The Complete Alien Omnibus

By Alan Dean Foster

Book Overview

An omnibus edition of Alan Dean Foster's Alien science-fiction trilogy. As the spaceship Nostromo glided through the silent reaches of the galaxy, the ships scanners detected a garbled distress call... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0751506672
• ISBN13: 9780751506679
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Time Warner Trade Publishing
• Length: 649 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Must-have item for the hardcore fan and very good reading for the average

This book contains the novelizations of the three first movies, all written by Alan Dean Foster (not as I first thought that the book of "Alien" came first than the movie). "Alien", was not 'based on the screeplay by...' (meaning that is based upon the story, but not the film) as the other two, being a little different from what the movie is. "Aliens" and "Alien 3" are based upon the movie, in spite of that the third one actualy is a little different from the movie itself in some aspects (for example, the alien in this novelizations does not offspring from a dog), resulting that "Aliens" is the one most very loyal to the movie. This book is a must have for the hardcore fan of "Aliens", since it goes around other aspects that would be difficult to show in the films. It is also a great reading for the average fan, since Alan Dean Foster is such a talented writer. And besides, are three books in one.