Alien: Covenant - The Official Movie Novelization

Author: Alan Dean Foster
Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)
ISBN: 1785654799
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 291

Book Description
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. When they uncover a threat beyond their imaginations, they must attempt a harrowing escape. Acclaimed author Alan Dean Foster also returns to the universe he first encountered with the official novelization of the original Alien film. Alien: Covenant is the pivotal adventure that preceded that seminal film, and leads to the events that will yield one of the most terrifying sagas of all time.

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.

Alien: Covenant 2 - The Official Prequel to the Blockbuster Film

Author: Titan Books
Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)
ISBN: 1785654772
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289

Book Description
The Covenant mission is the most ambitious endeavor in the history of Weyland-Yutani. A ship bound for Origae-6, carrying two thousand colonists beyond the limits of known space, this is make-or-break investment for the corporation—and for the future of all mankind. Yet there are those who would die to stop the mission. As the colony ship hovers in Earth orbit, several violent events reveal a deadly conspiracy to sabotage the launch. While Captain Jacob Branson and his wife Daniels complete their preparations, security chief Daniel Lopé recruits the final key member of his team. Together they seek to stop the perpetrators before the ship and its passengers can be destroyed. An original novel by the acclaimed ALAN DEAN FOSTER, author of the groundbreaking Alien novelization, Origins is the official chronicle of the events that led up to Alien: Covenant. It also reveals the world the colonists left behind.

Alien 3: The Official Movie Novelization

Author: Alan Dean Foster
Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)
ISBN: 178329020X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 169

Book Description
Fury 161 is a wretched planet – a penal colony and industrial complex manned by violent prisoners. When an escape pod from the USS Sulaco crash-lands there, Ellen Ripley appears to be the only passenger left alive. Then inmates begin to die, all at the hands of another survivor. A creature which encounters Ripley, and spares her life! Desperate to know why, she seeks out an answer – and discovers terror unlike any she’s ever known. Science fiction master Alan Dean Foster returns to the Alien universe to reveal the ultimate destinies of Ellen Ripley and her eternal foe, the xenomorph known as the Alien.

Alien

Author: Walter Hill
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Motion picture plays
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description

The Art and Making of Alien: Covenant

Author: Simon Ward
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1785653814
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Ridley Scott returns to the universe he created with Alien: Covenant, a new chapter in the groundbreaking Alien franchise. The crew of the colony ship Covenant discover what they think is an uncharted paradise, but it is actually a dark, dangerous world, whose sole inhabitant is the synthetic David, survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition. Alien: Covenant – The Art of the Film reveals how the visual style of the film evolved, with breathtaking concept art accompanied by insight and interviews with key cast and crew. This official companion book explores all the major environments, creatures and technology that feature in this exciting new movie. It explores the intricate technology of the eponymous colony ship and its auxiliary vehicles, designs of the crew’s uniforms and weaponry, artwork of key locations and breathtaking alien art imagery in amazing detail. Packed with fascinating sketches, blueprints, diagrams, full-color artwork, final film frames and behind-the-scenes shots from the set, Alien: Covenant – The Art of the Film is the ultimate literary companion to this highly anticipated movie event. TM & © 2017 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved.

Aliens: The Official Movie Novelization

Author: Alan Dean Foster
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 178329017X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
In the sequel to the 1979 film Alien, Ellen Ripley is forced to return to planet LV-426, where her crew encountered the hostile Alien creature. There they discovered hundreds of eggs, and just one slaughtered everyone but Ripley. This time she's accompanied by a unit of Colonial Marines, but even their firepower may not be enough for them to survive and learn the fate of the colony known as Hadley's Hope

AVP: Alien vs. Predator

Author: Marc Cerasini
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 9780060735371
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 300

Book Description
Two of 20th Century Fox's most successful franchises are paired in a monster showdown first seen in a hit series by Dark Horse Comics, then in video games. Now, the two sci-fi icons appear in a new film directed by Paul W.S. Anderson ("Resident Evil"), scheduled for release in August. Original.

Alien Covenant: David’s Drawings

Author: Dane Hallett
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1785659243
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Delve into this exclusive Alien Covenant collection, containing two books, to gain an insight into David's descent into madness. Packed over two hundred illustrations and an interview with Dane Hallett and Matt Hatton, the artists from the set. Before Alien Covenant, David was stranded alone on the Engineers' planet and--left to his own dark devices--he began to push the boundaries of creation. Delve into this exclusive collection, containing two books, to gain an insight into the android's descent into madness. The in-universe sketchbook contains over two hundred illustrations from the set and will take you inside the mind of David. It features the complete arc of his journey from the studies of flora and fauna, to his more sinister experiments on creatures, and the disturbing demise of Dr. Elizabeth Shaw. The companion book, Developing the Art of an Android, holds an interview with Dane Hallett and Matt Hatton--the artists behind all of the beautifully grotesque sketches. Alien Covenant: David's Drawings will satisfy every serious fan's hunger for details of the most intriguing character from the Alien prequels.

Prometheus: Life and Death

Author: Dan Abnett
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
ISBN: 1630086568
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 98

Book Description
Colonial Marines have taken possession of an "abandoned" alien spacecraft-only to discover its owner is still onboard! Instead of heading to Earth as expected, the humans end up on LV-223 (the planet where the events in the film Prometheus took place). There they must contend with hostile alien life forms, as well as the mysterious "Engineers" who are determined to wipe out not just them, but possibly all of humanity! This is the second chapter in the Life and Death story cycle-the follow-up to 2015's epic Fire and Stone crossover event. Before this tale is complete, the story lines of Predator, Prometheus, Aliens, and Aliens vs. Predator will all converge!