Later this year, Gollancz will be publishing Adam Roberts’ new novel The Thing Itself, which apparently pays homage to John Carpenters’ The Thing. Peter Watts did something similar with his excellent short story “The Things”. All of these are, of course, based on John W. Campbell’s original story Who Goes There? — also excellent.

Here’s how The Thing Itself is described:



Adam Roberts turns his attention to answering the Fermi Paradox with a taut and claustrophobic tale that echoes John Carpenters’ The Thing. Two men while away the days in an Antarctic research station. Tensions between them build as they argue over a love-letter one of them has received. One is practical and open. The other surly, superior and obsessed with reading one book – by the philosopher Kant. As a storm brews and they lose contact with the outside world they debate Kant, reality and the emptiness of the universe. The come to hate each other, and they learn that they are not alone.

Book info as per Amazon US [Also available via Amazon UK]:

Paperback : 352 pages

: 352 pages Publisher : Gollancz (December 17, 2015)

: Gollancz (December 17, 2015) ISBN-10 : 0575127724

: 0575127724 ISBN-13: 978-0575127722

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