Letter to John Campbell

11 October 1968

Hal Salive Science Fiction and Fantasy Collection, University of Otago Library Special Collections

Unpublished

Hal Salive discusses his ideas on 'dowsing' in this letter to John Campbell (1910-1971), who was editor of Astounding Stories and Analog from 1937 until his death on 1971. Campbell is credited with shaping the Golden Age of SF, encouraging writers such as Isaac Asimov, Lester del Rey, Robert Heinlein, Theodore Sturgeon and A.E. van Vogt.