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The Thing (character), the Glossary

The Thing is a fictional shapeshifting and telepathic alien from The Thing science fiction horror franchise.^[1]

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Analog Science Fiction and Fact

Analog Science Fiction and Fact is an American science fiction magazine published under various titles since 1930.

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Charles Hallahan

Charles John Hallahan (July 29, 1943 – November 25, 1997) was an American film, television, and stage actor.

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Cinefantastique

Cinefantastique is an American horror, fantasy, and science fiction film magazine.

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The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II, and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

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Communism

Communism (from Latin label) is a sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology within the socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered around common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange that allocates products to everyone in the society based on need.

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Cult film

A cult film or cult movie, also commonly referred to as a cult classic, is a film that has acquired a cult following.

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David Clennon

David Clennon (born May 10, 1943) is an American actor.

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IGN

IGN is an American video game and entertainment media website operated by IGN Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Ziff Davis, Inc.

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James Arness

James Arness (born James King Aurness; May 26, 1923 – June 3, 2011) was an American actor, best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon for 20 years in the series Gunsmoke.

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Jed (wolfdog)

Jed was a Pacific Northwestern American animal actor, known for his roles in the movies White Fang (1991), White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf (1994), The Journey of Natty Gann (1985), and The Thing (1982).

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Joel Edgerton

Joel Edgerton (born 23 June 1974) is an Australian actor and filmmaker.

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John Carpenter

John Howard Carpenter (born January 16, 1948) is an American filmmaker, composer, and actor.

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John W. Campbell

John Wood Campbell Jr. (June 8, 1910 – July 11, 1971) was an American science fiction writer and editor.

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Kristofer Hivju

Kristofer Hivju (born 7 December 1978) is a Norwegian actor.

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Library of Congress

The Library of Congress (LOC) is a research library in Washington, D.C. that serves as the library and research service of the U.S. Congress and the de facto national library of the United States.

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Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.

Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. (born 26 July 1965 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch director, writer and producer best known for directing ''The Thing'' (2011).

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McCarthyism

McCarthyism, also known as the Second Red Scare, was the political repression and persecution of left-wing individuals and a campaign spreading fear of communist and Soviet influence on American institutions and of Soviet espionage in the United States during the late 1940s through the 1950s.

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National Film Registry

The National Film Registry (NFR) is the United States National Film Preservation Board's (NFPB) collection of films selected for preservation, each selected for its historical, cultural and aesthetic contributions since the NFPB's inception in 1988.

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Paul Braunstein

Paul Braunstein is a Canadian actor who starred in the popular Canadian television series Train 48 in 2003 as Johnny McLaughlin, a comical character.

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Peter Maloney (actor)

Peter Maloney (born November 24, 1944) is an American actor, director, and playwright who has appeared in film, television, and theatre for over 50 years.

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R.J. MacReady

R.J. MacReady is a fictional character and the protagonist of the 1982 science fiction horror film ''The Thing'', portrayed by Kurt Russell. The Thing (character) and R.J. MacReady are science fiction film characters and the Thing (franchise).

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Red Scare

A Red Scare is a form of moral panic provoked by fear of the rise, supposed or real, of leftist ideologies in a society, especially communism.

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Rob Bottin

Robin R. Bottin (born April 1, 1959) is an American special make-up effects creator.

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Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, doing business as Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association, commonly known as SFWA is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization of professional science fiction and fantasy writers.

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Shapeshifting

In mythology, folklore, and speculative fiction, shapeshifting is the ability to physically transform oneself through unnatural means.

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Stan Winston

Stanley Winston (April 7, 1946 – June 15, 2008) was an American television and film special make-up effects artist, best known for his work in the ''Terminator'' series, the first three Jurassic Park films, Aliens, The Thing, the first two Predator films, Inspector Gadget, Iron Man, and Edward Scissorhands.

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Telepathy

Telepathy is the purported vicarious transmission of information from one person's mind to another's without using any known human sensory channels or physical interaction.

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The Best of John W. Campbell

The Best of John W. Campbell is the title of two collections of science fiction short stories by American author John W. Campbell.

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The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two is an English language science fiction two-volume anthology edited by Ben Bova and published in the U.S. by Doubleday in 1973, distinguished as volumes "Two A" and "Two B".

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The Thing (1982 film)

The Thing is a 1982 American science fiction horror film directed by John Carpenter from a screenplay by Bill Lancaster. The Thing (character) and The Thing (1982 film) are the Thing (franchise).

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The Thing (2011 film)

The Thing is a 2011 American science fiction horror film directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr., written by Eric Heisserer, and starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, and Eric Christian Olsen. The Thing (character) and The Thing (2011 film) are the Thing (franchise).

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The Thing from Another World

The Thing from Another World, sometimes referred to as just The Thing, is a 1951 American black-and-white science fiction-horror film, directed by Christian Nyby, produced by Edward Lasker for Howard Hawks' Winchester Pictures Corporation, and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The Thing (character) and The Thing from Another World are the Thing (franchise).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(character)

Also known as The Thing (fictional alien).

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Fictional amorphous creatures

Fictional parasite characters

Fictional predators

Horror villains

Literary characters introduced in 1938

The Thing (franchise)

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