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Peter Maloney appears in The Thing, the film adaptation of the book by John W. Campbell Jr. Who Goes There?, first published in 1938.
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The Thing. Poster of the 1982 movie and cover of the 1938 book, Who Goes There?
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Who Goes There?
John W. Campbell Jr., 1938
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The Thing
John Carpenter, 1982

In Antarctica, a Norwegian helicopter pursues a sled dog to an American research station. The Norwegian pilot fires a rifle and shouts at the Americans, but they cannot understand him and he is shot dead in self-defense by station commander Garry. Blair grows paranoid that the creature could assimilate all life on Earth in a matter of years.

The Thing. Poster of the 1982 movie and cover of the book novelization
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The Thing
Alan Dean Foster, 1982
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The Thing
John Carpenter, 1982

In Antarctica, a Norwegian helicopter pursues a sled dog to an American research station. The Norwegian pilot fires a rifle and shouts at the Americans, but they cannot understand him and he is shot dead in self-defense by station commander Garry. Blair grows paranoid that the creature could assimilate all life on Earth in a matter of years.