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Astounding

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by Alec Nevala-Lee


  Cartmill, Cleve, 110, 182, 190, 224

  “Deadline,” 188–89, 191–98, 208, 212, 213, 247

  Catechol, 221

  Cat’s Cradle (Vonnegut), 117

  Cat Who Walks Through Walls, The (Heinlein), 403

  Caves of Steel, The (Asimov), 343

  Cavett, Dick, 396–97

  Ceppos, Art, 257, 270, 287, 288–89, 291–92

  Challenger disaster, 402

  Chapdelaine, Perry, 328, 335

  Chappell, Mel, 305

  Charcot, Jean-Martin, 18–19

  Chemistry of Petroleum Derivatives, 66

  Childhood’s End (Clarke), 62

  Children of the Lens (Smith), 245

  China, 44–45, 55, 83, 234

  Christianity, 310

  Christian Science, 261

  “Chromium Helmet, The” (Sturgeon), 211

  “Chrysalis” (Bradbury), 182–83

  Church of Scientology. See Scientology

  CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), 287

  Citizen of the Galaxy (Heinlein), 337–38, 362–63

  Citizens Advisory Council on National Space Policy, 388–89

  City College of New York, 52, 90

  “City on the Edge of Forever, The” (Star Trek episode), 371

  civil rights, 2, 341, 361, 368

  Civil Rights Act of 1964, 341

  clairvoyance, 303–4

  Clark, John, 101, 108, 121, 128, 131

  Clarke, Arthur C., 62, 244, 348, 385, 388–89

  Clayton, William, 61, 75, 76, 77

  “clear,” 253–54, 261, 275

  Clement, Hal, 320, 378

  Cleopatra (movie), 4

  Clifton, Mark, 473n

  Clingerman, Mildred, 348

  Close, Del, 477n

  Cohen, Chester, 103

  Colby College, 376

  “Cold Equations, The” (Godwin), 320, 474n

  Collins, Michael, 350

  Columbia Pictures, 40, 85

  Columbia University, 52, 90, 96, 141, 220, 320

  cyclotron, 96, 115

  Comet, 467n

  communism, 80, 288–89, 291–92, 349

  competent man story, 8–9, 122, 125, 128

  Condé Nast Publications, 325, 359, 387

  Conference on Education for Creativity in the Sciences (1963), 1–3

  Congressional Record, 83

  “Conquest of the Planets” (Campbell), 64

  Cornog, Robert, 224, 227–28, 231–32, 293

  “Cosmic Corkscrew” (Asimov), 90, 91, 92

  Cosmos (Campbell et al.), 57

  Cowboy Stories, 77

  Craig, James B., 457n

  “Creation Took Eight Days” (Heinlein), 145

  “Criticism of Dianetics, A” (Hubbard and Winter), 256–57, 261, 457n

  Cronkite, Walter, 350

  Crowley, Aleister, 217, 224, 232, 233, 234

  cybernetics, 259–62, 263

  Cybernetics, or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine (Wiener), 260

  Dalgliesh, Alice, 227, 337, 338, 386

  “Dangerous Dimension, The” (Hubbard), 86–87, 89

  Dangerous Visions (Ellison), 367

  Davis, Chan, 209, 336

  Davis, Joel, 398

  “Day Is Done, The” (del Rey), 122

  Day the Earth Stood Still, The (movie), 121

  DC Comics, 276

  “Dead Knowledge” (Campbell), 69

  “Deadline” (Cartmill), 188–89, 191–98, 208, 212, 213, 247

  Dean, Norman L., 353–55

  Dean Junior College, 376

  “Death Flyer, The” (Hubbard), 86

  Death’s Deputy (Hubbard), 129–30

  De Camp, Catherine, 441–42n

  De Camp, L. Sprague, 128, 131, 324

  Astounding and, 133, 139, 180, 356

  Dean Drive and Campbell, 354–55

  dianetics and, 274, 279, 282

  fandom and, 101, 106, 107

  at Nebula Awards, 385

  at Philadelphia Navy Yard, 168, 170, 170, 185, 207, 212–13

  postwar life of, 224–25, 226, 228

  Unknown stories, 121–22

  during World War II, 142, 157–58, 159, 168, 170, 180, 185, 195, 201–2, 204, 205, 207, 212–13

