Alien 3, Alan Dean Foster
Alien 3, Alan Dean Foster
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Alien 3

Author: Alan Dean Foster

Narrator: Lance Henriksen

Abridged: 2 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/01/1992


Synopsis

In the remnants of a space vehicle, sleeps Ellen Ripley, a woman who has battled a monstrous enemy twice. The first time, the creature killed the entire whole crew of the Nostromo. The second time, it slaughtered a dozen of death-dealing Marines. Now on a bleak planet that houses a horde of defiant prisoners, Ripley will have to fight the ultimate alien horror one more time, a final encounter she may not survive.

About Alan Dean Foster

New York Times bestselling author Alan Dean Foster has written in a variety of genres, including hard science fiction, fantasy, horror, detective, western, historical, and contemporary fiction. He is also the author of numerous nonfiction articles, as well as novelizations of many films, including Star Wars, the first three Alien films, and Alien Nation. His novel Cyber Way won the Southwest Book Award for Fiction, the first science fiction book to ever do so. Alan lives with his wife in Prescott, Arizona.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Craig on September 26, 2021

This is my least favorite of Foster's Alien novelizations, which makes sense since it was my least favorite of the films. It's shorter than the first two, and Foster didn't seem to add much to the story, just transcribing the script into adapted prose. (Which he did most competently, I should add.)......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on August 10, 2018

This one didn't grab me like the Covenant novelization. While the narrator himself did a great job, the story seemed lacking to me. I honestly didn't remember much from the movie, so going into this was basically a blank slate. I guess I see now why the film was so forgettable to me. Ignoring how I f......more

Goodreads review by Alexander on December 03, 2019

3.4/5 The notorious Alien 3 is often the recipient for a whole lotta hate in the Alien fandom. In some sense, I guess I can't blame the majority of fans for their reasoning behind it, but I don't quite agree with it. The deaths of fan-favourite characters right smack-dab at the start of this third mo......more

Goodreads review by Kyle on March 23, 2021

Another excellently written adaptation from Alan Dean Foster, this time of one of the more underrated entries into the Alien franchise. I should start this review by saying that I personally like Alien 3 (especially the Assembly Cut, which this novelisation reflects far more). Once again, we follow El......more

Goodreads review by Ortensjia on July 31, 2021

Obcy 3 podobał mi się najbardziej ze wszystkich części. Oby ta historia się jeszcze nie skończyła, czekam na kolejne tomy......more