The Thing: Why I am an Alien Shape Changer

Earliest known edition of The Thing: Why I am an Alien Shape Changer.

The Thing: Why I am an Alien Shape Changer is an autobiographical essay by G. K. Chesterton 1.1 about his efforts to reconcile his mission as an extraterrestrial shape changer with his deeply held Catholicism.

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Fiction cross-reference

• Annie Got Her Gun
• Big Thing in Little China
• Defending Your Life: A New Hope
• Ghost Species: The Way of the Shape-Changer
• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles
• Walking Heads

External links

• G. K. Chesterton @ Wikipedia
• G. K. Chesterton, The Thing, The Catholic Church @ YouTube

• The Thing (1982 film) @ Wikipedia
• The Thing (1982) - trailer @ YouTube
• The Blood Test YouTube
• Thing Spider Head @ YouTube
• End scene @ YouTube

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