Title: The Mind Thing

Title: The Mind Thing Title Record # 1563
Author: Fredric Brown
Date: 1961-01-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English

Synopsis: An exiled alien is expulsed to Earth, where he desperately tries to find a way to go back home. Protected by a small, turtle-like shell, he is able to take over any living being's mind and use its body to suit his means...

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Serializations

Translated Serializations

Year	Language	Title
1962^ⓘTranslated by Mario Galli	Italian	Gli strani suicidi di Bartlesville
1963^ⓘTranslated by Oscar L. Molina Sierralta	Spanish	La mente asesina de Androméda
1965^ⓘTranslated by Wulf H. Bergner	German	Der Unheimliche aus dem All
1967^ⓘTranslated by Eduardo Saló	Portuguese	Ameaça do Infinito
1972	Swedish	Parasiten
1974^ⓘTranslated by Frits Remar	Danish	Parasitten
1974^ⓘTranslated by Sigmun S. Kostøl.	Norwegian (Bokmal)	Parasitten
1978^ⓘTranslated by Chantal Jayat.	French	L'esprit de la chose [as by Frederic Brown]
1988^ⓘTranslated by Chantal Jayat.	French	L'esprit de la chose

Year	Title
1960	The Mind Thing (Part 1 of ?)

Year	Language	Title
1962^ⓘTranslated by Mario Galli	Italian	Gli strani suicidi di Bartlesville (Complete Novel)

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Mind Thing	1961-01-00	Fredric Brown	Bantam Books	A2187	$0.35^?$: US dollar	149	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Mind Thing	1979-00-00	Fredric Brown	Hamlyn Paperbacks (Hamlyn Science Fiction)	0-600-36358-9	£0.90^?£: UK pound	207	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	George Underwood
Martians and Madness: The Complete SF Novels of Fredric Brown	2002-09-00	Fredric Brown	NESFA Press	1-886778-17-5	$29.00^?$: US dollar	633	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Bob Eggleton
Martians and Madness: The Complete SF Novels of Fredric Brown	2005-02-00	Fredric Brown	NESFA Press / SFBC	1178786	$14.49^?$: US dollar	633	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Bob Eggleton
The Mind Thing	2011-09-29	Fredric Brown	Gateway / Orion	978-0-575-10263-7	£4.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel

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Reviews

Review by John Carnell (1961) in New Worlds Science Fiction, #107 June
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1961) in Analog Science Fact -> Fiction, October 1961
Review by Joseph Nicholas (1979) in Paperback Parlour, December 1979
Review by Darrell Bain (2005) in My 100 Most Readable (and Re-Readable) Science Fiction Novels