Who Goes There?

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"Who Goes There?" is a classic 1938 science fiction horror novella by John W. Campbell (as Don A. Stuart) about an Antarctic research team confronting a shape-shifting alien, later adapted into films such as "The Thing."

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instanceOf novella ⓘ
science fiction horror novella ⓘ
adaptationMedium feature film ⓘ
author John W. Campbell ⓘ
authorPseudonym Don A. Stuart ⓘ
authorRealName John W. Campbell ⓘ
authorRoleOfJohnWCampbell editor of Astounding Science-Fiction ⓘ
basedOnMythologyOrTrope body-snatcher trope ⓘ
centralAntagonistType shape-shifting alien ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
culturalStatus classic of science fiction horror ⓘ
expandedVersionAuthor John W. Campbell ⓘ
expandedVersionForm novel ⓘ
expandedVersionPublicationStatus posthumously published ⓘ
expandedVersionTitle Frozen Hell ⓘ
firstPublicationType magazine serial ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Astounding Science-Fiction ⓘ
genre horror fiction ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
hasExpandedVersion Frozen Hell ⓘ
influenceOnGenre influential work in science fiction horror ⓘ
inspiredWorks The Thing video game adaptations ⓘ
board games based on The Thing ⓘ
lengthCategory novella-length ⓘ
literaryForm prose fiction ⓘ
literaryMovement Golden Age science fiction ⓘ
narrativeDevice who-is-human mystery ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableAdaptation The Thing (1982 film) ⓘ
The Thing (2011 film) ⓘ
The Thing from Another World ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalPublicationEditor John W. Campbell ⓘ
plotElement alien imitates and replaces humans ⓘ
blood test to detect alien ⓘ
primaryConflict humans versus imitative alien ⓘ
protagonistGroup Antarctic research team ⓘ
publicationYear 1938 ⓘ
publisherCategory pulp science fiction magazine ⓘ
settingEnvironment Antarctic research station ⓘ
settingLocation Antarctica ⓘ
theme identity ⓘ
isolation ⓘ
paranoia ⓘ
trust and suspicion ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting 20th century ⓘ
tone claustrophobic and suspenseful ⓘ

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Wilford Brimley → notableWork → The Thing ⓘ
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Wilford Brimley → workFeaturedIn → The Thing ⓘ
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Vernon L. Walker → workedOn → The Thing from Another World ⓘ
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Dean Cundey → notableWork → The Thing ⓘ
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Dean Cundey → workedOn → The Thing ⓘ
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Kurt Russell → notableWork → The Thing ⓘ
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John W. Campbell Jr. → notableWork → Who Goes There? ⓘ
John Dighton → notableWork → Who Goes There! ⓘ
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John Dighton → workedOn → Who Goes There! ⓘ
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Dr. Blair → basedOn → Blair (character in Who Goes There?) ⓘ
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Dr. Blair → adaptedFrom → Who Goes There? (novella) ⓘ
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Marty Hart → appearsInEpisode → Who Goes There ⓘ
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The Thing (1982 film) → basedOn → Who Goes There? (novella) ⓘ
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Don A. Stuart → notableWork → Who Goes There? ⓘ
The Thing from Another World → basedOn → Who Goes There? ⓘ