In memory of Wilford Brimley:
“The polymorphic Thing, capable of absorbing the human
as but one among other morphological possibilities in its
seemingly infinite repertoire, can be understood, that is,
as the embodiment of evolution.”
— Eric White, Science Fiction Studies #61 (Vol. 20, Part 3, Nov. 1993),
“The Erotics of Becoming: XENOGENESIS and The Thing“