Alien
by Alan Dean Foster
published
1999
(first published 1979)
by J'ai lu
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binding
Paperback
isbn
2290011150
(isbn13: 9782290011157)
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Read in January, 1998
I was extremely suprised to find this in my High School library nearly a decade ago. I was and am still a huge fan of the alien movies. I was quite pleased with the book though. It introduced me to Alan Dean Foster's great talent in the sci-fi genre. I like the book quite a bit more than I did the movie and consider it one of the better thriller/alien/sci-fi books of it's time. There are those that have more meat to them but this one is a good quick read that'll creep you out.
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Read in July, 2008
recommends it for:
fraidy cats.
Found a hardcover at a Thrift Shop and decided to reread this scary book. The first time I read it was when the movie came out and that movie scared the HEEBIE JEEBIES out of me!
The book is a fairly quick read and I read most of it one night when I couldn't sleep. (Not a good book to make you go to dreamland).
The exploration of the Derelict ship till gives me the SHIVER QUIVERS.
The movie is a masterpiece--and the book is a good companion piece.
The book is a fairly quick read and I read most of it one night when I couldn't sleep. (Not a good book to make you go to dreamland).
The exploration of the Derelict ship till gives me the SHIVER QUIVERS.
The movie is a masterpiece--and the book is a good companion piece.
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Okay... So I never read the book. (I loved the movie, later, as an adult.) But, my brother did read the book...and he kept it open on his bedroom floor...this edition with the cracked light and the green egg. I remember hopping over it once. It was a terrifying experience.
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This really impacted me as a kid and really kick-started my imagination from fantastic to suspense. Until I read this book, I always envisioned things as epic fantasy or futuristic on a much grander scale, but the intimacy of the book really turned me on to a more personal level of the imagination.
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ok. So i am a big fan of this movie. so this is a chicken and an egg thing for me. I do not know which came first the book or the movie. When I randomly found the book at a used book store I picked it up. I would say if you haven't seen the movie, read the book first. it was good and scary
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Read in January, 2000
I never got much into sci-fi or fantasy. This must've been the only sci-fi book I read and enjoyed discounting Terry Pratchett's. I enjoyed the movie so much and I just kept on going and read the book as well (which was a novelization, if I remember right).
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Read in August, 1993
A book I re-read every couple years. The athmosphere and characters are just amazingly in-depth and add layers upon layers to the characters.
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Read in January, 2008
You've seen the movie! Just plain fun. Note - the book can after the movie. In the Peace Corps Tonga TBU library.
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