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Alien

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Copyright © 1979 by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
1979
Horror; Novelization; Science Fiction
1979
1 time
13 chapters
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204
 Alien Novelizations*
#1 of 5
Alien Novelizations*     See series as if on a bookshelf
The Alien movie adaptations.

1) Alien
For Jim McQuade...
A good friend and fellow
explorer of extreme possibilities...
Seven dreamers.
May contain spoilers
Let's go to sleep...."
Comments may contain spoilers
According to Alan Dean Foster, in an interview, he was never given a description of the alien monster before writing this book.
Extract not on file

 

Added: 29-Dec-2002
Last Updated: 11-Apr-2023

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 01-Jun-1979
Warner Books
Mass Market Paperback
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Date Issued:
Cir 01-Jun-1979
Format:
Mass Market Paperback
Cover Price:
$2.25
Pages*:
270
Read:
Once
Internal ID:
538
Publisher:
ISBN:
0-446-82977-3
ISBN-13:
978-0-446-82977-9
Printing:
1
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Credits:
H Roberts - Book Design
Where was Earth?

This was not their galaxy.  A strange sun lit the sky with orange rays.  In their long cold sleep, the seven space travelers had left their own universe behind, and now their monitor told them that on the planet revolving below them, someone was signalling for help.  By space law, they must descend, explore and render assistance.  But they would carry weapons.  For who could tell what being called to them - or why.  All they knew was that it was Alien.

TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX PRESENTS
ALIEN
TOM SKERRITT • SIGOURNEY WEAVER
VERONICA CARTWRIGHT • HARRY DEAN STANTON
JOHN HURT • IAN HOLM & YAPHET KOTTO AS PARKER
Executive Producer RONALD SHUSETT
Produced by GORDON CARROLL, DAVID GILER and WALTER HILL
Directed by RIDLEY SCOTT
Story by DAN O'BANNON & RONALD SHUSETT
Screenplay by DAN O'BANNON  Music by JERRY GOLDSMITH
PANAVISION®  EASTMAN KODAK COLOR®  PRINTS BY DELUXE®
© 1979 20th Century Fox Film Corp.
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Notes and Comments:
First Printing: June, 1979
First printing based on the number line

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01-Jun-1979
Warner Books
Mass Market Paperback

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