Needle

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Needle is a science fiction novel, originally serialized and later published in book form, known for its story about a symbiotic alien "hunter" that inhabits a human host to track a criminal counterpart.

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instanceOf science fiction novel
author Hal Clement
bookEditionPublicationYear 1950
centralConflict alien hunter tracking a criminal counterpart
countryOfOrigin United States
featuresCharacter Bob Kinnaird
Hunter
firstPublicationForm serial
firstPublishedIn Astounding Science Fiction
followedBy Through the Eye of a Needle
genre science fiction
hasAlienSpecies symbiotic hunter
hasFormat hardcover book
magazine serial
paperback book
hasSequel Through the Eye of a Needle
hasSubject alien life
crime investigation
human–alien interaction
languageOfWorkOrName English
literaryPeriod Golden Age of Science Fiction
magazineEditorAtSerialization John W. Campbell
mainNonHumanProtagonist Hunter
mainProtagonist Bob Kinnaird
medium print
narrativeFocus symbiotic alien inhabiting a human host
narrativePerspective third-person
notableFor early depiction of a benign symbiotic alien
integration of biology and detective-story structure
originalLanguage English
originalSerializationYear 1949
partOfSeries Needle series
placeOfFirstPublication United States
plotDevice invisible microscopic alien inhabiting human body
publisherOfBookEdition Doubleday
setting Pacific island
boarding school
subgenre hard science fiction
targetAudience young adult readers
theme identity and secrecy
symbiosis between human and alien
trust and cooperation
workType novel

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