Short story: alien intelligence take-over in Antarctic base
I'd like to track down an English-language short story I read sometime between 1990 and 2010 approx, and which I'm fairly sure was in a UK-edition anthology.
It's about an alien intelligence (monster?) which had taken-over/mind-controlled/inhabited the mind and/or body of a female industrial worker/scientist in an underground(?) facility/lab/drilling site in Antarctica, or somewhere similarly cold and icy, while her male partner/co-worker tries to help. There's a multi-level circular shaft with some sort of machine at the top, where most of the story takes place. The time setting is now, or the not-too distant future.
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I'd like to track down an English-language short story I read sometime between 1990 and 2010 approx, and which I'm fairly sure was in a UK-edition anthology.
It's about an alien intelligence (monster?) which had taken-over/mind-controlled/inhabited the mind and/or body of a female industrial worker/scientist in an underground(?) facility/lab/drilling site in Antarctica, or somewhere similarly cold and icy, while her male partner/co-worker tries to help. There's a multi-level circular shaft with some sort of machine at the top, where most of the story takes place. The time setting is now, or the not-too distant future.
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Are you thinking of the short story, "Who Goes There?", or the movie, The Thing?
– LincolnMan
yesterday
This rings a distant bell. Is there any more information you can give? How did it end?
– Organic Marble
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Sorry, not really, except that the male and female were talking on a gallery of the shaft, near the end of the story, still under the 'influence' of the alien. Any more than that would just be wishful thinking...
– Astrodan
yesterday
No, definitely not John W Campbell's story, but your suggestion prompts me to add the probable time setting to my question, which may help, thanks.
– Astrodan
yesterday
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I'd like to track down an English-language short story I read sometime between 1990 and 2010 approx, and which I'm fairly sure was in a UK-edition anthology.
It's about an alien intelligence (monster?) which had taken-over/mind-controlled/inhabited the mind and/or body of a female industrial worker/scientist in an underground(?) facility/lab/drilling site in Antarctica, or somewhere similarly cold and icy, while her male partner/co-worker tries to help. There's a multi-level circular shaft with some sort of machine at the top, where most of the story takes place. The time setting is now, or the not-too distant future.
story-identification short-stories aliens
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I'd like to track down an English-language short story I read sometime between 1990 and 2010 approx, and which I'm fairly sure was in a UK-edition anthology.
It's about an alien intelligence (monster?) which had taken-over/mind-controlled/inhabited the mind and/or body of a female industrial worker/scientist in an underground(?) facility/lab/drilling site in Antarctica, or somewhere similarly cold and icy, while her male partner/co-worker tries to help. There's a multi-level circular shaft with some sort of machine at the top, where most of the story takes place. The time setting is now, or the not-too distant future.
story-identification short-stories aliens
story-identification short-stories aliens
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AstrodanAstrodan
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edited yesterday
Stormblessed
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asked yesterday
AstrodanAstrodan
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edited yesterday
Stormblessed
2,281733
edited yesterday
Stormblessed
2,281733
edited yesterday
Stormblessed
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asked yesterday
AstrodanAstrodan
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asked yesterday
AstrodanAstrodan
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asked yesterday
AstrodanAstrodan
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Are you thinking of the short story, "Who Goes There?", or the movie, The Thing?
– LincolnMan
yesterday
This rings a distant bell. Is there any more information you can give? How did it end?
– Organic Marble
yesterday
1
Sorry, not really, except that the male and female were talking on a gallery of the shaft, near the end of the story, still under the 'influence' of the alien. Any more than that would just be wishful thinking...
– Astrodan
yesterday
No, definitely not John W Campbell's story, but your suggestion prompts me to add the probable time setting to my question, which may help, thanks.
– Astrodan
yesterday
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Are you thinking of the short story, "Who Goes There?", or the movie, The Thing?
– LincolnMan
yesterday
This rings a distant bell. Is there any more information you can give? How did it end?
– Organic Marble
yesterday
1
Sorry, not really, except that the male and female were talking on a gallery of the shaft, near the end of the story, still under the 'influence' of the alien. Any more than that would just be wishful thinking...
– Astrodan
yesterday
No, definitely not John W Campbell's story, but your suggestion prompts me to add the probable time setting to my question, which may help, thanks.
– Astrodan
yesterday
2
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Are you thinking of the short story, "Who Goes There?", or the movie, The Thing?
– LincolnMan
yesterday
Are you thinking of the short story, "Who Goes There?", or the movie, The Thing?
– LincolnMan
yesterday
This rings a distant bell. Is there any more information you can give? How did it end?
– Organic Marble
yesterday
This rings a distant bell. Is there any more information you can give? How did it end?
– Organic Marble
yesterday
1
1
Sorry, not really, except that the male and female were talking on a gallery of the shaft, near the end of the story, still under the 'influence' of the alien. Any more than that would just be wishful thinking...
– Astrodan
yesterday
Sorry, not really, except that the male and female were talking on a gallery of the shaft, near the end of the story, still under the 'influence' of the alien. Any more than that would just be wishful thinking...
– Astrodan
yesterday
No, definitely not John W Campbell's story, but your suggestion prompts me to add the probable time setting to my question, which may help, thanks.
– Astrodan
yesterday
No, definitely not John W Campbell's story, but your suggestion prompts me to add the probable time setting to my question, which may help, thanks.
– Astrodan
yesterday
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Are you thinking of the short story, "Who Goes There?", or the movie, The Thing?
– LincolnMan
yesterday
This rings a distant bell. Is there any more information you can give? How did it end?
– Organic Marble
yesterday
1
Sorry, not really, except that the male and female were talking on a gallery of the shaft, near the end of the story, still under the 'influence' of the alien. Any more than that would just be wishful thinking...
– Astrodan
yesterday
No, definitely not John W Campbell's story, but your suggestion prompts me to add the probable time setting to my question, which may help, thanks.
– Astrodan
yesterday