Who Goes There? : The Novella That Formed the Basis of the Thing (Paperback)

from berniean

This is a novella written by a man who was arguably the greatest editor of science fiction ever. In reading it, you have to consider both the author and the time in which it was written. This is a man who worked with short fiction, for the most part in the pulp magazines of the 1930's and up. It ...

from Stahl-Ricco

"We've got monsters, madmen, and murderers. Any more 'M's' you can think of, Caldwell? If there are, we'll probably have 'em before long." Yup, that about covers it! This is a nice, creepy lil' short story! Makes me want to stay the hell away from Antarctica, I'll tell you what! Blech! (I'd like ...

from DeltaQueen50

Who Goes There by John W Campbell is a short novella that is a real page turner. This work was the basis for both the 1951 film called "The Thing from Another World" and 1982's "The Thing". A research camp in Antarctica finds a frozen alien body, thaws it out and unleashes a terror upon themselve...

from auntmarge64

Here's a short horror novel from 1938, in which a group of scientists exploring the magnetic South Pole discovers an alien vessel from the time Antarctica froze, and some of the alien tissue survives and can shape-shift. How they try to decide who might be a monster and whether any of them will e...

from ironjaw

Review #3 - Who Goes There? Seven Tales of Science-Fiction by John W. Campbell, Jr. Every winter, at the first sight of falling snow, I watch John Carpenter's The Thing. In a room, illuminated only by candles, and armed with popcorns, I am absorbed by Antarctica: a desolate, inhospitable, "God......