Needle

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Needle is a science fiction novel, originally serialized and later published in book form, known for its story about a symbiotic alien "hunter" that inhabits a human host to track a criminal counterpart.

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Needle canonical 3

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instanceOf science fiction novel ⓘ
author Hal Clement ⓘ
bookEditionPublicationYear 1950 ⓘ
centralConflict alien hunter tracking a criminal counterpart ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
featuresCharacter Bob Kinnaird ⓘ
Hunter ⓘ
firstPublicationForm serial ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Astounding Science Fiction ⓘ
followedBy Through the Eye of a Needle ⓘ
genre science fiction ⓘ
hasAlienSpecies symbiotic hunter ⓘ
hasFormat hardcover book ⓘ
magazine serial ⓘ
paperback book ⓘ
hasSequel Through the Eye of a Needle ⓘ
hasSubject alien life ⓘ
crime investigation ⓘ
human–alien interaction ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
literaryPeriod Golden Age of Science Fiction ⓘ
magazineEditorAtSerialization John W. Campbell ⓘ
mainNonHumanProtagonist Hunter ⓘ
mainProtagonist Bob Kinnaird ⓘ
medium print ⓘ
narrativeFocus symbiotic alien inhabiting a human host ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person ⓘ
notableFor early depiction of a benign symbiotic alien ⓘ
integration of biology and detective-story structure ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalSerializationYear 1949 ⓘ
partOfSeries Needle series ⓘ
placeOfFirstPublication United States ⓘ
plotDevice invisible microscopic alien inhabiting human body ⓘ
publisherOfBookEdition Doubleday ⓘ
setting Pacific island ⓘ
boarding school ⓘ
subgenre hard science fiction ⓘ
targetAudience young adult readers ⓘ
theme identity and secrecy ⓘ
symbiosis between human and alien ⓘ
trust and cooperation ⓘ
workType novel ⓘ

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