The Friday 56: [Insert Ominous Music Here]

The Friday 56 is hosted by Storytime with Tonya and Friends

RULES

1. Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
2. Turn to page 56.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like).
5. Post a link with your post to Storytime (and here on Bryan’s Book Blog, I’d like to know what book you’ve got at hand).

I love old books, and the closest book to hand today is my 1955 copy of John W. Campbell, Jr.’s Who Goes There? and Other Stories. This week’s Friday 56 comes from the short story “Who Goes There?” which was the basis for the 1951’s The Thing from Another World and 1982’s John Carpenter’s The Thing. So, without any further fuss and bother, here’s the fifth sentence from page 56 (with a couple of others thrown in for good measure):

“‘They’re coming,’ he said. ‘I didn’t tell them why. Just that Doctor Copper said not to go’” (56).