Seemingly in the same vein as Insight Edition and Stephani Perry’s Alien: The Weyland-Yutani Report, a listing for a new Alien encyclopedia written “from an in-world perspective” and published by Titan Books has recently appeared on Amazon (UK/US)!
The definitive volume on the Alien film universe, covering the Xenobiology, terraforming, synthetics, humans, corporations, military, judiciary, culture, science, spacecraft, hardware, and weapons of Alien, Aliens, Alien3, Alien: Resurrection, Prometheus, and Alien: Covenant from an in-world perspective.
The definitive volume on the Xenobiology, terraforming, synthetics, humans, corporations, military, judiciary, culture, science, spacecraft, hardware and weapons of Alien, Aliens, Alien3, Alien: Resurrection, Prometheus, and Alien: Covenant. Structured in 3 traditional encyclopedic volumes – Non-Human, Human, Action in Nature – illustrated throughout with concept art, photography and illustrations, with a historical timeline and alphabetical index. From the Alien to Zeta 2 Reticuli, from the birth of Peter Weyland in 1990 to the USM Auriga’s Earthfall in 2381, this is the comprehensive and authoritative official tome on the Alien films.
The new Alien encyclopedia written “from an in-world perspective” and published by Titan Books is currently due for release on October 18th!
Writer Joe Fordham will be taking the reins for this updated in-universe take on the events of the Alien series. Joe has a history of writing for Cinefex, and has previously written behind-the-scenes books for Titan Books on Star Trek: First Contact and Planet of the Apes.
The currently titled Alien Film Franchise Encyclopedia is scheduled for release on October 18th 2022 for a price of £35.00/$50.00 and will be come in hardback like much of Titan’s coffee-table books. Thanks to Engineer for the intel!
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Thanks for the recommendation! I actually remember seeing that in, I think, Forbidden Planet and thought it looked interesting. Wish I picked it up at the time.
Managed to read that as a friend had it! Yeah, that was pretty great stuff. I have just bought the Weyland-Yutani Report which I am enjoying thus far.
As far as "in universe" pieces go, the David's Drawings art book compiling David's pieces from his work in his ten years on the Engineers' world is excellent.
Memory banks? You're implying the LV-426 Space Jockey corpse has memory banks?
The writer could describe how & where David's defunct body was found and report what was in his memory banks.
Quick, cheap, & dirty way to wrap up the prequels before moving on.
WYR was a bit of a disappointment but I understand why they did it the way they did. It's a surface-level coffee table book, it's not a deep-cut franchise love letter like the RPG.
Prometheus and Alien: Covenant are explicitly mentioned in the description here, though with this being written from an in-universe POV, I'd imagine the 'author' of the in-universe text wouldn't be privy to knowledge of David creating the Alien, and thus the book likely won't take a firm stance on that, or on David's post-Covenant whereabouts, etc.
x2! With the excellent job the RPG has done in establishing a cohesive Alien universe from a lore standpoint, and things like Fireteam Elite and upcoming Titan books using that lore and only helping to make everything feel more tied-in and expansive, I really hope that this likewise uses and expands on that same lore.
And yeah, if it does (and does a really good job of it) it's only going to make me even more annoyed if the upcoming show just ignores and contradicts it completely.
Although curious considering there's a significant possibility that both the new tv series and film could be ignoring current established lore.
Can't help but wonder if they'll throw some prequel-resolving answers into this before moving the franchise onto other things...
(Probably not though. I'll be surprised if David is ever mentioned in any medium again.)
I feel the same lol
The movie, sounds like I might be into it, so I'm curious to see the synopsis before I lose interest. This encyclopedia has potential too maybe...
All that, and still not the one thing I truly want.
Fans: Hey, buddy, we thought you were lost somewhere.
Predator with one anthology and one movie on Hulu: No, still here.
Rather Weyland Yutani Report: The Force Awakens
D'oh! Totally missed that. I stand corrected on my "out-of-universe" comment.
Or rather, "in world" but I think they mean "in universe" lol
I'll throw in a pre-order, try to catch it at the best price in case the price drops between now and release. If it ends up not looking great, I'll just cancel at some point.
EDIT: Author Joe Fordham has a special effects background and a history with Cinefex. Very neat.