Short Things: Tales Inspired by Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell, Jr.

Alan Dean Foster; G.D. Falksen; Kristine Kathryn Rusch; Chelsea Quinn Yarbro; Kevin J. Anderson; Pamela Sargent; Allen M. Steele; Paul Di Filippo; Nina Kiriki Hoffman

ISBN 10: 1479446254 / ISBN 13: 9781479446254

Verlag: Wildside Press, 2025

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers G1479446254I4N00

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Short Things is a collection of never-before-published stories based on John W. Campbell’s classic short novel, “Who Goes There?” (filmed as The Thing). Commissioned one by one as stretch goals for the Frozen Hell Kickstarter project (which broke records as one of the most successful science fiction publishing projects in Kickstarter history), this series of stories grew to book size—thanks to contributions by many top writers.

Included are new works by:

G.D. Falksen
Paul Di Filippo,
Mark McLaughlin
Alan Dean Foster
Darrell Schweitzer
Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
John Gregory Betancourt
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Kevin J. Anderson
Pamela Sargent
Allen M. Steele
and Allan Cole,

Enjoy these sometimes very different takes on the classic monster, the Thing!

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Alan Dean Foster was born in New York City in 1946, and raised in Los Angeles. After receiving a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and a Master of Fine Arts in Cinema from UCLA (1968, 1969) he spent two years as a copywriter for a small advertising and public relations firm in Studio City, California.His published works include more than 100 books, including hard science-fiction, fantasy, horror, detective, western, historical, and contemporary fiction, as well as numerous nonfiction articles on film, science, and scuba diving. He has also produced the novel versions of many films, including such well-known productions as Star Wars, the first three Alien films, Alien Nation, The Chronicles of Riddick, Star Trek, Terminator: Salvation, and both Transformers films. Other works include scripts for talking records, radio, computer games, and the story for the first Star Trek movie. He resides in Prescott, Arizona, in a house built of brick salvaged from a turn-of-the-century miners' brothel. He cohabitates with assorted dogs, cats, fish, several hundred houseplants, visiting local wildlife, and the ensorcelled chair of the nefarious Dr. John Dee. He is presently at work on several new novels and media projects. Learn more about Alan Dean Foster's adventures and projects at alandeanfoster.com.

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Titel: Short Things: Tales Inspired by Who Goes ...
Verlag: Wildside Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2025
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Very Good
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