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Predator: A Memoir, a Movie, an Obsession – New Critical Analyze Book on Predator!

While Alien has seen its share of books that take a deep dive into the meaning and themes behind the franchise, the Predator franchise has been largely void of books that take a critical look at the series. And it’s a huge shame because the original Predator has a lot more going on beneath the surface than it is given credit for.

Author Ander Monson is putting a change to that with his new book Predator: A Memoir, a Movie, an Obsession, a book that serves as a memoir told through the lenses of Predator, while also looking deeper at what is going on in Predator.

In his first memoir, Ander Monson guides readers through a scene-by-scene exploration of the 1987 film Predator, which he has watched 146 times. Some fighters might not have time to bleed, but Monson has the patience to consider their adventure, one frame at a time. He turns his obsession into a lens through which he poignantly examines his own life, formed by mainstream, White, male American culture. Between scenes, Monson delves deeply into his adolescence in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and Riyadh, his role as a father and the loss of his own mother, and his friendships with men bound by the troubled camaraderie depicted in action and sci-fi blockbusters. Along with excursions into the conflicted pleasures of cosplay and first-person shooters, he imagines himself beside the poet and memoirist Paul Monette, who wrote the novelization of the movie while his partner was dying of AIDS.

A sincere and playful book that lovingly dissects the film, Predator also offers questions and critiques of masculinity, fandom, and their interrelation with acts of mass violence. In a stirring reversal, one chapter exposes Monson through the Predator’s heat-seeking vision, asking him, “What do you know about the workings of the hidden world?” As Monson brings us into the brilliant depths of the film and its universe, the hunt begins.


 Predator: A Memoir, a Movie, an Obsession - New Critical Analyze Book on Predator!

Predator: A Memoir, a Movie, an Obsession is out and currently available to purchase on Amazon (UK/US). Author Ander Monson will be joining us on the next episode of the Alien vs. Predator Galaxy Podcast, so be sure to keep an eye out for when that drops!

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