Who Goes There? is a collection of
science fictionScience fiction is a genre of fiction. It differs from fantasy in that, within the context of the story, its imaginary elements are largely possible within scientifically-established or scientifically-postulated laws of nature...
stories by author John W. Campbell, Jr.. It was published in
1948The year 1948 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:* The Pulitzer Prize for the Novel is renamed the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction....
by
Shasta PublishersShasta Publishers was a science fiction and fantasy small press specialty publishing house founded in in 1947. It was founded by Erle Melvin Korshak, T. E. Dikty, and Mark Reinsberg who were all science fiction fans from the Chicago area...
in an edition of 3,000 copies, of which 200 were signed by Campbell. The 1951 film,
The Thing from Another WorldThe Thing from Another World , is a science fiction film that tells the story of an Air Force crew and scientists at a remote Arctic research outpost who fight a malevolent plant-based alien being. It stars Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, Robert Cornthwaite and Douglas Spencer...
, and 1982s version
The Thing by
John CarpenterJohn Howard Carpenter is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, editor, composer, and occasional actor. Although Carpenter has worked in numerous film genres, his name is most commonly associated with horror and science fiction.- Early life :Carpenter was born in Carthage, New York,...
, are based on the title story. The stories originally appeared in the magazine
Astounding under Campbell's pseudonym Don A. Stuart.
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Who Goes There? is a collection of
science fictionScience fiction is a genre of fiction. It differs from fantasy in that, within the context of the story, its imaginary elements are largely possible within scientifically-established or scientifically-postulated laws of nature...
stories by author John W. Campbell, Jr.. It was published in
1948The year 1948 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:* The Pulitzer Prize for the Novel is renamed the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction....
by
Shasta PublishersShasta Publishers was a science fiction and fantasy small press specialty publishing house founded in in 1947. It was founded by Erle Melvin Korshak, T. E. Dikty, and Mark Reinsberg who were all science fiction fans from the Chicago area...
in an edition of 3,000 copies, of which 200 were signed by Campbell. The 1951 film,
The Thing from Another WorldThe Thing from Another World , is a science fiction film that tells the story of an Air Force crew and scientists at a remote Arctic research outpost who fight a malevolent plant-based alien being. It stars Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, Robert Cornthwaite and Douglas Spencer...
, and 1982s version
The Thing by
John CarpenterJohn Howard Carpenter is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, editor, composer, and occasional actor. Although Carpenter has worked in numerous film genres, his name is most commonly associated with horror and science fiction.- Early life :Carpenter was born in Carthage, New York,...
, are based on the title story. The stories originally appeared in the magazine
Astounding under Campbell's pseudonym Don A. Stuart.
Contents
- "Who Goes There?
Who Goes There? is a science fiction novella by John W. Campbell, Jr. under the pen name Don A. Stuart, published August 1938 in Astounding Stories. In 1973, the story was voted by the Science Fiction Writers of America as one of the finest science fiction novellas ever written, and published with...
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- "Blindness"
- "Frictional Losses"
- "Dead Knowledge"
- "Elimination"
- "Twilight
"Twilight" is a science fiction short story by John W. Campbell originally published in 1934. In 1970, it was selected as one the best science fiction short stories of all time by the Science Fiction Writers of America...
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- "Night"
Publication history
- 1948, USA, Shasta Publishers
Shasta Publishers was a science fiction and fantasy small press specialty publishing house founded in in 1947. It was founded by Erle Melvin Korshak, T. E. Dikty, and Mark Reinsberg who were all science fiction fans from the Chicago area...
, Pub date 1948, Hardback
- 1952, UK, Kemsley, Pub date 1952, Paperback, as The Thing & Other Stories
- 1955, France, Éditions Denoël
Éditions Denoël is a French publishing house founded in 1930 by the Belgian Robert Denoël and the American Bernard Steel.Called the Éditions Denoël-Steel during its first few years, it had its first success in 1932 with Voyage au bout de la nuit by Louis-Ferdinand Céline...
, Paperback, as Le ciel est mort
- 1967, UK, Tandem
Universal-Tandem Publishing Co Ltd was a paperback publishing company established in the early 1960s. In 1973 Tandem established the Target Books imprint, which became well known for their highly successful range of novelisations and other assorted books based on the popular science-fiction...
, Pub date 1967, Paperback, as The Thing From Outer Space