We have just uploaded the 91st episode of the Alien vs. Predator Galaxy Podcast (right-click and save as to download)! Our latest episode sees regular hosts Corporal Hicks and RidgeTop joined by community guest Shevvie to breakdown and discuss Alien: Echo, Alien’s first foray into the Young Adult genre by Mira Grant.
We breakdown the plot of the book and talk in detail about the things we loved in the book and the things we weren’t keen on. We talk about how Alien adapts to Young Adult and whether that means the book lacks in violence (it doesn’t. At all).
We discuss Olivia Shipp, a new recurring character introduced in this book that is set to re-appear in Aliens: Colonial Marines – Rising Threat and Cold Iron Studio’s new Alien game, how it’s possible to hate a child as much as RidgeTop hates Michel, and plenty more!
There’s a quick point where we’re unsure whether Sebestian was Katherine’s or John’s brother, and he’s Katherine’s. Later this month we’ll be sharing an interview with Seanan McGuire, the author of Alien: Echo!
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Really enjoyed talking with McGuire and I hope she gets more gigs for the franchises in the future.
I'm not going to say it's the worst idea I've ever heard of in the franchise, because worse ideas have already been executed, but her enthusiasm for this android xenomorph was kind of hilarious when she was also insistent on the verisimilitude of animal biology w/r/t this franchise because she studied reptiles and amphibians. Seemed to be quite a double standard. "The Aliens don't eat" is a pretty stupid remark for an Fox exec/editor to make at this point, considering Alien 3 and AvPR directly show scenes of it happening (as does the EU on multiple occasions), but like...Prometheus and Covenant have made it pretty clear that this franchise is not concerned with the science of real biology.
Not that I know of. I read one treatment with the xenodroid, said 'yeah, I'm not sure about this', then the next thing 'don't worry about it we're not going with it'.
Because of how much I fear Ridey having an Alien burst out of David, and that being where the classic design comes from, I was glad it didn't end up in here as a precedence. But I'm also a little scared it didn't end up in here because that's what they want to do!
Thanks, Collating! Glad you're enjoying! I'd love to see Seanan back and pick up those threads she laid down.
And yeah, I would take issue with an Alien that came from an android, though I wouldn't flip out over it if it was a very organic android leaning more towards replicants, but I did like how she fought Fox when it came to biology. Aliens MAYBE don't need to eat to survive when they're adults, but Olivia doesn't know that and for any crazy growth a creature needs to consume matter to do it.
Do you mean the tie-in with Olivia? Talking about the Cold Iron game.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed!
Where is it chronologically located compared to Defiance, Resistance, Rescue and Out of the Shadows?
https://www.avpgalaxy.net/2019/08/20/poking-things-in-the-jungle-interview-with-alien-echo-author-seanan-mcguire-avp-galaxy-podcast-92/
Thanks!
PS: Avoid spoilers, please.
Assuming I finish the second pass this weekend, our interview with Mira/Seanan will be up next Monday.
Ha! I'm glad I'm not the only one who enjoyed that book. Haven't read any of Zindel's others but I really should. Glad you enjoyed the episode.
Yep, takes place in my home state. I need to read it again as I remember it being a really engaging one.
Yep that’s the one!
Was Raptor the one where a kid finds a dinosaur egg in Utah or something? I think I may have actually read that when I started secondary school.
And yeah, screw Michael.
Podcast review is now up.
Next podcast is going to be an interview with the author.