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identified the novel as the paradigm of "the Campbell hard space opera," noting its "great quantity of fanciful and ingenious scientific extrapolations, fictional weaknesses, and polarized social
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novel concerns the harnessing of energy from the sun and encounters with aliens who turn out not to be truly alien at all. It also touches on the legends of ancient civilizations on earth,
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The novel is ground breaking in its inclusion of a wide range of advanced technology including space travel concepts such as
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described the 1947 edition as "perhaps the climax of the super-physics school of science fiction which
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as important facets of the story. The protagonist also invents and employs devices such as
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magazine from December 1934 to April 1935, and was published in book form in
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in an edition of 1,200 copies. Campbell was a leading figure in the
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The story is the first to feature Campbell's hero Aarn Munro. This
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Works originally published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact
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googles and miniature remotely piloted surveillance drones.
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This article about a 1940s science fiction novel is a
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1947 science fiction novel by John W. Campbell, Jr.
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Index


John W. Campbell, Jr.
Science fiction
The Hadley Publishing Co.
Hardback
OCLC
2737057
The Incredible Planet
science fiction
John W. Campbell, Jr.
Astounding Stories
1947
The Hadley Publishing Co.
Golden Age of Science Fiction
space opera
Mu
Astounding
P. Schuyler Miller
'Skylark' Smith
Everett F. Bleiler
simplistics
genocide
Artificial gravity
Faster-than-light
Warp drive
Wormholes
Infrared vision
"…to infinity and beyond…":
Astounding
Everett F. Bleiler

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