  De Havilland, Olivia, 162

  Delany, Samuel R., 364–65, 487n

  Del Rey, Judy Lynn, 378

  Del Rey, Lester, 122, 223, 359, 378, 387

  Astounding and, 122, 133, 169, 181, 279

  dianetics and, 279, 282

  during World War II, 141–42, 169, 180, 181

  De Mille, Cecil B., 289

  De Mille, Richard, 289, 290, 292

  “Derelicts of Ganymede, The” (Campbell), 56

  “Design Flaw” (Campbell), 315, 472n

  “Design Flaw” (Correy), 472n

  Desilu Studios, 373

  Destination Moon (movie), 255, 273, 281, 336

  DeWolf, Ronald (“Nibs” Hubbard), 83, 130

  dianetics, 17–19, 267–95, 328–30

  abortion and, 254, 269, 277, 278

  announcement of, 257–58

  auditing process, 254

  Campbell’s traumatic memory of birth, 18–20, 251

  “A Criticism of Dianetics,” 256–57, 261

  first use of term, 255, 261

  generating publicity for, 267–74

  Hubbard’s new mental therapy, 237–39, 249–58

  influences on, 259–62

  in Kansas, 328–29

  past lives and, 289

  terminology, 253–54, 261, 329

  “Terra Incognita: The Mind,” 258–59

  trademark dispute, 329–30

  virality of, 272–73

  “Dianetics: The Evolution of a Science” (Hubbard), 267–68, 271–72

  Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health (Hubbard), 9, 17, 257, 261–64, 267, 268–70, 272

  Dick, Philip K., 355–56, 384

  Dick Cavett Show, The, 396–97

  Dickson, Gordon R., 375, 378

  Dimension X (radio show), 475n

  Dockweiler, Harry, 103

  Doc Savage (magazine), 74

  Don Isidro (cargo ship), 160

  “Doodad” (Bradbury), 183

  Doomsday Clock, 3

  Door into Summer, The (Heinlein), 337–38, 479n

  Doubleday, 223, 348

  “Double Minds, The” (Campbell), 67

  Double Star (Heinlein), 337

  Downs, Hugh, 381–83

  dowsing, 355, 484n

  Doyle, Arthur Conan, 5

  Dressler, Frank, 290

  Duke University, 55–56, 57

  Dune (Herbert), 7, 357–58

  Dunn, Lucius C., 132

  Durant, Will, 37, 269

  Earhart, Amelia, 46

  Easy-Bake Oven, 335

  Ebert, Roger, 376

  Edsall, USS, 160

  “E for Effort” (Sherred), 248

  Ehrenhaft, Felix, 446n

  Einstein, Albert, 11, 52

  Eisenhower, Dwight D., 339

  “Elder Gods, The” (Burks), 121

  Eleanor Hotel, 224

  “Electronic Siege, The” (Campbell), 56

  electroshock therapy, 19, 209–10, 272–73

  “Elimination” (Campbell), 65–66

  Ellis, Carleton, 66–67

  Ellis Island, 48

  Ellison, Harlan, 7, 320, 346, 347–48, 367–68, 371, 399

  Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 71, 137, 349

  e-meter, 329, 332

  Empire (Simak), 473n

  Empire State Building, 199, 448n

  Empire Strikes Back, The, 124

  Enchanter (ship), 333, 334–35

  End Is Not Yet, The (Hubbard), 236–37

  “Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline, The” (Asimov), 221–22, 267, 319–20

  End of Eternity, The (Asimov), 343

  End Poverty in California (EPIC), 109–10

  “engram,” 253–54

>   ENIAC, 261

  “Escape, The” (Campbell), 64

  Esserman, Paul, 400–401, 405

  Evers, Medgar, 2

  “Evidence” (Asimov), 208, 220

  “evil eye,” 56

  Excalibur (Hubbard), 89, 237, 238, 249–50, 260

  Expanded Universe (Heinlein), 386

  Explorers Club, 130–31, 258

  Explorers Journal, 258–59

  Exploring Tomorrow (radio show), 324, 475–76n

  Fantastic Voyage (movie), 348

  “Farewell to the Master” (Bates), 121

  Farnham’s Freehold (Heinlein), 340, 363

  FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), 288–89, 291–92, 349, 394

