Alien Resurrection by A.C. Crispin is set for re-release by Titan Books in March, 2015 according to an advert in Alien: River of Pain.
Good thing they're following through with all of them and not just ADFs ones.
Maybe they'll go the whole hog and re-release the fairly terrible AvP novelisation.
You know SM, I bought that book and despite multiple attempts, I was never able to get through it. But it would be nice for completists if it were included, especially considering that Titan obviously has some rights granted to the Predator / AVP properties. I wonder if they would consider adapting AVP:R so late after its release. Seems unlikely to me.
But what I would really love to see is an adaptation of Prometheus. They had one in Japan apparently, but not in English anywhere. It would be cool if they included extra goodies in the novel that deviated from the movie a bit like most of the other novels...
Yeah Prometheus would be cool. Can take or leave AvP:R.
Agreed. AVP:R was the bottom of the barrel IMO. I think that even as a horror film it went to extremes which were just too much and without impact to the story. Just felt empty inside after that movie whereas most of the other ones at least made me want to ask questions. But I digress...
I liked the AvP novelization quite a bit, it added to and clarified a lot from the movie.
It's nice to see them publishing AR. I didn't think they were going to, only focusing on the Trilogy.
Quote from: Xenomrph on Nov 19, 2014, 07:40:25 AM
I liked the AvP novelization quite a bit, it added to and clarified a lot from the movie.
I liked it when I read it - when it was released. I think I read it once or twice around release but not since. I sometimes pick it up and have a flick through but never have the urge to complete it.
I'd love a Prometheus adaptation. As long as it made some changes to the actual film. And it made sense. And had answers.
Quote from: Perfect-Organism on Nov 18, 2014, 10:47:02 PM
Alien Resurrection by A.C. Crispin is set for re-release by Titan Books in March, 2015 according to an advert in Alien: River of Pain.
Is it out already? Didn't think it was out until the end of November. Haven't received my copy. :(
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Nov 19, 2014, 08:49:05 AM
It's nice to see them publishing AR. I didn't think they were going to, only focusing on the Trilogy.
Quote from: Xenomrph on Nov 19, 2014, 07:40:25 AM
I liked the AvP novelization quite a bit, it added to and clarified a lot from the movie.
I liked it when I read it - when it was released. I think I read it once or twice around release but not since. I sometimes pick it up and have a flick through but never have the urge to complete it.
I'd love a Prometheus adaptation. As long as it made some changes to the actual film. And it made sense. And had answers.
Quote from: Perfect-Organism on Nov 18, 2014, 10:47:02 PM
Alien Resurrection by A.C. Crispin is set for re-release by Titan Books in March, 2015 according to an advert in Alien: River of Pain.
Is it out already? Didn't think it was out until the end of November. Haven't received my copy. :(
It's not out yet. I think I got it by a glitch. Is there a way to send you a personal message Corporal? I tried to reach you before on your AVP Galaxy e-mail address and no luck..
Send it again, buddy. :) Or PM me.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Nov 19, 2014, 03:19:28 PM
Send it again, buddy. :) Or PM me.
Ok, I just sent you an e-mail. May have gone to your junk mail... Cheers!
Quote from: Perfect-Organism on Nov 18, 2014, 10:47:02 PMAlien Resurrection by A.C. Crispin is set for re-release by Titan Books in March, 2015 according to an advert in Alien: River of Pain.
Awesome. Despite being easily the weakest of the four
Alien novelizations, at the same time I thought it was the most interesting in terms of the extra stuff it gave us. There really was quite a bit that never got mentioned in the film. Glad they're finishing the set, I'll definitely pick up a copy because the one I have is tatty as f*ck.
Quote from: Perfect-Organism on Nov 18, 2014, 10:56:29 PMBut what I would really love to see is an adaptation of Prometheus. They had one in Japan apparently, but not in English anywhere. It would be cool if they included extra goodies in the novel that deviated from the movie a bit like most of the other novels...
That would be cool. I've always found it strange that only ever came out in Japan.
Here's the cover. So it's definitely designed to tie in with the other three. Same layout.
