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Who Goes There?

Name: Who Goes There?
Rating: 3.78 (12031 reviews)
Author: John W. Campbell Jr.

John W. Campbell Jr. August 1, 1938

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“Who Goes There?” is the novella that formed the basis of John Carpenter’s film The Thing. Campbell’s classic story tells of an Antarctic research base that discovers and thaws the ancient, frozen body of a crash-landed alien—with terrifying results!
This Wildside Press edition is the only ebook version of this classic story authorized by the Campbell estate.

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