"Not In My Backyard," Reviewing Predator: Turnabout - AvP Galaxy Podcast #142

Started by Corporal Hicks, Apr 04, 2022, 04:30:24 PM

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Corporal Hicks

We have just uploaded the 142nd episode of the Alien vs. Predator Galaxy Podcast (right-click and save as to download)! VoodooMagic is back for his debut episode of 2022 to join Corporal Hicks and RidgeTop in talking about Steve Perry’s 2008 novel Predator: Turnabout!

 "Not In My Backyard," Reviewing Predator: Turnabout - AvP Galaxy Podcast #142

In this episode we discuss the concept of a sniper vs. Predators, Predators vs. bears, how much Predator you need in your Predator novels, tension, the sequel short and plenty more!

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Kradan

Ooooh, man !

And Voodoo's back ! Yay ! I hope you treat him well this time, Corporal  :D

acrediblesource

i know there is a limited run, but how limited? paperbacks are never this expensive. :o

Xiggz456

NIMBY mf'ers! Lookin forward to listening as this is my favorite Predator novel!

Kradan

Kradan

#4
Although can I just say how much I dislike "The Hunter becomes the hunted " tagline ? I swear to God, I see variation of it put on every other Predator related media in recent years. It's like authors think of it as such a smart and clever twist on things while it gets painfully overused





Quote from: Predator: Hunters #1 synopsisSpace aliens have been coming to Earth for centuries — but not with any message of brotherhood or peace. They're here to hunt the toughest, most dangerous humans they can find. Only now their former prey have teamed up against them. Predators, watch your backs!

Quote from: Predator: Hunters III #3 synopsisThe Hunters compete in a game of wits with the Russians to find — and kill — the Predators. As they follow the Predator trail deeper into the treacherous jungle, they make a shocking discovery — there are two Predators! The hunters may become the hunted...


Well, Corporal, your timing couldn't being better with whole gun-porn talk


Something I agree with Voodoo (or whoever brought that up) on is that Perry bloody loves his characters thinking their backgrounds over and over. It's something I really struggled with re-reading Earth Hive/Nightmare Asylum novelisations where Hicks' stand-in kept thinking "oh I should've died way back when ooh blah blah blah ooooh I should've died but I didn't ooooooh blahblah" over and over and OVER

426Buddy

Great podcast! Haven't read the book myself. I haven't read SCS either. It's a crime that they are not readily available. I have ready the sequel short story though.


predator elite

The fact that they don't go for less than £50 is just shocking, you'd think a Kindle version or something would have been done by now

426Buddy

I kick myself all the time for not getting them when they came out.

Saith

Saith

#8
Overall, not a bad episode with some decent discussion here and there. Some of the criticisms do at least, I guess, mirror the approach that I am tentatively striking at with my own novella premise. Finding the balance between telling a story which exists 'outside' of the Predator scenario, while incorporating the very necessary element of 'The Hunt'.

(For those interested, more details regarding my multi media project may currently be discovered in the Fan Fiction forum thread. I do hope to have this hundred plus page accomplishment available by the end of the year. A literature work of old school action, featuring original artwork and music!)

Yet I digress, back to topic: I enjoyed the loose nature of this podcast and it would be great to see the discussion eventuate into 'South China Sea', of course should schedules permit.

Xiggz456

Great podcast guys! Here's my review from a couple years back:

Quote from: Xiggz456 on Jul 10, 2020, 12:22:08 PM

Finished "Predator: Turnabout" yesterday and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Steve Perry really did a good job on this one and there wasn't one instance of Predator POV (which I prefer but considering his output on "AVP: Prey" I was fully expecting the Pred POV). The human characters were all believable and fleshed out and I especially liked Sloane. Surprisingly the Predators weren't in the story all that much but their presence was felt throughout which I found very refreshing. I also liked how the Predators were originally on a hunting trip for Grizzlies before humans entered the mix. My only complaint is I found at least two dozen typos which took me right out of the story (C'mon Editors!). So far the DH Press Predator books get better with each subsequent release and now I'm about to start the highly lauded "South China Sea".

Since you mentioned 'Nam, there're several Vietnam war Predator encounters in the EU:

- The Bloody Sands of Time
- Recon (If It Bleeds)
- Hunters and the Hunted

BlueMarsalis79

So in retrospect it does not really hold a candle to South China Sea.

Corporal Hicks

Corporal Hicks

#11
Indeed. I would say South China Sea is superior.

BlueMarsalis79


Corporal Hicks

Yeah, I meant to agree with you. I'll amend.  :laugh:

BlueMarsalis79


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