(https://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F51RLWzRKYOL.jpg&hash=e8b489a81abb57ae8370c61b8e3a432491f2e7b7)
Now available for pre-order on Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Alien-Resurrection-Official-Movie-Novelization/dp/1783296739/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1416499911&sr=1-2&keywords=alien+resurrection (http://www.amazon.com/Alien-Resurrection-Official-Movie-Novelization/dp/1783296739/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1416499911&sr=1-2&keywords=alien+resurrection)
Release date is March 31, 2015.
Also, in Canada its available for pre-order on Chapters.ca
http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/alien-resurrection-the-official-movie/9781783296736-item.html?ikwid=alien+resurrection&ikwsec=Home&ikwidx=0 (http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/alien-resurrection-the-official-movie/9781783296736-item.html?ikwid=alien+resurrection&ikwsec=Home&ikwidx=0)
It will also be available as an e-book.
http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/alien-resurrection-the-official-movie/9781783296743-item.html?ikwid=alien+resurrection&ikwsec=Home&ikwidx=3 (http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/alien-resurrection-the-official-movie/9781783296743-item.html?ikwid=alien+resurrection&ikwsec=Home&ikwidx=3)
Just received an email from Titan PR. The book is due out Friday.
Alien Resurrection, written by Joss Whedon (The Avengers, Buffy the Vampire Slayer), closes the current chapter of the classic Alien movies staring Sigourney Weaver. This publication completes the set of classic novelizations published by Titan Books and is available for the first time in years, making it the perfect addition for any collector and wiith Neill Blomkamp's as-yet-untitled Alien sequel now confirmed, Alien is still on everyone's lips.
Aboard the deep space vessel USM Auriga, the unthinkable occurs - Ellen Ripley awakes. Her last memory is of her own fiery death on the prison colony Fiorina 161. And yet she lives. Stronger, fiercer...changed.
Ripley discovers that military scientists have learned how to breed Xenomorphs, creatures with which she somehow shares an empathic link. They are on a course to take the Aliens to Earth.
It's been an age since I read this. Looking forward to it.
I'm glad they've done a nice reissue of this to match the first three that are already out. I'm a stickler for stuff like that.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Apr 01, 2015, 02:05:31 PMIt's been an age since I read this. Looking forward to it.
I read it a year or so ago. While the prose left a lot to be desired, I found a lot of the things that didn't make it into the film to be really interesting. I liked that it played up the whole is she good/is she bad thing with Ripley 8 a bit more than the film.
Quote from: HuDaFuK on Apr 01, 2015, 02:17:46 PM
I'm glad they've done a nice reissue of this to match the first three that are already out. I'm a stickler for stuff like that.
I thought it was good too. I honestly thought it was going to be snubbed.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Apr 01, 2015, 02:05:31 PM
I read it a year or so ago. While the prose left a lot to be desired, I found a lot of the things that didn't make it into the film to be really interesting. I liked that it played up the whole is she good/is she bad thing with Ripley 8 a bit more than the film.
I remember it being rough - then again, I find Alan Dean Foster's prose quite jarring at times - but I have to give the film novelizations a read. I love to find out about the differences.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Apr 01, 2015, 02:19:20 PMI thought it was good too. I honestly thought it was going to be snubbed.
Now they just need to do
AVP in the same format :) And maybe even give
Prometheus a release outside of Japan?
I'd be really curious to see a Prometheus novelization. Sucks we haven't had one since AvP. Wonder if we've got any Japanese members.
I really wish there was an adaptation of Prometheus. Perhaps with certain plot details that vary from the film like many of the other Alien novel adaptations do..
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Apr 01, 2015, 02:24:56 PM
I'd be really curious to see a Prometheus novelization. Sucks we haven't had one since AvP. Wonder if we've got any Japanese members.
Ha! We posted that at the same time...
Quote from: Perfect-Organism on Apr 01, 2015, 02:33:06 PMI really wish there was an adaptation of Prometheus. Perhaps with certain plot details that vary from the film like many of the other Alien novel adaptations do..
There is. It only ever came out in Japan though.
