Alien Covenant, Alan Dean Foster
Alien Covenant, Alan Dean Foster
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Alien: Covenant
A Novel

Author: Alan Dean Foster

Narrator: Tom Taylorson

Unabridged: 8 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/23/2017

Synopsis

Ridley Scott returns to the universe he created, with Alien: Covenant, a new chapter in his groundbreaking Alien adventure. The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise. But it is actually a dark, dangerous world.

About Alan Dean Foster

Alan Dean Foster’s work to date includes excursions into hard science fiction, fantasy, horror, detective, western, historical, and contemporary fiction. He has also written numerous nonfiction articles on film, science, and scuba diving and produced the novel versions of many films, including such well-known productions as Star Wars, the first three Alien films, Alien Nation, and The Chronicles of Riddick. Other works include scripts for talking records, radio, computer games, and the story for the first Star Trek movie. His novel Shadowkeep was the first ever book adaptation of an original computer game. In addition to publication in English his work has been translated into more than fifty languages and has won awards in Spain and Russia. His novel Cyber Way won the Southwest Book Award for Fiction in 1990, the first work of science fiction ever to do so.

About Tom Taylorson

Tom Taylorson is an Earphones Award–winning narrator and Chicago-based actor with over a decade of stage experience. In that time he also built a voice-over career and now primarily works as a voice actor. Tom is an adjunct faculty member at Columbia College Chicago, teaching voice-over for interactive media.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bentley ★ Bookbastion.net on June 30, 2017

See this review and more like it at www.bookbastion.net Fans of the Xenomorph rejoice, because the creature from your nightmares is back. Set 10 years after the fateful events of Prometheus, Alien:Covenant continues Ridley Scott's new vision for the franchise, and for the titular character, the Alien......more

Goodreads review by Melody on December 26, 2017

I preferred the novelization to the film, because we get more into the minds of the characters, particularly David. Their motives made more sense. This is why books are so much greater than films, IMO. We get a chance to learn more about the psychology behind the characters.......more

Goodreads review by aPriL does feral sometimes on August 17, 2018

'Alien: Covenant - the Official Movie Novelization' is number six in the Alien movie series as well as in the movie novelizations, although it is stated on the cover to be number five. Readers must actually begin first with the Ridley Scott movie 'Alien' or with the novelization by Alan Dean Foster......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on August 08, 2018

I didn't totally hate the Covenant film, but it could have been a lot better. It had a great cast, but the story suffered (although there were some scenes that I enjoyed). I think this novelization was better than the film. The characters were more developed and the scary scenes were well-done. Part......more

Goodreads review by Ömer on July 02, 2017

3.05/5 Yorumu için: [URL not allowed]......more

Quotes

“Foster’s treatment of the source material has only enhanced my appreciation for this classic story.”

Blogcritics on Alien™

“As timeless as the movie that spawned it.”

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Awards

  • Voice Arts Award
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