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A science fiction detective thriller on one of Jupiter's moons. A Federal marshal discovers that the moon miners are going mad and dying. And as he seeks the truth, he stands alone.Tags
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Outland is a classic of science-fiction film but not generally well known, probably because it didn't spawn a franchise. It was a peer with other great films of the late 70s and early 80s like Blade Runner, Alien, Star Wars. Having enjoyed Foster's novelization of Alien, I found a yellow-paged mass-market paperback printed in 1982 and breezed through it in no time. This is a thinking-persons science-fiction. There are no aliens, no magical technology, very believable if gritty near future, not a ton of stupid action. It's best remembered for the depictions of uncontrolled decompression in the vacuum of space causing the body to explode - this turns out to be myth, still it made for some gruesomely memorable scenes.
Overall I found the show more novel as good or better than the movie. Sean Connery wasn't the right cast. The story is based on High Noon and it involves a man of no great potential rising unexpectedly to overcome forces larger than himself. But Connery is not that kind of actor, he arrives already a great man by association (James Bond!), of course he will prevail. The novel in this regard is more successful. Overall, really great classic science-fiction that is worth reading as well as watching, particularly for more recent fans of Moon. show less
Overall I found the show more novel as good or better than the movie. Sean Connery wasn't the right cast. The story is based on High Noon and it involves a man of no great potential rising unexpectedly to overcome forces larger than himself. But Connery is not that kind of actor, he arrives already a great man by association (James Bond!), of course he will prevail. The novel in this regard is more successful. Overall, really great classic science-fiction that is worth reading as well as watching, particularly for more recent fans of Moon. show less
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Bestselling science fiction writer Alan Dean Foster was born in New York City in 1946, but raised mainly in California. He received a B.A. in Political Science from UCLA in 1968, and a M.F.A. in 1969. Foster enjoys traveling because it gives him opportunities to meet new people and explore new places and cultures. This interest is carried over to show more his writing, but with a twist: the new places encountered in his books are likely to be on another planet, and the people may belong to an alien race. Foster began his career as an author when a letter he sent to Arkham Collection was purchased by the editor and published in the magazine in 1968. His first novel, The Tar-Aiym Krang, introduced the Humanx Commonwealth, a galactic alliance between humans and an insectlike race called Thranx. Several other novels, including the Icerigger trilogy, are also set in the world of the Commonwealth. The Tar-Aiym Krang also marked the first appearance of Flinx, a young man with paranormal abilities, who reappears in other books, including Orphan Star, For Love of Mother-Not, and Flinx in Flux. Foster has also written The Damned series and the Spellsinger series, which includes The Hour of the Gate, The Moment of the Magician, The Paths of the Perambulator, and Son of Spellsinger, among others. Other books include novelizations of science fiction movies and television shows such as Star Trek, The Black Hole, Starman, Star Wars, and the Alien movies. Splinter of the Mind's Eye, a bestselling novel based on the Star Wars movies, received the Galaxy Award in 1979. The book Cyber Way won the Southwest Book Award for Fiction in 1990. His novel Our Lady of the Machine won him the UPC Award (Spain) in 1993. He also won the Ignotus Award (Spain) in 1994 and the Stannik Award (Russia) in 2000. He is the recipient of the Faust, the IAMTW Lifetime achievement award. Alan Dean Foster's Star Wars: The Force Awakens, was a 2015 New York Times bestseller. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Outland [sci-fi] (Novelization)
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- Canonical title
- Outland
- Original title
- Outland
- Original publication date
- 1981-03
- Related movies
- Outland (1981 | IMDb)
- Dedication
- For Emery Morris of Shackleford County, Texas,
my favorite ex-sheriff,
Who would understand O'Niel... - First words
- Nearly everything had to be imported to Io, including love.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)It was a very long list, and almost as satisfying to the men and women who watched it unfold on Station Green as was the warmth of the woman O'Niel held tightly next to him in the bed on board the transport....
- Disambiguation notice
- Based on the screenplay by Peter Hyams
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- English, French, German, Swedish
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- Paper, Ebook
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