John Campbell - famous American writer of the 30s. John's works are still a success, despite the fact that in the books he described a completely different age with other technologies.
Biography of the writer
John Wood Campbell was born on June 8, 1910 in a small town in the state of New Jersey.
John received his education in MassachusettsUniversity. On one education, John Campbell did not stop and continued his studies at Duke University. John Wood began to write as a student, so when he received a bachelor of physics degree, he was already known as a science fiction writer.
About creativity
John became one of the first writers who wereauthors of fantastic works. Campbell's creativity is different in that they contain not only elements of a fantastic genre, but also a horror genre. Reviews of the books of John Campbell are positive, even today there are many readers who are delighted with what the author wrote. In the writer's books one cannot meet even the prerequisites for modern technologies, because the author described specifically the 30s of the last century.
Important is the fact that the books of the American writer for a long time there was no translation from English. Only closer to the 50th years of the book began to be translated.
Speaking of John Wood, it is important to note that forof many people he became a classic of the horror genre. Despite the fact that the works of Campbell were relegated to the second literary plan in the 50s of the last century (a lot of scientific journals were published, works in which had more literary than scientific character), his stories and stories are famous today.
The screen version
In many works of John Campbell excellent films have been made, although they are not capable of evoking the emotions that arise when reading.
One of the most famous screenings was the film."Something", released on screens in 1951. The director, who was the first to dare to take on this work, became Christian Nybi. The film received a huge number of awards and prizes.
Произведение, которое легло в основу фильма, called "Who's coming?". There is no one adaptation of this work. If, for the first time, a film based on the story was shot in 1951, then the next one was a 1982 film. Such a famous actor as Kurt Russell appeared in the second adaptation of this work. Reading reviews about the second film, you can find statements that the film is perfectly filmed and leaves the same impressions as the well-known film “Alien”. The second director who filmed this work was John Carpenter.
В третий раз произведение было экранизировано в 2001 directed by Mattis van Heinigen Jr. One of the main roles was played by actress Mary Winstead, despite the fact that in previous film versions the main roles were played only by male actors. The shooting took place in British Columbia, because it is there where the landscape is most similar to the snowy and glacial nature of Antarctica. The new film, which was a remake of the film version of 1982, earned high marks and liked the audience.
Awards
In 1968, John Wood was awarded the Skylark Prize for having spent a tremendous amount of effort to make the literary genre of fiction the most developed.
In 1971, the story "Twilight" and the story "Who is coming?»Became the two highest-rated short stories among the small fantasy works of the 40s. The writer deservedly won first place. The winner was determined by the readers.
In 1996, the writer was included in the lists of writers in the "Hall of Fame science fiction." Such an honor was presented to John Wood already posthumously.
In the same year, the writer posthumously received the award of the best editor, who worked in 1945.
In 2001, John was also posthumously awarded the prize of the best editor who worked in 1950, and in 2004 - the best editor who worked in 1967.
The memory of the writer
В память о творчестве и вкладе в развитие научной fiction, prizes were created. There were two of them in total: the first was named the “John Campbell Memorial Prize for the best novel of the science fiction genre”; the second is the John Campbell Award, which is awarded to the best new writers who write in the fiction genre.
The story "Who goes?"
Произведение Джона Кэмпбелла «Кто идет?»Became one of the most famous stories of all the writer's work. The story was published in 1938, and immediately gained tremendous popularity among readers. Despite the fact that there are no new technologies in the storyline, they still read it to this day, speaking about the story with delight.
Произведение написано в жанре фантастики и horror The story is deservedly called the literary classic of horror. The events taking place in the book, create a terrible atmosphere, and the behavior of the characters only doubles the horror when reading. Despite this, the book remains in the memory as something amazing, which can cause unique impressions.
For a long time there was no translation from Englishthis work. However, today you can find the Russian version. It is shortened, which makes the work even less than it exists in the original. However, this does not become a hindrance for those readers who develop in the field of their literary experience.
Content of the work
In the center of the plot - researchthe group went on an expedition to the Antarctic. While conducting research for a long time, one member of the group accidentally finds something strange and inexplicable right on the ice surface. Having gathered other members of the group, he shows the find, and colleagues conclude that this is a living creature. That's just what it is for the creation - it remains a mystery to the entire research team.
A group of research scientists comes to the decision:need to defrost the creature and carefully examine. However, everything takes a completely different turn - the creature comes to life and an inexplicable chaos begins. Trying to kill an alien creature, people realize that it is almost impossible to do this - this creature can take on the appearance of various creatures living on Earth. It takes the form of a man, the look of a dog, a cat and many others. Fighting for their lives, will the research team be able to survive in the Antarctic or will this creature win? ..
