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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Predicate Object
instanceOf novella
science fiction horror novella
adaptationMedium feature film
author John W. Campbell Jr.
surface form: John W. Campbell
authorPseudonym Don A. Stuart
authorRealName John W. Campbell Jr.
surface form: John W. Campbell
authorRoleOfJohnWCampbell editor of Astounding Science-Fiction
basedOnMythologyOrTrope body-snatcher trope
centralAntagonistType shape-shifting alien
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalStatus classic of science fiction horror
expandedVersionAuthor John W. Campbell Jr.
surface form: John W. Campbell
expandedVersionForm novel
expandedVersionPublicationStatus posthumously published
expandedVersionTitle Frozen Hell
firstPublicationType magazine serial
firstPublishedIn Astounding Science Fiction
surface form: Astounding Science-Fiction
genre horror fiction
science fiction
hasExpandedVersion Frozen Hell
influenceOnGenre influential work in science fiction horror
inspiredWorks The Thing (1982 film)
surface form: The Thing video game adaptations

board games based on The Thing
lengthCategory novella-length
literaryForm prose fiction
literaryMovement Golden Age of Science Fiction
surface form: Golden Age science fiction
narrativeDevice who-is-human mystery
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableAdaptation The Thing (1982 film)
The Thing (2011 film)
The Thing (1982 film)
surface form: The Thing from Another World
originalLanguage English
originalPublicationEditor John W. Campbell Jr.
surface form: 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 Who Goes There?
this entity surface form: The Thing
Wilford Brimley workFeaturedIn Who Goes There?
this entity surface form: The Thing
Vernon L. Walker workedOn Who Goes There?
this entity surface form: The Thing from Another World
Dean Cundey notableWork Who Goes There?
this entity surface form: The Thing
Dean Cundey workedOn Who Goes There?
this entity surface form: The Thing
Kurt Russell notableWork Who Goes There?
this entity surface form: The Thing
John W. Campbell Jr. notableWork Who Goes There?
John Dighton notableWork Who Goes There?
this entity surface form: Who Goes There!
John Dighton workedOn Who Goes There?
this entity surface form: Who Goes There!
Dr. Blair basedOn Who Goes There?
this entity surface form: Blair (character in Who Goes There?)
Dr. Blair adaptedFrom Who Goes There?
this entity surface form: Who Goes There? (novella)
Marty Hart appearsInEpisode Who Goes There?
this entity surface form: Who Goes There