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23.08.2020

“Short Things: Tales Inspired by “Who Goes There?” edited by Gregory Betancourt

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"Short Things: Tales Inspired by "Who Goes There?" edited by Gregory Betancourt
"Short Things is a collection of never-before-published stories based on John W. Campbell’s classic short novel, “Who Goes There?” (filmed as The Thing). Commissioned one by one as stretch goals for the Frozen Hell Kickstarter project (which broke records as one of the most successful science fiction publishing projects in Kickstarter history), this series of stories grew to book size—thanks to contributions by many top writers. Enjoy these sometimes very different takes on the classic monster, the Thing!"...>>
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23.08.2020

“Frozen Hell” by John W. Campbell, Jr.

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"Frozen Hell" by John W. Campbell, Jr.
"Fans of John Carpenter's "The Thing" can rejoice -- here is the original, previously-unpublished, 45-pages-longer version of John W. Campbell's classic story, "Who Goes There?" (filmed as "The Thing" and "The Thing from Another World"). The Frozen Hell manuscript remained unknown and unpublished for decades, and it was only recently rediscovered at Harvard by scholar Alec Nevala-Lee, long buried in John W. Campbell's papers. So here is the original version of "Who Goes There?" It adds an astonishing 45 pages of extra material to the classic story and expands it dramatically, giving vital backstory and context to an already incredible tale. We are pleased and honored to offer Frozen Hell to you now, as...>>
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23.08.2020

“Who Goes There?” by John. W. Campbell, Jr. (book version)

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"Who Goes There?" by John. W. Campbell, Jr. (book version)
"The climax of John W. Campbell Jr's popularity came with the very effective Stuart tale "Who Goes There?" (August 1938 Astounding), a classic sf Horror story about an Antarctic research station menaced by an Alien invader and Shapeshifter, which was first filmed, without the shape-changing aspect, as The Thing (1951), directed anonymously by Howard Hawks (1896-1977), and later, also as The Thing (1982), with the basic premise restored. Several volumes were assembled to take advantage of the success of this tale. Far more famous under its original title – at least within the sf field – than under the film-influenced book retitling, "Who Goes There?" was perhaps the climax of Campbell's fiction-writing career, and...>>
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