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This article focuses on science fiction writer John Campbell. In the efforts to get a man into space, science-fiction fans feel they have overlooked the fact that a certain middle-aged New Jerseyan already has been there for years. Campbell has been blazing like an asteroid in the special wild blue yonder of space literature since before World War II. He has a powerful hold on these disciples because, first of all, Campbell pioneered modern science fiction and in the process largely killed off the hackneyed type of tales dealing with bug-eyed monsters. Like most nuclear physicists at the time, he was not absolutely certain that a chain reaction could be stopped.

Presents the short story "Benefactor of Humanity," by Isaac Asimov.

The article discusses the passion of television actress Jacqueline Susann on being a writer and her views about his book "Valley of the Dolls." The book sells because the characters in the story are real. Susann's first book was "Every Night, Josephine!," a biography of her fourteen-year-old French poodle. She used to write short stories as well as book of science fiction.