Alien: Phalanx by Scott Sigler

Started by Corporal Hicks, Jul 10, 2019, 12:59:28 PM

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Kradan

Kradan

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Kradan

Kradan

#362
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I liked Creen a lot too. I find his relationship with Ahiliyah to be very reminiscent of Ripley and Morse
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j0nesy

j0nesy

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Quote from: Kradan on May 29, 2020, 09:28:44 PM
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I liked Creen a lot too. I find his relationship with Ahiliyah to be very reminiscent of Ripley and Morse
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that's exactly what i thought while reading phalanx too!

also, ridgetop, you should read the cold forge, stat!

Perfect-Organism

You guys are gonna make me read this!   >:(

I am totally baffled at how good of a response this is getting.  I read Aliens: Stalker and it took me about 4 years to finish.  I was just not down with Conan meets Aliens vibe.  Is this book along the same lines in terms of vibe?

SM

SM

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No.

Four years to read a twenty odd page comic?

Perfect-Organism

I think it was the second last series in those Dark Horse compilations from a few years ago.  I think reading everything back to back burned me out on Aliens a bit.  For 4 years or so I would pick up book 6 and try to restart Stalker again and again, but it was just not keeping my attention.  I usually read about 4 or 5 books concurrently.  Eventually finished Stalker and it left me nonplussed.  Total chore.

I'm actually getting kind of excited about Phalanx though, given the praises of many people on here who I know are hard to please...

SM

SM

#367
Stalker had some great art and setting but the ending was a little too Eowyn.

Perfect-Organism

The art was terrific.  The story just didn't captivate me.  Couple pages in, and I'd put it down.  I definitely like my Aliens in a sci-fi setting.  Or, quite possibly, I like my sci-fi setting... with Aliens in it.  The idea of a haunted spaceship with a vicious alien in it lurking and stalking is a perennial fascination.  Aliens in the forest or some medieval setting?  Not so sure.

But there are a lot of folks here with pretty good taste in sci-fi so maybe I'll pick this book up on their praises.  Saying that this book tops Cold Forge, says a lot.

Nightmare Asylum

If you don't like the idea of the medieval setting, I don't know how much  this book would work for you, honestly. Even with some of the sci-fi backdrops, the period-inspired setting very much dictates the structure of the majority of the novel.

I personally preferred The Cold Forge, myself, but also really loved Phalanx. These are really the only two Alien expanded universe novels I particularly care about, to be honest.

Perfect-Organism

So the novels I have ahead of me are Echo, Prototype, and Charybdis.  And recommendations for order of reading?  Does it matter?

Nightmare Asylum

I'd read Phalanx after The Cold Forge. Scott Sigler and Alex White have been in communication and because of that Sigler implemented a couple fun little references to White's TCF in Phalanx. Beyond that, I'm pretty sure everything else is basically standalone. Into Charybdis isn't due out until 2021, but since that one is also an Alex White novel, I'd imagine that it will have some more references to the little micro-continuity that White and Sigler seem to be establishing.

Perfect-Organism

Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on May 30, 2020, 05:07:35 PM
I'd read Phalanx after The Cold Forge. Scott Sigler and Alex White have been in communication and because of that Sigler implemented a couple fun little references to White's TCF in Phalanx. Beyond that, I'm pretty sure everything else is basically standalone. Into Charybdis isn't due out until 2021, but since that one is also an Alex White novel, I'd imagine that it will have some more references to the little micro-continuity that White and Sigler seem to be establishing.

Thanks Nightmare Asylum!

SpaceKase

SpaceKase

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Quote from: Perfect-Organism on May 30, 2020, 04:38:13 PM
So the novels I have ahead of me are Echo, Prototype, and Charybdis.  And recommendations for order of reading?  Does it matter?

Opinions vary greatly on Prototype and Echo, the former had a great start with some uneven follow-through, and the latter has some really annoying side-character(s) but has some definite high points, but ultimately feels like a set-up for something which may or may not ever be followed up on. It's kind of hard to put either of them in the same class of either Phalanx or Cold Forge, but both books are good and worthy of a read; I would definitely like to read more of what Mira Grant and Tim Waggoner have to offer from further potential works in the universes though.

SM

SM

#374
They should've got Mira Grant to re-write the Colonial Marines comic after Wood got the flick.

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