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Campbell's stories always sound great but getting through the writing is another thing. It's amazing how long he edited Astounding Magazine.
So glad to hear this being said. I tried reading this last year but had to give up halfway. Thought it was just the mood I was in but obviously not!
You might want to check out "Frozen Hell," the novel-length version from which "Who Goes There" is really just an extract. I think it was only recently unearthed from his files, but it's worth looking at.
Joseph- if Campbell expanded the novella I just don’t think I’d be able to ingest any more of his writing. It truly bothers me that this is such a brilliant concept of extraterrestrial terror written in such a way that most of the time I couldn’t separate which character was which. The description of the “Thing” defies imagination. Thanks for the heads up but I can’t promise I’ll pass Campbell/Stuart’s way again.
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Campbell's stories always sound great but getting through the writing is another thing. It's amazing how long he edited Astounding Magazine.
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So glad to hear this being said. I tried reading this last year but had to give up halfway. Thought it was just the mood I was in but obviously not!
You might want to check out "Frozen Hell," the novel-length version from which "Who Goes There" is really just an extract. I think it was only recently unearthed from his files, but it's worth looking at.
Joseph- if Campbell expanded the novella I just don’t think I’d be able to ingest any more of his writing. It truly bothers me that this is such a brilliant concept of extraterrestrial terror written in such a way that most of the time I couldn’t separate which character was which. The description of the “Thing” defies imagination. Thanks for the heads up but I can’t promise I’ll pass Campbell/Stuart’s way again.