Beautifully imaginative story about Antarctic scientists discovering a strange creature trapped in the ice and the terror and paranoia that unfold as the monster kills and replaces them with perfect mimics. While I've seen the John Carpenter movie version many times, I know better than to believe a movie is anything like the source material. I was very happy to see that Carpenter did a wonderful job staying true to the novella.
Who Goes There? is a brilliant story, but it's not perfect in the execution. Much of that has to do with the writing style of the time. Most of it is people talking...and talking...then something happens, but you don't get to see it, so they talk about that.
One thing I really enjoyed was the time-capsule quality. This is a piece that was written in the 1930's about the 1930's, so all of the details about steam-powered tractors to cross the ice and the fishy smell of whale-fat lamps are fun historical nuggets of a bygone time.
The version that I read was the audiobook narrated by by Steve Cooper. Cooper did a very good job reading it, giving distinct voices to each of the cast (which was useful since there was A LOT of talking)
