Alien 3 (original 1992; edition 1992)

by Alan Dean Foster, Larry Ferguson, David Giler, Walter Hill, Alan Dean Foster (Adapter)

Series: Aliens Novelizations (3), Aliens Novels (film novelization 3)

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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.… (more)

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Member:	feaelin
Title:	Alien 3
Authors:	Alan Dean Foster
Other authors:	Larry Ferguson, David Giler, Walter Hill, Alan Dean Foster (Adapter)
Info:	Warner Books (1992), Paperback, 224 pages
Collections:	Fiction: Main Library, Physical Inventory
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Tags:	alien tetraology, fiction, science fiction, novelization, alien contact horror

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Alien 3 [novelization] by Alan Dean Foster (1992)

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Alien III by William Gibson and narrated by a full cast, including the original "Hicks" and "Bishop". Love the cover art too! The first few minutes gets the listener oriented to where in the story plot things are happening. Then the new material is presented. It is fast paced, exciting, and wonderful just what I have come to expect and love from all the Alien movies!
The full cast with the music was just like watching a movie ( with my eyes closed, lol)! (

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MontzaleeW | Jun 12, 2019 |

The third instalment in the Alien franchise, poor Ripley just can't catch a break, after escaping for the second time, once again she finds herself trapped somewhere with a alien. This time it's a slightly different version after incubating in a mutated ox.

Various machinations follow, not as atmospheric as the last two but nonetheless a good sci fi romp. (

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HenriMoreaux | Apr 11, 2018 |

Several years ago I bought a truckload of books from some guy on Craigslist. A ton of hardcovers and a bunch of paperbacks.

I put the majority of them up on Paperbackswap.com and got rid of them, but I still have about 2-3 shelves of books I haven't been able to get rid off. In the wintertime I can't take my ereader to work [as I work outside and sub-freezing weather doesn't agree with the ereader], so I fall back on paperbooks.

I've seen Aliens, so wanted to see what happened after and I needed a book to read at lunch.

Bleh. Stilted and boring.... (

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Aliens Novelizations (3)

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The Complete Alien Omnibus: "Alien", "Aliens", "Alien 3" by Alan Dean Foster

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Alien³ [1992 film] by David Fincher

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Alien 3 [novelization]

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Alien 3

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1992

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Alien³ (1992 | IMDb)

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With thanks to Insight Computers of Tempe, Arizona for their wonderful computers ADF

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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.

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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.

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