Quote from: HuDaFuK on Apr 01, 2015, 02:35:15 PM
Quote from: Perfect-Organism on Apr 01, 2015, 02:33:06 PMI really wish there was an adaptation of Prometheus. Perhaps with certain plot details that vary from the film like many of the other Alien novel adaptations do..
There is. It only ever came out in Japan though.
I know about this. I wish Titan would do some investigating to see if a manuscript exists somewhere. A comic book adaptation would be great too...
Is this the book that confirms the derelict was destroyed when the atmosphere processor on LV-426 went critical?
Yes. Although it also says the entire moon is a radioactive wasteland, even though the novel of Aliens says an atmo processor doesn't create any fallout when it explodes.
Received my copy last night. Read the first few chapters and as always with the film novelizations, I'm enjoying seeing the differences and getting into the head of the characters. I'm actually quite liking Ripley's portrayal, the mix of Alien.
Yeah, mine came yesterday too.
It's still probably my least favourite of the novelisations, but that's more to do with the source material than anything. Enjoying giving it another read.
No Incursion promo at the back though, like I suspected there might be.
I'm about halfway through now. Definitely enjoying more than the film - it works better without JPJ's style but Whedeon's comedy is still too blatant. I'm enjoying a lot of the characterization and differences - as I usually do with novelizations. I love seeing the differences or added details.
It's a lot easier to read than ADF's novels though. The style isn't so abrupt but there are some dodgy moments.
I'm just past the halfway point too. Liking it more than I remember. Still not a massive fan of Crispin's style but it's certainly not distracting from the read.
I really wish they'd done the scene with the cocooned scientists in the film. It makes so much more sense than finding the victims the Betty delivered just lying around on the floor, like they were just left there for a day or two after they burst.
I'm quite enjoying this actually. It can't get rid of Whedon's unsuitable dialogue but I'm enjoying what Crespin is doing with Ripley and all the callbacks. She's really using her knowledge of the series and taking advantage of the genetic memory. You are my lucky star during Ripley's escape from the Waste tank.
Also liked Gedimen having a chest-burster.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Apr 24, 2015, 12:19:33 PMYou are my lucky star during Ripley's escape from the Waste tank.
That was a really neat touch.
Polished my copy off last night. The finale aboard the Betty felt needlessly drawn out, but I still enjoyed it.
As I said the first time I read it, I find it's the weakest of the four novelisations, but at the same time the most interesting in terms of how it expands upon the film.
I don't think it was ever going to out-do the others simply because of the source material. But I think Crespin is much easier to read than Foster.
And to be perfectly honest, I think fans who enjoys books should read the novelizations anyway. If only see to see the differences.
That's pretty much the only reason I got them. I don't normally do film novelisations - the only one I've ever read outside of Alien/Predator was The Thing, and even then that was only because I liked what ADF did with the Alien books.
But I enjoyed the Alien/Predator/AVP ones quite a bit, except possibly the first Predator one.
I don't really get novelizations either. Not unless I really like the film - hence the Aliens/vs/Predator! :) I do tend to buy the "based on" books like Starship Troopers, Ender's Game, War of the Worlds etc.
I never got the Predator ones. They weren't floating on eBay when I checked.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Apr 24, 2015, 12:59:13 PMI never got the Predator ones. They weren't floating on eBay when I checked.
The first one wasn't terribly great, simply because everything they changed by the time it actually got to the screen made the story far better. But I
thoroughly recommend the
Predator 2 novel. I enjoyed that a lot.
It wont bother me - I'm really curious to see this scientific hunter and telepathic Billy. :P
Haha well yeah, as a book it's perfectly serviceable.
It's just, unlike the other novelisations, I constantly felt like every little difference made the story worse than what I was used to, you know? It felt less like expanding the story and more like taking it a few steps backwards.
I suppose that'll happen when it's based on a unfinished draft though.
Quote from: HuDaFuK on Apr 16, 2015, 11:47:36 AM
I really wish they'd done the scene with the cocooned scientists in the film. It makes so much more sense than finding the victims the Betty delivered just lying around on the floor, like they were just left there for a day or two after they burst.
