Titan To Republish Original Aliens Bantam Novels

[Corporal Hicks]

I am actually missing the DH Press novels (except Original Sin) so these omnibuses are great for catching up.
I'm hearing the quality of these novels is not that great compared to the old and new stuff?

There's good bits here and there, but yeah, they're generally average.  I think the original plan was to have stories where the Aliens weren't the focus, and it didn't really come off.

The DH Press line was largely...okay. It's been a while since I re-read them all but I remember Criminal Enterprise being the best but still mostly fine. Steel Egg was just a mega-disappointment. I was really looking forward to that one. No Exit would have been fantastic had it not been for that mega poor ending. I do really want to re-read this soon actually.

[SM]

Steel Egg was more good than bad. Reynolds however was the most god awfully written character in living memory though...

I found it on easier to appreciate the positives upon re-reading years later. Except Cauldron. That was still mostly rubbish. DNA War was a much better read from Carey. When I first read them they were universally disappointing. These days not so much.

[Corporal Hicks]

I remember really liking the trap in Cauldron.

[Local Trouble]

The Abyss was a cracker.

Quite enjoyable?

[Samhain13]

Best thing about Steel Egg was that despite being outnumbered aliens still took down a large crew of humans, novels like No Exit were much better written than it with much more interesting characters and plot but when it come to the aliens they screwed it up by having humans fight them with hands. And of course No Exit felt like it needed a few more chapters to end it properly.

DNA War had pretty much every aspect of it above average, one of my favorites alien novels overall.

Criminal Enterprise was too short and focused too little on the aliens, but in regards to the rest it was good.

Cauldron started quite interesting but developed quite average and had some annoying parts.

[HuDaFuK]

I've yet to get around to buying the DH Press books. Think I've been put off by how insanely expensive some of them are.

And like a peen-arse I've gotta have the original single editions, collected omnibus versions won't do it for me

[Huggs]

I've yet to get around to buying the DH Press books. Think I've been put off by how insanely expensive some of them are.

And like a peen-arse I've gotta have the original single editions, collected omnibus versions won't do it for me

I prefer to have both.  But I get ya. There's something about that old parchment and artwork of those old novels that just ups the experience. It's the original "thang", I guess.

[SM]

Yeah remember back in the 70s when they used papyrus?

[Huggs]

Yeah remember back in the 70s when they papyrus?

Oh, Sm. You Rascal!

[Wweyland]

Hoping they can release the DH Press Predator novels as an omnibus also, but maybe there is a licensing issue.

[BountyHunter]

Has there been any news on any more Predator Collections?

[Corporal Hicks]

Nothing yet.

[Huggs]

Nothing yet.

Rats. I need to experience this south china sea story.

[Letneper]

Anyone ever get any official answers on where the Aliens Omnibus covers come from? No credit for cover art in the books... They definitely do look like screen captures from a game, but what game?

[HuDaFuK]

ACM.

Except Volume One, which was a promo still from Alien.