Countercommandment

Analog #5

by John W. Campbell Jr. (Editor)

Originally title: Analog 5.

Contents
* Scientists Are Stupid! (1967) • essay by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by John W. Campbell ]
* Balanced Ecology • (1965) • short story by James H. Schmitz
* Coincidence Day • (1965) • short story by John Brunner
* Computers Don't Argue • (1965) • short story by Gordon R. Dickson
* Countercommandment • (1965) • short story by Patrick Meadows
* Fighting Division • (1965) • short story by Randall Garrett
* Mission "Red Clash" • (1965) • novella by Joe Poyer
* Overproof • (1965) • novelette by Randall Garrett [as by Jonathan Blake MacKenzie ]
* Say It with Flowers • (1965) • short story by Poul Anderson (aka Say It With Flowers) [as by Winston P. Sanders ]
* The Adventure of the Extraterrestrial • [Luvver] • (1965) • novelette by Mack Reynolds

Genres: Science Fiction

221 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1965

About the author

John Wood Campbell, Jr. was an influential figure in American science fiction. As editor of Astounding Science Fiction (later called Analog Science Fiction and Fact), from late 1937 until his death, he is generally credited with shaping the so-called Golden Age of Science Fiction.

Isaac Asimov called Campbell "the most powerful force in science fiction ever, and for the first ten years of his editorship he dominated the field completely."

As a writer, Campbell published super-science space opera under his own name and moody, less pulpish stories as Don A. Stuart. He stopped writing fiction after he became editor of Astounding.

Known Pseudonyms/Alternate Names:

Don A. Stuart
Karl van Campen
John Campbell
J. W. C., Jr.
John W. Campbell
John Wood Campbell

Reviews

[Brent Barnhart · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not great! "Computers Don't Argue" and "Overproof" were standouts.

[Perry Middlemiss · Rating 3 out of 5]

The contents here are taken solely from Analog stories from 1965. Only the Schmitz (“Balanced Ecology”) and the Reynolds (“The adventure of the Extraterrestrial”) stories would appear in my long list of recommended reading for the year. Then again there probably wasn’t much else of worth published in the magazine that year, except possibly Garrett’s Lord Darcy story “Muddle of the Woad” and another Schmitz title, “Trouble Tide”. R: 2.8/5.0

[DaughterDaDa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some classic science-fiction short stories from the 1960s.