Was this ever in any of the scripts? It's been a
long time since I ever read them.
I've only read one of the Res script drafts, no idea which one, and it wasn't in that.
Just uploaded my review: http://www.avpgalaxy.net/literature/reviews/alien-resurrection/ (http://www.avpgalaxy.net/literature/reviews/alien-resurrection/)
Tidy review, pretty much sums up how I feel about the book too.
Off topic, but when I click on "Reviews" at the top (just above the title) to try and get to... wherever you keep all the reviews, it just takes me to a blank page. I'm looking to read the other novel reviews you've posted but I can't seem to find them and the link doesn't take me to a list like I expected!
If you hover over the News tab on the menu, you'll get a dropdown and you can click Reviews from that. Alternatively - http://www.avpgalaxy.net/website/articles/ (http://www.avpgalaxy.net/website/articles/) It's to do with how the site is structured, I'm afraid. I'll ask D if there's anything we can do.
Glad you agree with it!
How do you mean "They were referring to themselves in human terms and reading English writing. "? They got smarter in the film which allowed them to escape. Where did they read things?
It never really occurred to me about the chestburster being delayed in Purvis either.
And you know, it actually excites me when I see you using big words like anthropomorphizing. Had to lookup what that meant. Never even heard it before.
Quote from: Darkness on May 12, 2015, 06:51:39 PM
How do you mean "They were referring to themselves in human terms and reading English writing. "? They got smarter in the film which allowed them to escape. Where did they read things?
The Alien POV has them describing themselves as the "perfect organism" and similiar comments from the previous films. They read things through the observation windows and stuff like that. It wasn't exactly a huge part but it was just a little distracting.
QuoteIt never really occurred to me about the chestburster being delayed in Purvis either.
I really liked Purvis in the book. What Crispin put extra into him really worked for me. He actually became more than a face.
Now I know what I am going to be reading while I wait for The Rage War. ;)
Thanks very much for the well written review, Corporal Hicks.
You should read them all the novelizations if you haven't already!
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on May 12, 2015, 08:29:03 AMIf you hover over the News tab on the menu, you'll get a dropdown and you can click Reviews from that. Alternatively - http://www.avpgalaxy.net/website/articles/ (http://www.avpgalaxy.net/website/articles/) It's to do with how the site is structured, I'm afraid. I'll ask D if there's anything we can do.
No worries, thanks, now I know where they're hiding.
No problem. Darkness has fixed that now so it'll point at the right place. Thanks for pointing it out. :)
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on May 13, 2015, 07:33:55 AM
You should read them all the novelizations if you haven't already!
I'm on the hunt!
They've just been reprinted so shouldn't be hard to find new copies. Failing that, you could probably pick up old ones from eBay.
I didn't know they got reprinted. Thanks for the info.
I got a hold of an original copy a couple of years ago without any problems. So there are plenty about.
I think I paid a penny for it :) Shipping cost about two hundred times more than the book.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Apr 24, 2015, 12:19:33 PM
I'm quite enjoying this actually. It can't get rid of Whedon's unsuitable dialogue but I'm enjoying what Crespin is doing with Ripley and all the callbacks. She's really using her knowledge of the series and taking advantage of the genetic memory. You are my lucky star during Ripley's escape from the Waste tank.
Also liked Gedimen having a chest-burster.
I always wondered if Gediman's big moment was inspired by the big moment shared between Capt. James Likowski and Horner in Aliens Book One issue 3...
Quote from: Perfect-Organism on Jun 09, 2015, 07:40:00 PM
I always wondered if Gediman's big moment was inspired by the big moment shared between Capt. James Likowski and Horner in Aliens Book One issue 3...
Remind me?
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Jun 10, 2015, 07:37:38 AM
Quote from: Perfect-Organism on Jun 09, 2015, 07:40:00 PM
I always wondered if Gediman's big moment was inspired by the big moment shared between Capt. James Likowski and Horner in Aliens Book One issue 3...
Remind me?
Mea Culpa. I got Gediman mixed up with Wren. I was referring to the big moment shared between Larry Purvis and Dr. Mason Wren.
In which case - remind me from the comic?