Alien Out of the Shadows (Audible Audio Edition) Tim Lebbon Jeff Harding Audible Studios Books
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As a child Chris Hooper dreamed of monsters. But in deep space, he found only darkness and isolation. Then, on planet LV178, he and his fellow miners discovered a storm-scoured, sand-blasted hell - and trimonite, the hardest material known to man.
When a shuttle crashes into the mining ship Marion, the miners learn that there was more than trimonite deep in the caverns. There was evil, hibernating - and waiting for suitable prey. Hoop and his associates uncover a nest of Xenomorphs, and hell takes on a new meaning. Quickly they discover that their only hope lies with the unlikeliest of saviors....
Ellen Ripley, the last human survivor of the salvage ship Nostromo.
Alien Out of the Shadows (Audible Audio Edition) Tim Lebbon Jeff Harding Audible Studios Books
This was a surprisingly good book! With the new Alien movie soon to come out, I thought I'd get in the mood and purchased this three-volume set, of which this is the first. There are thirteen named characters in the story so I made a check-off list trying to guess the order of their demise. This is a safe bet when dealing with the Alien. My list became a muddle because the order of who I expected to fall in battle was addled by unexpected twists and turns. Make no mistake, this is not literature. What it is is a very entertaining, and sometimes quite nerve-wracking thriller.The story takes place between the events of the first and second movies of the series: Alien and Aliens. The Weyland Company has set up a mining operation on an inhospitable planetoid which holds a very rare material. The miners open a cavern and Aliens are released from hibernation. All this occurs in the opening dozen pages. Then Ellen Ripley, who has been drifting through the universe, docks at the ship that orbits the planet in support of the miners. All hell breaks loose.
I'm looking forward to the next novel in the trilogy, Sea of Sorrows by James A. Moore. The concluding volume is entitled River of Pain by Christopher Golden.
If you are a fan of the Alien franchise you will doubtlessly enjoy this novel.
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Alien Out of the Shadows (Audible Audio Edition) Tim Lebbon Jeff Harding Audible Studios Books Reviews
I am a HUGE fan of the Alien Franchise, owning all four films and even the AVP movies (although not anywhere near as good as the original standalone canon) on Blu-ray. Not being much of a reader, I just happened upon these books and was intrigued by the plot summeries provided. I kept finding myself adding, then removing the trilogy from my cart over a period of a week. There have been plenty of products that other people have deemed lackluster or subpar, things that I think have no flaws whatsoever and have bought regardless of communal opinion, but since I had sort've let my interest in reading dwindle, I didn't want to spend money on something that I wasn't even sure would hold my attention and more importantly, intrigue and impress me. With that in mind, figuring I wasn't sure what I'd be getting, I decided not to get the entire set, but to start with Tim Lebbon's first lead in to the trilogy, Alien Out of the Shadows. I won't skim the surface of the plot sequence or details about the characters and their roles in the story, as not to spoil or give away too much, but I will say, that I found the book to be quite a different formula than what the negative reviews had me believing before I decided to buy it. If you take the time to browse a few 3 star and lower ones, most would agree that it was slow, confused and off course, losing topic in some parts and picking back up later in others. I didn't get that sense whatsoever. I felt like it built from a certain concept and kept adding to it, driving itself along just perfectly. The plot and directives were clear and the chronology of events made perfect sense. I found the read full of twists and turns and tons of 'what's going to happen nexts'. Sure, it wasn't all action all the time, but that's the beauty of it, the suspense of it all. The formula is very well done, so that even if there's not some insanely dramatic action sequence befalling the characters, you're still forced to read on, page by page, pulled in, curious to know what's gonna be waiting at each new turn. Never once did I find myself lost or bored. Key, considering several reviews complained that character deaths were askew and confusing, blink-and-you-missed-it moments. Maybe I was just so intrigued as not to afford to miss them, but I am certain that it plainly tells you exactly who is dead, dying or succumb to vicious and tragic attack. The only thing I can lend to the character confusion in a negative sense is that they aren't really described all that much in terms of physical appearance and demeanor. I found myself having a mental image of characters in the book, finding it hard to change it as I read on, once a simple and vague detail on their appearance finally did appear. I'm not sure if the author's intent was to let the reader build the character in their mind, maybe to create a sense of connection based on how the mind chose to perceive them. Whatever the reason or whether there was one, it is hardly something to be upset about. The characters are distinguishable and written so that you know who is doing what and when. All and all if that is the book's one and only flaw, and not even a flaw at all, if you ask me, then it may as well be counted pretty close to perfect. I thought it held true to the feel and atmosphere of both the creature and the mythos surrounding the franchise. I could see it easily adapted into a film. The ending was a surprise and creative, as a last point. To put it plainly, if you are a fan of the Alien films and their universe in any regard, pick this one up. I was wholly impressed and intrigued start to finish and will be completing this trilogy very soon. I am also looking into the other novel sets and series as well, because of this book!
An Alien story that adds nothing to the franchise.
Ripley is reused instead of concentrating on the new characters coming to grips with these inimical creatures, requiring an awkward non-sensical adjustment at the end to forcibly shoehorn this in between the first two Alien films.
Ripley has many (a dozen?) redundant daymares about her daughter. I read them all but after the first two, you could skip the italicized sections without missing anything. They’re all basically the same.
Several times, a new character, “Hoop” inexplicably knows what Ripley (who he’s just met) is thinking. This is not the omniscient narrator voice, it is Hoops’ observations presented as factual and is jarring when it occurs.
Ash is also reused, this time as an omnipotent AI that effortlessly spreads through every computer and blogs about his schemes. He’s inexplicably managed to bring Ripley’s slooow lifeboat to the system where miners have encountered Aliens within days of the discovery.
One missed opportunity involves the wrecked alien ship, which appears to have been organically grown — what monstrosity would result if the Aliens mingled genes with THAT?
There are a number of other Alien novels out there that add new dimensions to the franchise (e.g. Alien royal jelly, warring queens, etc.) but sadly, this is not one.
This was a surprisingly good book! With the new Alien movie soon to come out, I thought I'd get in the mood and purchased this three-volume set, of which this is the first. There are thirteen named characters in the story so I made a check-off list trying to guess the order of their demise. This is a safe bet when dealing with the Alien. My list became a muddle because the order of who I expected to fall in battle was addled by unexpected twists and turns. Make no mistake, this is not literature. What it is is a very entertaining, and sometimes quite nerve-wracking thriller.
The story takes place between the events of the first and second movies of the series Alien and Aliens. The Weyland Company has set up a mining operation on an inhospitable planetoid which holds a very rare material. The miners open a cavern and Aliens are released from hibernation. All this occurs in the opening dozen pages. Then Ellen Ripley, who has been drifting through the universe, docks at the ship that orbits the planet in support of the miners. All hell breaks loose.
I'm looking forward to the next novel in the trilogy, Sea of Sorrows by James A. Moore. The concluding volume is entitled River of Pain by Christopher Golden.
If you are a fan of the Alien franchise you will doubtlessly enjoy this novel.
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