The Making of Alien

Author: J. W. Rinzler
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1789090555
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A comprehensive and definitive volume telling the complete story of how Alien was made, featuring new interviews with Ridley Scott and other production crew, and including many rarely-seen photos and illustrations from the Fox archives. In 1979 a movie legend was born, as Twentieth Century-Fox and director Ridley Scott unleashed Alien - and gave audiences around the world the scare of their lives. To celebrate the movie's fortieth anniversary, author J.W. Rinzler (The Making of Star Wars) tells the whole fascinating story of how Alien evolved from a simple idea in the mind of writer Dan O'Bannon into one of the most memorable sci-fi horror thrillers of all time. With brand new interviews with Ridley Scott and other key members of the original production crew, and featuring many never-before-seen photographs and artworks from the archives, The Making of Alien is the definitive work on this masterpiece of popular cinema.

Alien

Author: Alan Dean Foster
Publisher: Sphere
ISBN: 9780708816783
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 253

Book Description
The crew of a commercial spaceship makes an unscheduled landing on a barren and desolate planet. They encounter a pulsating organism that attaches itself to one of the crew members and reproduces within his body to become the deadly alien.

Giger's Alien

Author: Hansruedi Giger
Publisher: Titan Books (UK)
ISBN: 9781852862190
Category : Alien (Motion picture)
Languages : en
Pages : 72

Book Description
The classic status of Alien, the movie, is in large part due to Academy-Award winning artist and designer H.R. Giger. This book provides a complete illustrated record of the months of painstaking work that went into designing the most frightening movie monster of them all.

Alien: Prototype

Author: Tim Waggoner
Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)
ISBN: 1789092205
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 286

Book Description
When an industrial spy steals a Xenomorph egg, former Colonial Marine Zula Hendricks must prevent an alien from killing everyone on an isolated colony planet. Venture, a direct rival to the Weyland-Yutani corporation, will accept any risk to crush the competition. Thus, when a corporate spy "acquires" a bizarre, leathery egg from a hijacked vessel, she takes it directly to the Venture testing facility on Jericho 3. Though unaware of the danger it poses, the scientists there recognize their prize's immeasurable value. Early tests reveal little, however, and they come to an inevitable conclusion. They need a human test subject... ENTER ZULA HENDRICKS A member of the Jericho 3 security staff, Colonial Marines veteran Zula Hendricks has been tasked with training personnel to deal with anything the treacherous planet can throw their way. Yet nothing can prepare them for the horror that appears--a creature more hideous than any Zula has encountered before. Unless stopped, it will kill every human being on the planet.

Alien - Invasion

Author: Tim Lebbon
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1783296097
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
For centuries Weyland-Yutani has tried to weaponize the aliens. Now someone has beaten them to it, sweeping through Yautja space and turning predator into prey. Faced with the overwhelming forces of the Rage, Earth envoys forge an unprecedented alliance with the Predators. Yet even the combined might of two races may not be enough to stop the carnage, as an unstoppable swarm of Xenomorphs topples planet after planet, penetrating ever deeper into the Human Sphere.

Alien Listening

Author: Daniel K. L. Chua
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1942130538
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"In 1977 NASA shot a mixtape into outer space. The Golden Record aboard the Voyager spacecraft contains world music and sounds of the Earth with which humanity represents itself to any extraterrestrial civilizations. This book asks the big questions that the Golden Record raises. Can music live up to its reputation as the universal language in communications with the unknown? How do we fit all of human culture into a time capsule that will barrel through space for tens of thousands of years?"--

Alien - Out of the Shadows (Book 1)

Author: Tim Lebbon
Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)
ISBN: 1781162697
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 337

Book Description
THE FIRST IN AN ALL NEW, OFFICIAL TRILOGY SET IN THE ALIEN UNIVERSE! Featuring the iconic Ellen Ripley in a terrifying new adventure that bridges the gap between Alien and Aliens. Officially sanctioned and true to the Alien cannon, Alien: Out of the Shadows expands upon the well-loved mythos and is a must for all Alien fans.

Dancing with an Alien

Author: Mary Logue
Publisher: HarperTeen
ISBN: 9780064472098
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description
When Tonia meets Branko, an alien who was sent to earth to bring a female back to his planet, her life is forever changed as their unusual relationship develops over one magical summer. Reprint.

The Book of Alien

Author: Paul Scanlon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780930368432
Category : Alien (Motion picture)
Languages : en
Pages : 12

Book Description

Your Alien

Author: Tammi Sauer
Publisher: Union Square Press
ISBN: 9781454950622
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A little boy meets a stranded alien child and the two instantly strike up a fabulous friendship. They go to school, explore the neighborhood, and have lots of fun all day. However, when bedtime rolls around, the little boy must comfort his homesick new friend. This funny, heartwarming story proves that friends and family are the most important things in the universe . . . no matter who or where you are.