The thing : a novel

A strange unknown creature attacks the inhabitants of a secluded outpost in the AntarcticIt fell from the sky and lay buried in ice for 100,000 years.Soon it will be free...TWELVE MENTrapped in the Antarctic.ELEVENDiscover the intruder.TENBattle the alien force.NINEAgonise for the answer.EIGHTDesperate to be spared.SEVENConsumed one by one.SIX...FIVE...FOUR...THREE...They will all die.Unless something, anything stops...THE THING-----------------------------Novelization by American author Alan Dean Foster of screenplay to the 1982 Hollywood film The Thing directed by John Carpenter and written by Bill Lancaster, based on the short story Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell, Jr. It fell from the sky and lay buried in ice for 100,000 years. Soon it will be free... TWELVE MEN Trapped in the Antarctic. ELEVEN Discover the intruder. TEN Battle the alien force. NINE Agonise for the answer. EIGHT Desperate to be spared. SEVEN Consumed one by one. SIX...FIVE...FOUR...THREE... They will all die. Unless something, anything stops... THE THING ----------------------------- Novelization by American author Alan Dean Foster of screenplay to the 1982 Hollywood film The Thing directed by John Carpenter and written by Bill Lancaster, based on the short story (https://www.goodreads.com/work/editions/19210812-who-goes-there) Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell, Jr. "Twelve men trapped in the Antarctic. Eleven discover the intruder. Ten battle the alien force. Nine agonize for the answer. Eight desperate to be spared. Seven consumed one by one. Six... five... four... three... they will all die. Unless something, anything stops The Thing."--Pg. [4] of cover Twelve men trapped in the Antarctic—desperate to be spared but consumed one by one. They will all die. Unless something, anything stops The Thing .