History Literature / FrozenHell

Frozen Hell'' is a ScienceFiction novel written in 1938 by Creator/JohnWCampbell. It's best known as the origin of ''Franchise/TheThing'' franchise.

''Frozen Hell'' is a ScienceFiction novel written in 1938 by Creator/JohnWCampbell.

It's 1939 and the Garry Expedition, headed by the eponymous Commander Garry, is in the Antarctic studying a variety of phenomena from the weather to geology to biology from their central base, Big Magnet, so named because of its proximity to the Earth's southern magnetic pole.

One day, a team led by meteorologist [=McReady=] and physicist Norris heads out to find what they think is a meteorite whose magnetic properties have been futzing with their instruments, only do discover a crashed, frozen UFO beneath the ice, along with the equally frozen body of one of its occupants, a blue-skinned, wormy-haired humanoid with three blazing red eyes which the group takes to calling "the Thing." Efforts to melt the ice around the spaceship only result in its accidental destruction, but [=McReady=]'s team nevertheless manages to make it back to Big Magnet with the Thing in a block of ice.

''Frozen Hell'' is a science fiction novel written in 1938 by Creator/JohnWCampbell. It's 1939 and the Garry Expedition, headed by the eponymous Commander Garry, is in the Antarctic studying a variety of phenomena from the weather to geology to biology from their central base, Big Magnet, so named because of its proximity to the Earth's southern magnetic pole.

In 2020, a remake of ''The Thing'' was announced by Universal and Blumhouse. Rather than to just remake ''Who Goes There?'' again, the creators of the project are opting it to base it on ''Frozen Hell''. As of 2022, nothing has happened.

In 2020, a remake of ''The Thing'' was announced by Universal and Blumhouse. Rather than to just remake ''Who Goes There?'' again, the creators of the project are opting it to base it on ''Frozen Hell''.

* AdaptationalHeroism: Inverted with Clark, as it was written before "Who Goes There", as Dwight is the one to murder [[spoiler:Kinner]] rather than him, and he [[spoiler:is confirmed not to be a Thing.]]

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: The characters react pretty calmly to both the frozen alien and the spaceship. Even Barclay, the first to actually see the Thing in the ice, is rather detached and calm when refusing to dig any further. Granted, they ''are'' all scientists, but it's still unusual to see them be so ho-hum about such a monumental discovery.

* GodCreatedCanonForeigner: Macy the pilot and his autogyro only exist in this version. Also Dwight, the one who kills [[spoiler:Kinner]]. And lastly [=McReady=]'s immediate superior, the chief meteorologist Stan Powell. They do not appeared in the abridged version originally published in the magazine.

One day, a team led by Garry's lieutenant, meteorologist [=McReady=], heads out to find what they think is a meteorite whose magnetic properties have been futzing with their instruments, only do discover a crashed, frozen UFO beneath the ice, along with the equally frozen body of one of its occupants, a blue-skinned, wormy-haired humanoid with three blazing red eyes which the group takes to calling "the Thing." Efforts to melt the ice around the spaceship only result in its accidental destruction, but [=McReady=]'s team nevertheless manages to make it back to Big Magnet with the Thing in a block of ice.

* CanonForeigner: Macy the pilot and his autogyro only exist in this version. Also Dwight, the one who kills [[spoiler:Kinner]]. And lastly [=McReady=]'s immediate superior, the chief meteorologist Stan Powell.

* DreamingOfThingsToCome: [=McReady=] has a nightmare that the Thing is capable of absorbing and imitating lifeforms. In "Who Goes There?", Norris is the one who has this dream.

* CanonForeigner: Macy the pilot and his autogyro only exist in this version. Also Dwight, the one who kills [[spoiler:Kinner]].

* CanonForeigner: Macy the pilot and his autogyro only exist in this version.

* 20MinutesIntoTheFuture: Although written in 1938, it's set the next year in 1939.

''Frozen Hell'' is a science fiction novel written in 1938 by Creator/JohnWCampbell. Campbell never published the book, but instead shortened it into a novella, publishing it in ''Astounding Science Fiction'' under the title "Literature/WhoGoesThere" The original version would've remained unseen forever had author Alec Nevalla-Lee, while researching Campbell, not stumbled across the original manuscript Campbell had sent among some other papers and documents to Harvard. Following a successful Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign, the book has at last seen the light of day.

*RedEyesTakeWarning: The Thing has three bright red "hateful" eyes.
* TenLittleMurderVictims: The staff of Big Magnet as soon as the Thing is thawed and awakens.

*RedEyesTakeWarning: The Thing has three bright red "hateful" eyes.

* CanonForeigner: One character, Vane, is only in this version of the story and not "Who Goes There?"

Its history and eventual publication are similar to Creator/HarperLee's ''Literature/GoSetAWatchman'', albeit without the attendant controversy. Nevertheless, Nevalla-Lee in his introduction does wonder what Campbell would've thought of them publishing the book, and whether he would've wanted it done.

* ReCut: An inversion of sorts. ''Frozen Hell'' represents the first draft of "Who Goes There?", which is the ReCut of ''it''. It's unknown if Campbell ever intended for ''Frozen Hell'' to see the light of day, but fans pretty much demanded to see it, so it was published.

''Frozen Hell'' is a science fiction novel written in 1938 by Creator/JohnWCampbell. Campbell never published the book, but instead shortened it into a novella, publishing it in ''Astounding Science Fiction'' under the title "Literature/WhoGoesThere". The original version would've remained unseen forever had author Alec Nevalla-Lee, while researching Campbell, not stumbled across the original manuscript Campbell had sent among some other papers and documents to Harvard. Following a successful Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign, the book has at last seen the light of day.

''Frozen Hell'' is a science fiction novel written in 1938 by Creator/JohnWCampbell. Campbell never published the book, but instead shortened it into a novella, publishing it in Creator/AstoundingScienceFiction under the title ''Literature/WhoGoesThere''. The original version would've remained unseen forever had author Alec Nevalla-Lee, while researching Campbell, not stumbled across the original manuscript Campbell had sent among some other papers and documents to Harvard. Following a successful Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign, the book has at last seen the light of day.

* ReCut