The Damned vs Who Goes There?: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Horror
The Damned
The Damned is a chilling tale of supernatural horror from one of the great masters of horror fiction, Algernon Blackwood.
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Who Goes There?
"Who Goes There?" is the novella that formed the basis of John Carpenter's film The Thing. Campbell's classic story tells of an Antarctic research base that discovers and thaws the ancient, frozen body of a crash-landed…
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The verdict
- Readers rate The Damned highest: The Damned 3.9 · Who Goes There? 3.7.
- Who Goes There? has the widest readership — 71 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| The Damned | Who Goes There? | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 4.3 (3) | 3.5 (71) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (26) | 4.0 (46) |
Reception
| The Damned | Who Goes There? | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 26 | 71 |
| Editions | 106 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 188 | 13348 |
| Pages | 110 | — |