Guild, 84, 86
American Institute of Advanced Therapy, 270
American Journal of Psychiatry, 256
American Medical Association, 287
American Museum of Natural History, 325
American Red Cross, 46, 154, 172
American Rocket Society, 204
Amis, Kingsley, 415n
Amis, Martin, 399, 409
Analog Science Fact & Fiction, 8, 325–26, 333, 350, 355, 358, 360, 367, 370, 374, 387, 401
Anderson, Poul, 317, 360–61, 362, 374, 387, 484n
“—And He Built a Crooked House—” (Heinlein), 120
“—And Now You Don’t” (Asimov), 222
anti-Semitism, 96, 164–65, 366–67, 487n
Apollo 11, 350–51
Apollo 17, 381–83
appendicitis, 38, 68
Arabian Nights, The (Hubbard), 25, 88–89, 129
Arcot stories (Campbell), 32–33
“Arena” (Star Trek episode), 371
Argosy, 30
Armstrong, Neil, 245, 350
Arnold, John, 473n
Arwine, John, 117, 158, 160, 225
Ashwell, Pauline, 366, 488n
Asimov, Anna Berman, 47–51
Asimov, David, 3, 342, 346, 349, 398–99, 406
Asimov, Gertrude Blugerman
background of, 162
death of, 406
divorce from Isaac, 397, 398
marriage and family life, 166, 167, 221, 222, 223, 342, 343–44, 346
meeting and marriage, 161–63, 164
during World War II, 167, 170, 204, 208, 218, 219
Asimov, Isaac
Astounding and, 76, 90–97, 133–42, 248, 346
birth of, 47
at Boston University, 222–23
Campbell’s legacy and, 386–87
celebrity of, 2, 4, 220–21, 347, 349
at Creativity Conference (1963), 2–3
death of, 406–7
dianetics and, 282–83, 294–95
on The Dick Cavett Show, 396–97
early life of, 14, 47–52
early writings of, 90–97
education of, 51–52, 90, 97, 220–22
family history of, 47–48
Foundation series, 10, 140–41, 167, 207, 220, 222, 275, 343, 349, 400
Futurians and, 99–100, 102–4, 103, 133–34, 141
Galaxy stories, 283–85, 343
health issues of, 399, 400–401, 404–6
Heinlein and, 114, 165–66, 226–27, 338–39, 344, 385, 390, 404
HIV and AIDS, 401, 405–6
later writings of, 342–49, 398
legacy of, 399–400, 407–8
marriages and family life, 2, 161–63, 164, 166, 342, 343, 346–47, 349, 397, 398–99, 404. See also specific wives and children
at Nebula Awards, 385
at Philadelphia Navy Yard, 163–67, 170, 170–71, 206–8, 212–13
Star Trek and, 371–72, 372, 399
Strategic Defense Initiative and, 388–89
“The Sword of Achilles,” 3–4, 5–6, 11, 13
Three Laws of Robotics, 10, 12, 14, 137, 348–49
Unknown stories, 166–67
Voyage Beyond Apollo cruise, 381–83
womanizing of, 342–43, 345, 347–48, 396–98, 399
during World War II, 141–42, 153, 158–59, 163–67, 172, 201, 205–8, 218–20
World War II writing, 153, 166–67, 207–8, 220–22
Asimov, Janet Jeppson, 371, 399, 404
first meetings, 345, 349
Isaac’s health and death, 401, 405–7, 408
moving in, 397–98
Asimov, Judah, 47–51, 90, 349
Asimov, Manya “Marcia,” 48, 90, 104
Asimov, Robyn “Robbie,” 343, 346–47, 349, 405, 407
Asimov, Stanley, 50, 90
Asimov Laughs Again, 406
Astonishing, 114
Astor Hotel, 162
Astoria, USS, 153
Astounding Science Fiction, 6, 7, 9, 11–13, 69, 73–74, 77–83, 91, 120–21. See also specific writers and stories
advertising in, 246–47
artists in, 81, 415–16n
circulation, 77, 125, 183, 185, 272
“Deadline” affair, 188–89, 191–98, 208, 212, 213, 247
reputation of, 77, 120–21
title of, 69, 75, 78, 81, 246, 325–26
use of hyphen, 426n
Astounding Stories, 33, 47, 61–62, 69, 75
astrology, 355, 484n
Atlas Shrugged (Rand), 359
atomic bomb, 3, 188–93, 206–7, 213–14, 219–20, 236, 241–44, 247, 253, 255, 269
atomic bombing of Hiroshima, 206–7, 208, 213–14, 244
“Atomic Power” (Campbell), 62
Atomic Story, The (Campbell), 247
AT&T, 153–54
“At the Mountains of Madness” (Lovecraft), 68, 77
