Continuing my read of the old Alan Dean Foster novel A L I E N I am pleased to say that I'm enjoying it more and more, especially as there are a few bits of dialogue from the movie itself.
One thing that was a surprise is the the mention of an urn in the derelict. The exploratory crew find it just before Kane descends into the subterranean chamber as follows:
“Dallas’s light fell unexpectedly on a shape that was not part of wall or floor. Moving closer, he used the light to trace its outlines. It appeared to be a smallish urn or vase, tan in color, glossy in aspect. Moving closer, he tilted his head over the jagged, broken top, shone the light inside. Empty.”
“Dallas’s light fell unexpectedly on a shape that was not part of wall or floor. Moving closer, he used the light to trace its outlines. It appeared to be a smallish urn or vase, tan in color, glossy in aspect. Moving closer, he tilted his head over the jagged, broken top, shone the light inside. Empty.”
I don't recall an urn being found in the film A L I E N do you?
Its an exciting turn up for me as it connected instantly with the 'vases' in Prometheus a couple of years ago.
Is Alan Dean Foster's urn actually a vase?
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Postscript
Fellow blogger Adam Frazier/ Geeks of Doom has commented on his blog about this very thing:
In the novel [A L I E N], the eggs are more like small urns or vases – like the ones we see in Prometheus! The eggs do not open or “bloom” neatly like in the film. Instead, the Facehugger explodes violently through the top of the capsule.
Hmmm. Adam's observation suggests that urns are vases are eggs. Really?
Can the vases in Prometheus be viewed as eggs? Are they one in the same?
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