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Who Goes There?

A remote scientific research expedition at the North Pole is invaded by a monstrous alien, reawakened after lying frozen for centuries after a crash-landing. The alien is intelligent, cunning and a shape-changer who can assume the form and personality of anything it destroys. Soon it is among the men of the expedition, killing and replacing them, using its shape-changing ability to lull the scientists one by one into inattention and destruction. The transformed alien can seemingly pass every effort at detection and the expedition seems doomed until at last the secret vulnerability of the.

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  • "Thing"
  • "John Carpenter's The thing"

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  • "A remote scientific research expedition at the North Pole is invaded by a monstrous alien, reawakened after lying frozen for centuries after a crash-landing. The alien is intelligent, cunning and a shape-changer who can assume the form and personality of anything it destroys. Soon it is among the men of the expedition, killing and replacing them, using its shape-changing ability to lull the scientists one by one into inattention and destruction. The transformed alien can seemingly pass every effort at detection and the expedition seems doomed until at last the secret vulnerability of the."@en
  • "Ensemble de huit nouvelles publiées avant 1940 par celui qui fut l'un des plus grands promoteurs de la science-fiction grâce à ses fonctions de rédacteur de ##Astounding stories##. Cette revue lança Heinlein, Sturgeon, Leiber et l'on dit que Van Vogt amorça sa carrière, grâce à la nouvelle ##La bête d'un autre monde##, contenue dans ce recueil et qui demeure une pierre d'angle dans l'histoire de la science-fiction. Dossier sur l'auteur et l'oeuvre."
  • "A distant, remote scientific expedition taking place at the North Pole is invaded by a space alien who has reawakened after lying dormant for centuries after a crash landing. A cunning, intelligent alien who can shape-shift, thereby assuming the personality and form of anything and anyone it destroys. Soon, it is among the men of the expedition, killing each in turn and replacing them by assuming their shape, lulling the scientists one by one into inattention (and trust) and eventually, their destruction. The shape-shifting, transformed alien can pass every effort at detection, and the expedition seems doomed until the scientists discover the secret vulnerability of the alien and are able to destroy it.ccording to science fiction historian Sam Moskowitz (1920-1997), Who Goes There? had a autobiographical impetus: Campbell's mother and aunt were identical twins and enjoyed teasing him in a game of substituting one for the other while in his care when they were infants and young children, thereby confusing him again and again with false (switched) identities. Moskowitz theorized that it was this game which lead to uncertainty of identity and clever masquerade which lead to feelings of helplessness and terror that Campbell funneled into what would be his greatest novel. This word is regarded as one of the greatest horror stories to emerge in the field of science fiction writing. It was also the basis for one of the great early science fiction films and its remake decades later."@en
  • "A remote scientific research expedition at the North Pole is invaded by a monstrous alien, reawakened after lying frozen for centuries after a crash-landing. The alien is intelligent, cunning and a shape-changer who can assume the form and personality of anything it destroys and soon it is among the men of the expedition, killing and replacing them, using its shape-changing ability to lull the scientists one by one into inattention and destruction. The transformed alien can seemingly pass every effort at detection and the expedition seems doomed until at last the secret vulnerability of the alien is discovered and it is destroyed."@en

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  • "Fiction"
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  • "Science fiction"@en
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  • "La "cosa" da un altro mondo : serie completa, 1"
  • "Visitante del espacio"
  • "Das Ding aus einer anderen Welt"
  • "Who Goes There?"@en
  • "Who Goes There?"
  • "Le ciel est mort"
  • "Das Ding aus einer anderen Welt Zukunftserzählungen"
  • "Who goes there? the basis for "The Thing""@en
  • "Le Ciel est mort"
  • "Who goes there?"
  • "Who goes there?"@en
  • "Le Ciel est mort : ['Who goes there' ?], traduit de l'américain par Alain Glatigny"
  • "Who goes there"@en

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