With A L I E N Covenant oozing its way into UK cinemas on May 12th I thought I would get into the xnomorphic vibe early and read an Alien novel before I see it.
Fortunately I still have some old Alien paperbacks around before launching them into the Moonbase waste chute.
Looking at the old pile I realised I was confused with the titles and how they fitted into the overall Alien story arc. Female Wars? Rogue?
Familiarity is my friend when it comes to film tie-ins.
So I've made a decision. I am going to go back to the very beginning and read
A L I E N by Alan Dean Foster.
Which would you choose readers?
Rogue and Female Wars are comic/game spin offs from the extended franchise. basically non canon in terms of the films, id stick them in the waster.Alan Dean Foster is always a good read, especially for tie ins. He ghost wrote Star Wars too
ReplyDeleteThanks for that Bill. I wondered what they were. I have Dean Foster's Star Wars tie-in as well. I love spotting the differences to the lines in the film! Great fun!
DeleteGo with the original, then go with Alien 3,as long as you have a good idea of what went down in Aliens.The shoot offs are so numerous these days I wouldn't know where to begin reading.
ReplyDeleteCheers Brian. As long as Aliens the novel is like Aliens the film then I know what happens. I started A L I E N last night and was amazed how different the beginning of the novel is to the film. I suppose I expected a simple description of the dormant Nostromo before the crew woke up. The 'are they professional dreamers' intro was surprising. Still getting used to the differences.
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