What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? November 03
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Alien as in the Alien movie franchise? Suggestions of where to start?
Yes! They have a thriving transmedia franchise going back to the 90s. Lots of comics and books. Honestly I kinda just judged a book by its cover and grabbed one at the library and now I'm 8 or 9 books deep. I mostly reference the wiki page to find associated novels.
Some that I've enjoyed are Into Charybdis, The Cold Forge, Colony War, and Cult. Honestly even the bad ones are nice, easy reads. Basically anything associated with Amanda Ripley, Zula Hendricks, or Dr. Blue Marsalis is great. I'm wrapping up Inferno's Fall now, which touches on the engineers and black goo a bit. Novelization of Isolation is good. They're all rad!
Also, fwiw, I was a big Star Wars EU (now Legends) and Halo book reader as a kid. I find that the Alien books fit the same niche, easy reads by talented authors that fill out a universe. I use the Alien books as a little breezy break between the larger hard sci-fi I usually read. It's either these lately, or some random horror book I find on the shelves at the library.
I got curious, yes as in the Alien movie franchise. See this wiki page for possibilities of where you can start reading, the novel mentioned by OP is under Further novels.
Bumped, I would like to know this too!!