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Who Goes There?

John W. Campbell, Jr.

First published 1948
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella
Series Who Goes There?

Notes

In "Before the Golden Age", Isaac Asimov describes this as a rewrite of "The Brain Stealers of Mars". A much longer version was discovered in 2018 and published in 2019 as "Frozen Hell". Adapted into the movies The Thing from Another World (1951) and The Thing (1982).

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Novella Nominee/Finalist
2014 Retro Hugo Award Best Novella Winner

Publications (37)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1948 Who Goes There? Shasta Collection 7
1951 Who Goes There? Shasta Collection 7
1952 The Thing and Other Stories Cherry Tree / Fantasy Books Collection
1955 Who Goes There? and Other Stories Dell Collection 15
February 1973 The Best of John W. Campbell Sidgwick & Jackson Collection 88
May 1973 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 34
September 1973 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two Gollancz Anthology 31
June 1974 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IIA Avon Anthology 48
June 1974 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IIA Avon Anthology 48
1975 Science Fiction Hall of Fame: The Novellas, Book 1 Sphere Anthology 49
August 1975 Science Fiction Special (15) Sidgwick & Jackson Omnibus
1976 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IIA Avon Anthology 48
1976 Who Goes There? Hyperion Press Collection
1976 Who Goes There? Hyperion Press Collection
April 1977 Science Fiction Special (20) Sidgwick & Jackson Omnibus 88
February 1980 The Future in Question Fawcett Crest Anthology 239
March 1981 Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers Anthology 239
March 1981 They Came from Outer Space Doubleday Anthology 31
April 1981 They Came from Outer Space Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 31
1986 The Mammoth Book of Short Science Fiction Novels Robinson Anthology 49
1988 Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology Harper & Row Anthology 84
June 1988 The Mammoth Book of Classic Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1930s Robinson Anthology 188
July 1988 The Mammoth Book of Classic Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1930s Carroll & Graf Anthology 188
May 1990 Great Tales of Classic Science Fiction Galahad Books Anthology 188
June 1991 Who Goes There? Buccaneer Books Collection
1992 The Mammoth Book of Classic Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1930s Jaico Publishing House Anthology 188
August 1994 Reel Future Barnes & Noble Books / SFBC Anthology 97
September 1994 Reel Future Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 97
February 2003 A New Dawn: The Complete Don A. Stuart Stories NESFA Press Collection 335
February 2003 A New Dawn: The Complete Don A. Stuart Stories NESFA Press Collection 335
March 2006 Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury Gramercy Books Anthology 239
June 2011 Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction Wildside Press Anthology |39
December 2011 Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction Wildside Press Anthology |39
October 2016 Things from Outer Space Baen Books Anthology 11
April 2017 Who Goes There? Wildside Press Chapbook
2018 Black Infinity, Fall 2018 Rocket Science Books MAGAZINE 9
January 2025 Who Goes There? Wildside Press Chapbook