  Fear (Hubbard), 129–30

  feedback, 260

  feminism, 12, 365–66

  Fermi, Enrico, 81

  Fidczuk, Richard, 426n

  Finagle’s Law, 29–30

  Final Blackout (Hubbard), 117, 129–30

  “First Contact” (Jenkins), 245

  Forbidden Acres (Russell), 87–88

  Ford Foundation, 311

  Forever War, The (Haldeman), 379

  “Forgetfulness” (Campbell), 66

  Fort, Charles, 77, 87, 145

  “Fortress in the Sky” (Hubbard), 236, 340

  For Us, the Living (Heinlein), 111–12, 118, 225

  Foster, Alan Dean, 359

  “Foundation” (Asimov), 139–41

  Foundation’s Edge (Asimov), 400

  Foundation series (Asimov), 10, 139–41, 167, 207, 220, 222, 275, 343, 349, 400

  “Four Little Ships” (Jenkins), 194

  Frankenstein (Shelley), 5

  Freas, Frank Kelly, 310–11, 378, 416n

  Freemasons, 39

  Freud, Sigmund, 18, 276, 278, 279

  “Frictional Losses” (Campbell), 65

  Fromm, Erich, 338

  Fromme, Lynette “Squeaky,” 483n

  “Frozen Hell” (Campbell), 67–68, 69, 425–26n

  Fuller, Clement, 475n

  Future History (Heinlein), 113, 114, 118, 142, 384

  Futurians, 100, 102–4, 103, 117–18, 133–34, 141, 144–45, 181, 223

  Futurians, The (Knight), 99

  Gable, Clark, 286

  Gaiman, Neil, 7

  Galactic Patrol (Smith), 77–78

  Galaxy, 283–85, 343, 358

  Game of Thrones (TV show), 7

  Garby, Lee Hawkins, 30

  Gardner, Martin, 324, 475n

  Garrett, Randall, 320, 321–23, 348, 366, 405

  General Semantics, 110–11, 244, 255, 259–60, 280, 307

  genetics, 357, 361–62

  George Washington University, 45, 46

  Germer, Karl, 233, 234

  Gernsback, Hugo, 6, 30, 50, 57, 60, 75–76, 100

  Gerrold, David, 372

  Gibbon, Edward, 139

  Gillespie, Jack, 103

  Gingrich, Newt, 12, 415n

  Ginsberg, Allen, 332

  Gittleson, Yvette, 241

  Glory Road (Heinlein), 340

  Gnome Press, 283

  Gods Themselves, The (Asimov), 398

  Godwin, Tom, 320

  Gold, Evelyn, 283

  Gold, Horace, 283–84, 343, 466–67n

  Goldberger, Joe, 161–62

  golden age of science fiction, 7, 414n

  “Goldfish Bowl” (Heinlein), 146–47

  Goldsmith, Cele, 348

  Goldstone, Lou, 231

  Goldwater, Barry, 341, 388

  Goodavage, Joseph F., 484n

  Göring, Hermann, 8

  gravity gauge, 236, 340, 456n

  Gray, Arthur Z., 305–6

  Grazer, Brian, 405

  Great Depression, 57, 63, 102–3, 274

  Greater New York Science Fiction League, 99–100, 102

  Great Exclusion Act, 108–9

  Greek mythology, 25

  Green, Joseph, 376

  Greenberg, Martin, 283

  Greene, William Chace, Jr., 33

  “Green Hills of Earth, The” (Heinlein), 226–27, 456n

  Green Lantern, 276

  Gripsholm, MS, 172–73

  Gross, Henry, 316

  Grow Old with Me (Asimov), 220–21, 223

  Gruber, Frank, 83–84

  Guam, 44–45

  “guk,” 287

  “Gulf” (Heinlein), 229–30, 275

  Haldeman, Joe, 365, 379

  Hall, Desmond, 77

  Hamilton, Edmond, 427n

  Hammond, James, 376

  Hammond, Margaret, 376

  hard science fiction, 64, 414n

  Harrison, Harry, 363, 375, 378, 387

  Harrison, Laura, 20

  Hartwell, Dickson, 242–43

  Have Space Suit—Will Travel (Heinlein), 338

  Hawks, Howard, 299–300

  Hayakawa, S. I., 215

  Hecht, Ben, 299–300

  Heinlein, Bam Lyle, 36–37

  Heinlein, Clare, 202

  Heinlein, Elinor Curry, 40

  Heinlein, Leslyn MacDonald, 41, 239, 337

  affair with Hubbard, 202–3

  alcoholism of, 206, 227

  background of, 40

  death of, 387–88

  divorce from RAH, 228–29

  marriage to RAH, 41, 42, 109–10, 111, 115–20, 227–28

  meeting RAH, 40–41

  postwar life of, 223–24, 225, 227–29

  role in RAH’s writing, 12, 110, 113, 115, 118, 120, 143, 148, 155, 156

  during World War II, 151–52, 155, 156, 158, 159, 169, 170–71, 172–73, 186, 199, 205–6

  Heinlein, Rex Ivar, 36–37, 38

  Heinlein, Robert A., 10–11, 385

  Asimov and, 114, 165–66, 226–27, 338–39, 344, 385, 390, 404

  Astounding and, 112–21, 142–48, 229–30, 275

  birth of, 36

  Campbell’s legacy and, 386–87

  death of, 403–4

  dianetics and, 280–82, 291, 293–94

  early life of, 36–37

  early writings of, 111–25, 142–48

  family history of, 36–37

  fandom and, 109–10

  Future History, 113, 114, 118, 142, 384

  Galaxy stories, 284

  General Semantics and, 110–11, 244, 259–60, 280, 307

  health issues of, 173, 200, 383–84, 385, 389–90, 403–4

  Hubbard and, 117, 202–3, 224–25, 230, 235–36, 246

  juvenile novels of, 226, 227, 229, 281, 337–38, 340

  last years of, 383–90

  later writing of, 335–42, 383–86

  legacy and influence of, 384–86

  Manson Family and, 350–52

  marriages of, 38–40, 227–30, 307. See also specific wives

  McCarthyism and, 336

  mysticism and, 39

  naval career of, 37–40, 39, 41–42, 151–53

  at Philadelphia Navy Yard, 157–58, 160, 161, 165–68, 172–73, 200–201, 212–13

  political convictions of, 109–10, 111, 336, 338–41

  postwar life of, 223–24, 225–30

  Voyage Beyond Apollo cruise, 381–83

  during World War II, 151–57, 159–60, 161, 165, 172–73, 195, 198–203, 205–6, 207–8

  Heinlein, Rose Elizabeth, 38

  Heinlein, Virginia Gerstenfeld “Ginny”

  background of, 200

  death of RAH, 403–4

  married life with RAH, 281, 306, 307, 336, 341, 350

  meeting RAH, 200–201

  moving in with RAH, 223, 227–30

  role in RAH’s writing, 229–30, 338–39

  during World War II, 200–201

  “Helen O’Loy” (del Rey), 122

  Hemingway, Ernest, 289

  Hemingway, Greg, 289

  Henney, Keith, 198

  Henry Holt and Company, 209, 247

  Herbert, Frank, 357–58, 375

  Hermitage House, 257, 268–69, 287

  Hieronymus, Gale
n, 316–19

  Hieronymus Machine, 316–19, 484n

  highway hypnosis, 314–16

  Hinman, Gary, 350

  Hiroshima, 206–7, 208, 213–14, 244

  History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Gibbon), 139

  HIV, 401, 405–6

  Hoagland, Richard C., 381–82

  Hollister, Miles, 288, 289, 291

  Hollywood Citizen-News, 110, 160

  Hollywood Palladium, 402

  Holt, Henry, 209

  Homer, 14

  homosexuality, 251, 271, 291, 365

  “Homo Sol” (Asimov), 134–36

  Hoover, J. Edgar, 291–92, 391

  Hornig, Charles, 100, 424n

  House Select Committees on Aging and Science and Technology, 386

  Howes, Ron, 328, 335

  “How to Drive a Writer Crazy” (Hubbard), 129

  Hoxsey, Harry, 475n

  Hubbard, Alexis Valerie

  birth and early life of, 257–58, 287, 289–90, 292–93, 295

  estrangement from father, 391, 402

  Hubbard, Catherine, 84–85

  Hubbard, Harry Ross, 43–45, 46, 392

  Hubbard, Keith, 158, 172–73, 205–6

  Hubbard, L. Ron, 285

  abortion and, 130, 254, 257, 269

  Astounding and, 85–90, 128–29, 130–31, 236–37

  children and family life, 257–58, 287, 289–90, 292–93, 295, 391, 402

  Commodore of the Sea Org, 333–35, 395, 401–2

  death of, 396, 402

  dianetics and, 17–19, 285–95, 304, 328–30

  generating publicity, 267–74

  origins of, 237–39, 249–58, 459n

  Eagle Scout, 44

  early life of, 42–45

  early writings of, 45, 46–47, 83–90, 127–32

  education of, 45, 46

  family history of, 43

  finances and wealth of, 286–87, 332

  health issues of, 204–5, 231, 392, 394, 402

  Heinlein and, 117, 202–3, 224–25, 230, 235–36, 246

  last writings of, 395–96

  last years of, 390–93

  legacy of, 402–3

  life in hiding, 390–93, 394–95

  marriages and affairs, 84–85, 130–31, 132, 202–3, 231–32, 234–36, 288, 289–93, 392–95. See also specific wives

  naval service of, 160–61, 175–80, 201–2

  new mental therapy of, 237–39, 249–58, 459n

  occult involvement in Pasadena, 231–35

  postwar life of, 224–25, 231–39

  sailing expeditions, 45–46, 130–31, 333–35, 390

  Saint Helena and, 45, 422n

  Scientology and, 329–35, 391–96, 401–2

  Unknown stories, 127, 128–29

  during World War II, 132, 153, 160–61, 175–80, 201–2, 204–5

  Hubbard, L. Ron “Nibs,” Jr., 83, 130, 402

  Hubbard, Leodora May Waterbury, 43–45, 46

  Hubbard, Margaret Louise Grubb “Polly,” 224, 444n

  divorce from LRH, 235

  marriage and family life, 83, 84–85, 130–31, 177, 231

  meeting and marriage to LRH, 46

  Hubbard, Mark, 172–73, 205–6

 

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