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thebradking's review against another edition
4.0
ALIEN and ALIENS are two of my favorite science-fiction movies. (There are no other movies in the franchise. None. Do you hear me? None.)
I love the intimate submarine story in the first and the all-out-war story in the second. Each, in its own way, is genre-leading in terms of film.
But, like Blade Runner, I dug the not-to-subtle critique of techno-capitalism in an age when science and technology very clearly became indistinguishable from magic.
So—when Audible put out a full cast story that takes place between Alien and Aliens, well, I was all in. Plus the story—which is far more ALIEN than ALIENS—pits Ellen Ripley and a group of unwitting miners against her old foes.
While the story doesn't really add much to the Alien universe—it really is a mash-up of the two movies—it's still fun as hell to be back with Ripley (although she feels a little less feminist badass in the book, but not offensively so).
I so much enjoyed the short book—only four hours and thirty-one minutes—that I made dinner, sat on my couch, and spent the evening listening to the audio play!
I love the intimate submarine story in the first and the all-out-war story in the second. Each, in its own way, is genre-leading in terms of film.
But, like Blade Runner, I dug the not-to-subtle critique of techno-capitalism in an age when science and technology very clearly became indistinguishable from magic.
So—when Audible put out a full cast story that takes place between Alien and Aliens, well, I was all in. Plus the story—which is far more ALIEN than ALIENS—pits Ellen Ripley and a group of unwitting miners against her old foes.
While the story doesn't really add much to the Alien universe—it really is a mash-up of the two movies—it's still fun as hell to be back with Ripley (although she feels a little less feminist badass in the book, but not offensively so).
I so much enjoyed the short book—only four hours and thirty-one minutes—that I made dinner, sat on my couch, and spent the evening listening to the audio play!
dananner's review against another edition
5.0
For audio production. Apparently I can handle horror more easily as an audiobook than watching.
tabitalk's review against another edition
4.0
I was so confused at first when i listened to this book. For some reason i got i mixed up with one of the Alien movies. I kinda wished that there would have been more describtions of the areas in the book. I sometimes felt like the jumps between the characters pulled me out of the story.
But i loved the different sound effects and voices in the audiobook
But i loved the different sound effects and voices in the audiobook
inquesoitrust's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
tehlanna's review against another edition
3.0
I really liked the performance of this Audible Original audiobook. The story was simple but enjoyable.
wyrmbergmalcolm's review against another edition
4.0
Penned as the direct sequel to the original Alien film, and featuring Ripley, I read most of this thinking that it must be an alternate timeline to the films due to Ripley never mentioning of hinting at the events here, ever. There is a reason, not sure if people are going to like it, though.
In a lot of ways, this is a rehash of the original story, there's a crashed alien spaceship with Xenomorphs on it, though the aliens were a different species to the one in the film. Miners find it and bring the infection back up to the orbiting spaceship at the start of the story. So there's the survival of the crew, the arrival of Ripley (with a fantastic reason as to why!) and a hairbrained plan for escape. Exciting and thrilling, this book has the closet thing to a jump-scare in the written form I have so far come across (2nd elevator scene).
I enjoyed it.
In a lot of ways, this is a rehash of the original story, there's a crashed alien spaceship with Xenomorphs on it, though the aliens were a different species to the one in the film. Miners find it and bring the infection back up to the orbiting spaceship at the start of the story. So there's the survival of the crew, the arrival of Ripley (with a fantastic reason as to why!) and a hairbrained plan for escape. Exciting and thrilling, this book has the closet thing to a jump-scare in the written form I have so far come across (2nd elevator scene).
I enjoyed it.
krzykot's review against another edition
There are so many mentions, quotes or other reminders about movies it's not just nods or easter eggs but whole slaughter of easter bunnies. This is why you don't let fake-ish fanboys write your novel, guys, they will smother you with their superior knowledge to show you they are the Real Fan™.
I stopped noticing after about 1/4 of the book, so it either stopped (slowed) or I just got used to it. You don't make the "Alien atmosphere" by recycling cool lines.
The insta love and subsequent damsel-in-distressness of Ripley made me want to gouge out my eyes.
Like, I know it's not her story, more like a Mad Max type of situation, but jfc there were so many times she had to be rescued by the manliest of manly men Hoop, who's just a natural leader and so strong and so, oh only one touch fires up Ripley's engines and oh so...
frghrgfrhgfrhghrghfrghrf
It's monkeying the Ripley-Hicks (Hicks/Hoop very subtle) relationship but without understanding anything that made them so sweet. "Wow, Ripley so sexy, gonna jump that" is not the poetry the author thinks he's creating.
Also, Jonesy is randomly hissing at people in this book and it's waved away as "he's just like that". Well, NO, he's not. Jonesy was only hissing when he felt the xenomorph nearby and he was in danger. Otherwise he was a perfectly nice and snuggly cat the whole crew liked (well, in novelization it's made more clear, but still, in the movies, too). How can you miss the point of his behaviour on screen this badly??? Fucking Burke was holding him with his bare hands and he lived through it, if Jonesy was "just like that" there'd be meat in stripes coming out of Burke's face after that offence, ffs.
I stopped noticing after about 1/4 of the book, so it either stopped (slowed) or I just got used to it. You don't make the "Alien atmosphere" by recycling cool lines.
The insta love and subsequent damsel-in-distressness of Ripley made me want to gouge out my eyes.
Like, I know it's not her story, more like a Mad Max type of situation, but jfc there were so many times she had to be rescued by the manliest of manly men Hoop, who's just a natural leader and so strong and so, oh only one touch fires up Ripley's engines and oh so...
frghrgfrhgfrhghrghfrghrf
It's monkeying the Ripley-Hicks (Hicks/Hoop very subtle) relationship but without understanding anything that made them so sweet. "Wow, Ripley so sexy, gonna jump that" is not the poetry the author thinks he's creating.
Also, Jonesy is randomly hissing at people in this book and it's waved away as "he's just like that". Well, NO, he's not. Jonesy was only hissing when he felt the xenomorph nearby and he was in danger. Otherwise he was a perfectly nice and snuggly cat the whole crew liked (well, in novelization it's made more clear, but still, in the movies, too). How can you miss the point of his behaviour on screen this badly??? Fucking Burke was holding him with his bare hands and he lived through it, if Jonesy was "just like that" there'd be meat in stripes coming out of Burke's face after that offence, ffs.
xtazziex's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Listening to this makes me want to re watch all the alien films
It was really good with added sound effects makes it so submersible
It was really good with added sound effects makes it so submersible