I've meant for some time to read this novella which was the basis of John Carpenter's THE THING (as well as the earlier THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD which I've not seen). Sadly, being familiar with John Carpenter's film, the story held little in the way of shocks or suspense for me, but it was nonetheless a very interesting read - if only to see how many core ideas from the novella were used in the film. I can easily see how powerful a story it must have been when it originally came out.