Aliens Bishop

[TheBATMAN]

"Bloody hell, mate. I wouldn't f**k you with her pussy."

And there was me, thinking it couldn't get any worse than "Pugh, Pugh, McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble, Grub".

This not great then? This was one book I was actually looking forward to as a direct continuation of Alien 3.

[Slutty Badger]

"Bloody hell, mate. I wouldn't f**k you with her pussy."

And there was me, thinking it couldn't get any worse than "Pugh, Pugh, McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble, Grub".

This not great then? This was one book I was actually looking forward to as a direct continuation of Alien 3.

I'll answer your question with the following, from which you may draw your own conclusions.

You know the bar Hudson wanted to open in the Aliens novelization? Referenced here as well! And what is it called?

The Tech Noir.

[TheBATMAN]

"Bloody hell, mate. I wouldn't f**k you with her pussy."

And there was me, thinking it couldn't get any worse than "Pugh, Pugh, McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble, Grub".

This not great then? This was one book I was actually looking forward to as a direct continuation of Alien 3.

I'll answer your question with the following, from which you may draw your own conclusions.

You know the bar Hudson wanted to open in the Aliens novelization? Referenced here as well! And what is it called?

The Tech Noir.

[Corporal Hicks]

My copy still hasn't shipped from Waterstones.

[Slutty Badger]

My copy still hasn't shipped from Waterstones.

Neither did mine. Get it from WHSmith instead.

[TheBATMAN]

There must be some good points to this? Are their Aliens in it or is it all just about the politics?

[Slutty Badger]

There must be some good points to this? Are their Aliens in it or is it all just about the politics?

The author's blatant Aussie self-insert character compares the Three World Empire symbol to the Nazi swastika, and one of the Royal Marines has an "imperial chin", whatever that means. And apparently the 3WE is now an evil dictatorship that shuts down universities for "harbouring subversives".

But, uh, yeah, some aliens do show up. They, er, cocoon people and stuff.

[Still Collating...]

They haven't really even fleshed out the 3WE and they're making it a cartoon villain state already? I haven't read this yet, so will try to at some point before I make my final judgement, but can Titan actually hire competent authors again?
I like the RPG quite a lot (even though the criticisms against it are legit), but every novel that has had anything to do with the RPG has caricatured the elements to the extreme. it's like a bunch of friends, amateur RPG players are writing these books. Maybe not, some of the GMs and players do a better job of creating top level stories.

[TheBATMAN]

Yeah ive said a few times now. The novels started going downhill when they started crossing with the RPG. A shame because the RPG is largely excellent.

[Slutty Badger]

They haven't really even fleshed out the 3WE and they're making it a cartoon villain state already?

Kick in the teeth, no? The 3WE is such a diverse mix of countries that it has the potential to be the most interesting of the conglomerate nations, and that potential has been roundly squandered so far.

[Wweyland]

Wait it's already out? I thought it would be arriving in December.

[[cancerblack]]

They haven't really even fleshed out the 3WE and they're making it a cartoon villain state already?

Kick in the teeth, no? The 3WE is such a diverse mix of countries that it has the potential to be the most interesting of the conglomerate nations, and that potential has been roundly squandered so far.

I'm currently doing a little zoomed in world building for 3WE PMCs, primarily because there's some really nice plastic miniatures for sci-fi soldiers that are very Aliens but not quite enough to be USCMC for real-world legal reasons, and I need to justify the purchase/painting effort. 

Definitely going more Libertarian "paradise" than Fascist with my musings there, because, why wouldn't you in Alien?

[Slutty Badger]

Also...

Spoiler

Robert Morse shows up.

And he asks for... ICE CREAM! 'Cos he says "ice cream" in Alien 3!

[close]

*barks and claps like a seal*

Man, I gotta start spoilering this shit.

EDIT: So I did!

[[cancerblack]]

Ironically he's the only minor character who actually deserves some EU love. Even then, I'd say a whole novel would be too much.

[Slutty Badger]

Ironically he's the only minor character who actually deserves some EU love. Even then, I'd say a whole novel would be too much.

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