472 reviews for:

Who Goes There? and Other Stories

John W. Campbell Jr.

3.53 AVERAGE

dbianco's review against another edition

4.0

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Evocative & atmospheric, with a surprising amount of dry info-dumping. Still a damn fine read, & the story that launched a thousand imitators, given its the original story of The Thing. What Bram Stoker did for vampires, Campbell did for claustrophobic, icy horror stories.

kryten4k's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

tips2liveby's review against another edition

2.0

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I found this one very hard to follow, and just not that exciting or interesting to read. I know the movie " The Thing" was based on this novella, and while I never saw the movie, I was expecting the book to be much more captivating if the story was good enough to make a movie about it. That just wasn't the case for me.

zeronvalentine's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

derek_smyk's review against another edition

4.0

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I can see why Campbell made the changes he did in "Who Goes There." That final version flows better and is overall more effective as a story. However, I still really enjoyed this version, and I'm glad it was rediscovered after being hidden away for decades.

mysteriousnorse's review against another edition

5.0

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http://apolloreborn.blogspot.com/2013/02/who-goes-there.html

fauxcraft's review against another edition

2.0

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Just watch the Carpenter film.

trae1001's review against another edition

4.0

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I liked this book. It does make me want to watch the movies now.

The only complaint I have is that at times, it was very hard for me to keep track of what was going on. Other than that, not bad.

cthulhu_calamari's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

mxmaxwell's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated