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Frozen Hell

By John W. Campbell Jr.
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Publisher Description

FROZEN HELL is the original version of John W. Campbell's classic novella, Who Goes There? (filmed as The Thing). Recently discovered among Campbell's papers, this version adds another 45 pages to the story. Includes a Preface by Alec Nevala-Lee and an Introduction by Robert Silverberg.

40 Reviews

3.5
Thinking Face“I hate how long it took me to read this. I thought it was cool that The Thing in this novella (which was the original inspiration for The Thing 1982) had a physical form instead of just being a body jumper/melter like in the movies. And considering how old this story is, I’m shocked with how much body horror and alien terror that was in it. With how rare those moments were, they were the only worthwhile moments in this novella. There was a lot of very scientifically dense dialogues that were hard to follow, along with everything else in between that had little to do with The Thing. I hope whenever we get a new Thing movie it takes some inspiration from this, just not with the characters and the dialogue lol.”
Thumbs Up“When i heard that the movie "The Thing" was inspired by this novella, i had to read it. Was a pain when looking for the book here (aparently this book has 2 title names). It was ok overall and I saw plently of references between the two medias. I heard that there is a mid quel book that takes place from the Thing's perpective and will be reading that.”

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