"The Last Evolution" by John W. Campbell is a science fiction story from the 1930s exploring what happens when machines become more advanced than people. The story pictures a time far from now when people are fewer because they rely so much on equipment. This equipment takes over all the work. When these machines become smart and independent, they must protect the shrinking number of people from aliens called the Outsiders. The story shows that machines might be the next step in evolution, leading to a future where the logic of machines combines with human imagination, where the victory of machines over aliens demonstrates that evolution can move from bodies to smarts and power.
The Last Evolution
By John W. Campbell
In a future where machines rule, humanity's fate rests on the very technology that replaced them when aliens invade, forcing a choice between obsolescence and a new kind of existence.
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2008-12-09
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About the AuthorJohn Wood Campbell Jr. was an American science fiction writer and editor. He was editor of Astounding Science Fiction from late 1937 until his death and was part of the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Campbell wrote super-science space opera under his own name and stories under his primary pseudonym, Don A. Stuart. Campbell also used the pen names Karl Van Kampen and Arthur McCann. His novella Who Goes There? was adapted as the films The Thing from Another World (1951), The Thing (1982), and The Thing (2011).
John Wood Campbell Jr. was an American science fiction writer and editor. He was editor of Astounding Science Fiction from late 1937 until his death and was part of the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Campbell wrote super-science space opera under his own name and stories under his primary pseudonym, Don A. Stuart. Campbell also used the pen names Karl Van Kampen and Arthur McCann. His novella Who Goes There? was adapted as the films The Thing from Another World (1951), The Thing (1982), and The Thing (2011).
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