Book & Movie Review: Who Goes There?, by John W. Campbell
The novella that spawned The Thing,
Astounding Science Fiction, 1938, 168 pages
( Paranoia will destroy ya, but murderous shapechanging aliens will kill you faster. )
Verdict: A fine pulp adventure that was made into three decent monster movies. Who Goes There? is a sci-fi classic that added paranoia about alien dopplegangers to the tradition of weird fiction set in the Antarctic. 8/10.
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Astounding Science Fiction, 1938, 168 pages
Who Goes There?, the novella that formed the basis of the film The Thing, is the John W. Campbell classic about an antarctic research camp that discovers and thaws the ancient body of a crash-landed alien.
( Paranoia will destroy ya, but murderous shapechanging aliens will kill you faster. )
Verdict: A fine pulp adventure that was made into three decent monster movies. Who Goes There? is a sci-fi classic that added paranoia about alien dopplegangers to the tradition of weird fiction set in the Antarctic. 8/10.
My complete list of book reviews.