Original pulp scans of 'Who Goes There?' by John Campbell link

[Yoc]

John Wood Campbell, Jr. (June 8, 1910 – July 11, 1971)
is considered one of the 'gods' of science fiction and perhaps his best known short story is
'Who Goes There?' written as Don A. Stuart.
It's been adapted several times but the original as it appeared in
Astounding Science Fiction. vol. 21. #6 can be read online at the following blog link:
http://magicmonkeyboy.blogspot.com/2010/11/who-goes-there-by-don-stuart.html

It's a fantastic read I highly recommend to anyone that have only seen the movies.
After reading it one appreciates how faithful John Carpenter was until he got to the ending.
His was nicely done and perhaps he felt the original wasn't for modern audiences or something but I like both.

So check out a master at work and tell us what you think!

The same blog is full of fun stuff like this and with a name like 'Two-Fisted Tales of True-Life Weird Romance' how can you go wrong?
-Yoc

[John C]

Keep in mind, for those who care about such things for publishing purposes, that Campbell renewed his copyright on the piece in 1965 (R370757).  If he hadn't, Street and Smith published Astounding, so they'd have the next crack at suing you for making another movie adaptation...

That was driving me crazy.  I knew I looked it up years ago (I love the story for a variety of reasons; some might notice a notable resemblance to a certain alien hero at DC, what with the strength, shapeshifting, telepathy, magnetic-based flight, and harness), but I was having trouble tracking it down.

Regardless, it's a terrific story with a lot of interesting ideas and, if you come in from a certain frame of mind, the suspense holds up pretty well even when we all pretty much know how it's going to end, at this point.