Friday, July 4, 2014

Not Yeti Friday - The Thing

Who Goes There? is a science fiction novella by John W. Campbell, Jr., written under the pen name Don A. Stuart. It was first published in the August 1938 Astounding Science-Fiction.

The novella has been adapted three times as a motion picture: 
  • The Thing from Another World (1951)
  • The Thing (1982)
  • The Thing, released (2011)
After being thawed out from ice, the alien called "The Thing" can imitate any animal-based life form after absorbing the respective hosts' personalities and memories along with their bodies.

Here are three representations of The Thing:
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