Set in the late 21st century, the crew of the spaceship Prometheus follows a star map discovered among the artifacts of several ancient Earth cultures. To combat the incalculable alien menace, she teams up with a renegade band of space smugglers from Betty. Ripley discovers that her "resurrection" is a result of an incredible experiment that has altered both her and the creature she has been carrying. Her last memory is of her own fiery death.
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.Įllen Ripley awakens onboard the space station Auriga. When an escape pod from the USS Sulaco crash-lands there, Ellen Ripley appears to be the only passenger left alive. After contact with the colony is lost due to another Alien infestation, Ripley decides to go and help the colonists with the help of space marines and finally put an end to the alien lifeform.įury 161 is a wretched planet - a penal colony and an industrial complex manned by violent prisoners. She learns that in her absence, the planet where she encountered the Alien creature-now known as LV-426 or Acheron-is now the home of a terraforming colony. The remaining crew members attempt to survive and kill the alien as it picks them off one by one.Īfter having spent 57 years in hypersleep, Ripley is found and awakened by a medical station orbiting Earth. One of these eggs opens and a creature attaches itself to Executive Officer Kane, which later results in a deadly and aggressive extraterrestrial bursting from his chest.
Investigating the signal, they discover a derelict ship containing hundreds of egg-like objects. The seven crew members of the commercial space tug Nostromo, which includes Warrant Officer Ellen Ripley, detect a transmission from nearby moon on their return trip to Earth. The success of the novels led to the publication of further stories, including a novelization of the video game Alien: Isolation (2014). The following year, Foster would write both a novelization and prequel to Alien: Covenant (2017). In 2016, Alien: Invasion was published, which is the second book in Lebbon's The Rage Wars trilogy a crossover between the Alien, Predator, and Alien vs. Out of the Shadows was the first in a trilogy of books, and is canon to the events of the film series. In 2014, after six years, Titan Books started publication of Alien novels once more, starting with Alien: Out of the Shadows, written by Tim Lebbon.
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Following the release of Aliens: No Exit in 2008, the novel series once more went into hiatus. DH Press' series took place after the events of the fourth film Alien Resurrection (1997), despite the fact that it was based on the second film. This marked the first time in the franchise where novels were original stories, rather than adaptations. DH Press-Dark Horse Comics' novel publishing imprint-published six original novels from 2005 to 2008. Throughout the 1990s, Bantam Books published nine novelizations of Alien comic books published by Dark Horse Comics.Īfter going on a hiatus, the franchise returned in book form in 2005. The first three novelizations were written by Alan Dean Foster. From 1979 up to 1997, Warner Books published novelizations of the first four films in the year of release 1979, 1986, 1992, and 1997, respectively. In the 20th century, all Alien-related novels published were adaptations of pre-existing material.
The Alien literary franchise consists of multiple novels and short stories based on the eponymous film franchise, which began in 1979 with the release of Alien. The Alien logo was first used for the first film in the franchise and later the novel series.
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