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Aliens, Predator, and Prometheus.
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Feb 23, 2015 10:01AM
Looking for a series that's like the topic mentioned. Any help would be great. Been looking for awhile but all of the feedback has been old school novels and such. Looking for something newer as in at least written in the year 2000 forward. Really like the concept of Prometheus (the movie) the best, where humans travel through space because of clues left by old civilizations and find something that maybe they didn't want to find. Any feedback will be appreciated! Thanks in advance!
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A series with a great first instalment, a couple of okay to mediocre sequels followed by a final horrible bodgejob several years later? Look no further than Jean M Auel's work. Joking aside I can't really help you. I've never liked the concept. It seems like it devalues our species and achievements.
Could you clarify whether you are looking for a series "like" Aliens or Predator, or a suggestion of good books in the Alien and Predator universe?
HOUSEKEEPING ITEM: I'm moving this thread to the READER DISCUSSION folder. Carry on!!! And in the meantime, I'll wrack my brains for a Prometheus-type book series. :-)This is going to sound silly, but have you read Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi? The original novels are dated, campy and cute, but Scalzi rebooted the concept into more of an alien first-contact situation.
[*the Fuzzies are still cute ... but I liked the way Scalzi wrote them*]
Anna wrote: "HOUSEKEEPING ITEM: I'm moving this thread to the READER DISCUSSION folder. Carry on!!! And in the meantime, I'll wrack my brains for a Prometheus-type book series. :-)This is going to sound si..."
I loved the Fuzzies!
@zach books similar to alien and predator.
The Space Captain Smith books have a main character called Suruk who's a humorous take on the Predator aliens. It's probably not what you're looking for, though...
Anna wrote: "HOUSEKEEPING ITEM: I'm moving this thread to the READER DISCUSSION folder. Carry on!!! And in the meantime, I'll wrack my brains for a Prometheus-type book series. :-)This is going to sound si..."
I love the Fuzzies
Alien and Predator are so tough because they're really sci-fi horror, especially if you read where the concept came for Alien (believe it or not, most of the images like the chest-buster scene and the thing that attached to their head to lay its egg was meant to be SEXUAL in nature ... ewww! Bug-sex!) They were really looking to horrify and disturb. Ditto with Predator, especially the original one.Prometheus, on the other hand, was meant to have a bit of a hopeful feel at the end (I think). It had great potential, but I didn't care for it because it threw in too much of a 'kitchen sink' mentality at you at once, and then it didn't tie up a lot of those loose ends. It kinda reminded me of one of those 'serial' novels you download free from Amazon, the one with a hook at the end, and then you have to keep reading to find out what happened. I have no problem with continuing storylines or series, but I like my main story to wrap up by the end, and Prometheus just didn't do that for me. Loose ends ... and THEN send Elizabeth Shaw off to go shake her finger in 'gods' face and say 'just who the heck do you think you are?' But ... a lot of people loved the series.
My favorite movie of the bunch will always remain Aliens (the second one). "Get away from her you bitch!!! Yeah... and "You always were an @$$#0!e Gorman!"
Rion wrote: "Well there is another film in the works. http://www.imdb.com/news/ni58344239"I'm so excited for that movie. Blomkamp is great, I just hope he can continue with his string of fantastic movies.