auditing, 254, 258, 265, 269, 271, 272, 275, 280, 287, 303, 330
Aum Shinrikyo, 352, 483–84n
Australian Board of Inquiry, 333
“Author! Author!” (Asimov), 167
“automatic restimulator,” 251–52
Babalon Working, 232–33
Babbitt (Lewis), 113
“Backlash” (Williamson), 139–40
ball lightning, 53–54
Bates, Harry, 75–77, 121
Bates Method, 37
Batteau, Dwight Wayne, 473n
“Battery of Hate, The” (Campbell), 57
Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 (Hubbard), 395–96
“Battle of Design, The” (Campbell), 186
“Belief” (Asimov), 319–20
Bell Aircraft, 319
Bellamy, Edward, 37, 111, 112
Bell Labs, 11, 194, 260, 262, 319, 354, 415n
Bellow, Saul, 481n
Bell Telephone, 21, 208
Benford, Gregory, 359–60
Benham, F. Darius, 325
Bester, Alfred, 276–78
Bethe, Hans, 243–44
Between Planets (Heinlein), 281
“Beyond the Door” (Doña Campbell), 60
“Beyond the End of Space” (Campbell), 57
Beyond This Horizon (Heinlein), 147–48, 228
Beyond Tomorrow (radio show), 475n
Bianca, Sonya, 285–86
“Bicentennial Man, The” (Asimov), 398
Bikini Atoll, 219, 241–42
“Bikini Balance Sheet” (Campbell), 241–42
Bilibid Prison, 205
Binder, Eando, 283
“Black Destroyer” (van Vogt), 96
“black dianetics,” 288
Blackfeet Indians, 42–43
“Black Man’s Burden” (Reynolds), 487–88n
“Black Star Passes, The” (Campbell), 32–33, 60–61
Blackwell, Frank, 82, 85–86, 87
Blair Academy, 27–28, 29
Blassingame, Lurton, 225, 337, 339, 343, 357
“Blindness” (Campbell), 64
Blish, James, 280, 465–66n
Bloch, Robert, 281, 371
“Blowups Happen” (Heinlein), 115, 138, 189, 225–26
Bolitho, William, 35, 330–31, 335, 477n
Bond, Nelson S., 96, 279–80
Book of the Law, The (Crowley), 232
“Border, Breed nor Birth” (Reynolds), 487–88n
Boston School of Cooking, 59
Boston University, 2, 342, 343
Boston University School of Medicine, 222–23
Bottin, Rob, 399, 495–96n
Boucher, Anthony, 181–82, 183–84, 283, 336
Bova, Ben, 53, 367, 381, 387, 406
Boyd, Bill, 222–23
Boys High of Brooklyn, 51
Brackett, Leigh, 123–24, 182, 366
Bradbury, Ray, 8, 106, 115, 123–24, 129, 182–83, 283
Bradbury, Walter I., 223
brain and computer, 260–61
“Brain Stealers of Mars” (Campbell), 67
Brass Tacks, 73, 90, 92, 436n
“Breakdown” (Williamson), 139
Bridges, Lynn, 135
Briggs, Mary, 38–39, 40, 342
Brown, Frederic, 371
Brunner, John, 490n
Buckskin Brigades (Hubbard), 85, 130, 396
Bugliosi, Vincent, 351–52
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 3
Burks, Arthur J., 82–86, 89, 121, 434–35n
Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 25, 37, 401
Burroughs, William S., 332, 334, 471n, 478n
Burton, Richard Francis, 128–29, 232
Bush, George H. W., 403
Butler, Ellis Parker, 372
“By His Bootstraps” (Heinlein), 143
Byrd, Richard, 68
Caduceus Foundation, 292
“Cage, The” (Star Trek episode), 371
Cameron, Marjorie, 233
Campbell, Doña Stebbins, 12, 58, 105, 117, 147, 337
affair with and marriage to George Smith, 210, 211, 248–49, 264, 265, 274, 324, 391, 401
background of, 58–59
death of, 401
divorce from JWC, 264–66, 273, 274, 276
first meetings with JWC, 58–59
marriage and family life with JWC, 57–60, 64, 65, 66, 116, 118–20, 129, 200, 210–12, 242–43, 248–49, 252
role in JWC’s writing and career, 57–58, 59–60, 62, 78, 120, 154–55, 225, 303
Campbell, Dorothy Strahorn, 20–28, 309
Campbell, Florence van Campen, 20
Campbell, Helen Putnam, 119–20
Campbell, Horace, 417n
Campbell, John W., Jr., 6–14, 28, 144
at Air Trails, 236, 241–42, 245–46
Amazing stories, 30–33, 37, 57, 61
at Analog, 8, 325–26, 333, 350, 355, 358, 360, 367, 370, 374
anti-Semitism and, 96, 366–67, 487n
