Alien: The Official Movie Novelization

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The official novelization of the famous Alien movie with Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley!

The crew of the Nostromo, a commercial deep-space mining ship, investigates a mysterious signal. Landing on planet LV-426, they discover a massive extraterrestrial and a nest of strange eggs. They bring back to the ship an Alien which, as it grows, stalks and picks off the crew, one-by-one.

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"Fosters treatment of the source material has only enhanced my appreciation for this classic story." - Blogcritics

"The book was well written, it filled in a few gaps in the film that I didnt know needed to be filled until I read them, and it put the film in a different context, which may color my next viewing. If you consider yourself a fan of the film, its worth checking out." - Top Hat Sasquatch

"A hell of a fun and terrifying read. Its one I recommend to anyone who loves the film or a good old fashioned sci-fi romp through the hell in our stars." - Ravenous Monster

In text form the primal dread conjured by its events and themes is as timeless as the cold and empty darkness from which it spreads. 9/10. - Starburst

The official novelization is a stroll-back to memory lane of sweat inducing horrors. Retrenders

"The official novelization is a stroll-back to memory lane of sweat inducing horrors." - Retrenders

An open door to the ALIENS universe that offers the curious even more information about the dangerous world of the films. Suvudu

Worthy to be on your shelf if you consider yourself a fan of the film. Retroist

"Manages to capture the emotion and terror of the film." - Geek Girl Project

"As timeless as the movie that spawned it" - Den of Geek


a master class in technically accomplished writing, as Foster uses the tools of his trade to translate the sparse details of a script into a lush, horrifyingly detailed haunted spaceship tale, populated by characters youll feel for -Barnes & Noble SFF blog

Author Bio

Alan Dean Foster is the acclaimed author of movie tie-ins for Star Wars, Alien, Transformers. He was awarded the IAMTW Grand Master Scribe Award in 2008. A best-selling science-fiction and fantasy author in his own right; the popular Pip and Flinx novels and the Founding of the Commonwealth series.