Who Goes There?

1938 novella by John W. Campbell

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Instance of: literary work
Award received: Retro Hugo Award for Best Novella^[3]
Author: John W. Campbell^[2]
Genre: science fiction^[5]
Language of work or name: English^[6]
Publication date: August 1938^[8]
Country of origin: United States^[7]
Cover art by: Hannes Bok^[9]
Derivative work: The Thing from Another World, The Thing, The Thing, The Thing, Friend of the World
Different from: Who Goes There?
Form of creative work: novella
Media franchise: The Thing
Narrative location: Antarctica^[10]
Published in: Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction, Foundations of Fear, The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A^[11]^[12]^[13]
Publisher: Analog Science Fiction and Fact^[4]
Title: Who Goes There?, Wer da?, Das Ding aus einer anderen Welt, Wer geht da?, Wer geht dort?, ¿Quién hay ahí?, ¿Quién anda ahí?, La Bête d'un autre monde, La Chose, Az ízé, La "cosa" di un altro mondo, La cosa, Wie is dat?, Kim jesteś?, Quem anda aí?, Vem där?^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]

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FantLab work ID: 63721
Freebase ID: /m/01nlf1
ISFDB title ID: 860248
LibraryThing work ID: 7042960
NooSFere book ID: 49969
NooSFere story ID: 8099
Open Library ID: OL3892381W
TV Tropes ID: Literature/WhoGoesThere
Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature NILF ID: 1017244

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Derivative work 5

The Thing, The Thing, The Thing from Another World, The Thing, Friend of the World

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The Thing, The Thing, The Thing from Another World, The Thing, Friend of the World

Author 1

John W. Campbell

Country of origin 1

United States

Cover art by 1

Hannes Bok

Form of creative work 1

novella

Genre 1

science fiction

Instance of 1

literary work

Language of work or name 1

English

Narrative location 1

Antarctica

Publisher 1

Analog Science Fiction and Fact

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Who Goes There? is a literary work^[1].

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What awards did Who Goes There? receive?

Honors received include Retro Hugo Award for Best Novella^[3].

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[2] ↑ Who Goes There? — author (P50): John W. Campbell. Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 2025-05-26. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Who Goes There? — publisher (P123): Analog Science Fiction and Fact. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Who Goes There? — genre (P136): science fiction. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Who Goes There? — award received (P166): Retro Hugo Award for Best Novella. thehugoawards.org. thehugoawards.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Who Goes There? — language of work or name (P407): English. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Who Goes There? — country of origin (P495): United States. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Who Goes There? — publication date (P577): August 1938. Freebase Data Dumps. Retrieved 2025-05-26. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Who Goes There? — cover art by (P736): Hannes Bok. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Who Goes There? — narrative location (P840): Antarctica. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Who Goes There? — published in (P1433): Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Who Goes There? — published in (P1433): Foundations of Fear. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Who Goes There? — published in (P1433): The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Who Goes There? — title (P1476): {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Who Goes There?'}. Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 2025-05-26. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Who Goes There? — title (P1476): {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Wer da?'}. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Who Goes There? — title (P1476): {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Das Ding aus einer anderen Welt'}. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Who Goes There? — title (P1476): {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Wer geht da?'}. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Who Goes There? — title (P1476): {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Wer geht dort?'}. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Who Goes There? — title (P1476): {'lang': 'es', 'text': '¿Quién hay ahí?'}. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Who Goes There? — title (P1476): {'lang': 'es', 'text': '¿Quién anda ahí?'}. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Who Goes There? — title (P1476): {'lang': 'fr', 'text': "La Bête d'un autre monde"}. wikidata.org.

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[1] ↑ Who Goes There? is an instance of literary work (Q7725634) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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