appearance of, 7–8
Asimov and, 9–10, 15, 63, 90–97, 103, 104–9, 133, 134–42, 153, 158–59, 166–67, 207, 220, 221–22, 248, 282, 294–95, 304, 314–15, 318, 319–20, 322–23, 325, 327–28, 342–46, 348–49, 356, 361–62, 365, 366, 368, 378, 379, 380, 397–98
at Astounding, 6, 7, 11–13, 69, 73–74, 77–83, 85–90, 90–97, 112–25, 133–49, 154–60, 180–98, 225–26, 229–30, 236–37, 246–48, 255, 267–72, 275–76, 284–85, 299, 302, 319–20, 324–25, 344, 346, 353–59
atomic bomb and, 8, 125, 188–90, 192–93, 196–97, 208–9, 211–12, 213–14, 219, 241–44, 245, 246, 247, 250, 252, 307
atomic energy and, 30, 31, 63, 81, 96–97, 115, 125, 135, 141, 247, 252
background of, 6–7
ball lighting and, 53–54
birth of, 19–20, 21
“Deadline” affair, 188–89, 191–98, 208, 212, 213, 247
Dean Drive and, 353–55
death of, 377–80
dianetics and, 17–19, 275–85, 293–95, 302–3, 308–10
generating publicity, 267–74
traumatic memory of birth, 18–20, 251
early life of, 17–20, 21–28
early European travels, 54–55
early writings of, 30–33, 56–57, 60–69
editorial style of, 8, 79–80, 122–23, 143, 181, 320, 355–56, 359, 367
education of, 23, 26–28, 29–30, 33–34, 54, 55–56, 57
family history of, 20–21, 22, 417n
fandom and, 101–2, 105–9
German language and, 33–34, 55
health issues of, 38, 74–75, 374–77
Heinlein and, 10–11, 19, 21, 25, 54–55, 112–21, 127, 142–48, 151–52, 154–60, 168, 169–70, 198–99, 225–26, 229–30, 280–81, 291, 293–95, 306–8, 327–28, 336–40, 362–63
Hieronymus Machine and, 316–19
homosexuality and, 271, 365
Hubbard and, 9, 17–19, 85–90, 129, 130–31, 175–80, 235, 236–37, 239, 249–66, 293–95, 302, 327–28, 331–32, 333
introduction to science fiction, 25, 30
legacy of, 380, 386–87, 401
marriages and family life, 57–60, 118–20, 242–43, 248–49, 252, 264–66, 273–75, 300–304, 310–16, 323–24, 376–77, 377. See also specific wives and children
Philadelphia Navy Yard and, 168–70, 185–88, 212–13
political stances of, 12–13, 360–70
postwar life of, 241–48
prejudices of, 12–13, 360–70
psionics and, 55–56, 303–7, 316, 317, 319–20, 324, 329, 355–56, 367
psychohistory and, 8, 9–10, 139–40, 362
psychology and, 8, 9, 24, 17–18, 67, 113–14, 115, 133–36, 137, 138, 221, 244, 246, 247, 276–77, 282, 315
racism and, 12–13, 360–65, 366–67, 487n
Star Trek and, 372–74
three major collaborators of, 9–11, 35
Three Laws of Robotics, 10, 12, 14, 137, 348–49
at Unknown, 87–88, 114, 121, 122, 124, 131, 156, 166–67, 183–84, 188, 246
women and, 123, 365–66, 488n
during World War II, 151–61, 168–70, 198–204, 208–10, 211, 217–18
impact on writers, 180–81, 184–85, 189–98
writing style of, 31–33, 56, 60–62, 63
Campbell, John W., Sr., 20–28, 35, 64, 119–20, 153–54, 359
Campbell, Joseph, 393–94
Campbell, Laura. See Krieg, Laura Campbell
Campbell, Laura Harrison Strahorn, 20–21
Campbell, Leslyn, 310, 376–77, 377
birth and early life of, 210, 252, 254, 265–66, 301, 317, 323–24
Campbell, Margaret Kearney “Peg,” 301, 345, 362
background of, 273–74
death of JWC, 378–79, 401
dianetics and JWC, 275, 287, 291, 302–4, 309, 310, 328
health issues of JWC, 374, 376, 377, 378
marriage and family life, 300–304, 310–13, 376, 377
meeting JWC, 273–74
Campbell, Philinda Duane “Peedee,” 159, 308–9, 310, 323, 376, 468n
birth and early life of, 119–20, 169, 252, 265, 266, 273, 301
Campbell, William W., 20–21, 22
Campbell Award for Best New Writer, 401
Campbell Machine, 316–19
Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, 401
“Can of Vacuum, A” (Hubbard), 255
Caribbean Motion Picture Expedition, 45–46
Carpenter, John, 399, 495–96n
Carson, Rachel, 368