Alien

by Alan Dean Foster

mass market paperback

French language

Published Jan. 4, 1999 by J'ai lu.

ISBN:: 978-2-290-01115-7

(23 reviews)

Based on the screenplay by Dan O'Bannon. The crew of the spaceship Nostromo wake from cryogenic sleep to distress signals from an unknown planet. One is attacked when they investigate a derelict alien craft. Safely on their way back to Sol, none foresee the real horror about to begin.

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3 stars

Embarrassed to admit I read this as well as several Star Wars novelizations by Alan Dean Foster when I was a teen. In the case of Alien, however, I read the book because I wasn't allowed to see the R rated movie of the same name (which is also the reason I read Peter Benchley's Jaws when I was 12).

So a belated thank you to Alan Dean Foster for this competently written but ultimately forgettable book--and for allowing me to get around not only the MPAA rating system but the will of my overly strict father.