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This is the story of the Arrival of the Newcomers, called "Slags". It tells the story of how and why Matthew Sykes and George Francisco became partners, and in time became friends.
This is the book upon which the Alien Nation Movies were made. And those movies are the basis upon which the Alien Nation book series was based.
This is the book upon which the Alien Nation Movies were made. And those movies are the basis upon which the Alien Nation book series was based.
Apologies to "dragonsbreath" for a correction to that member's review but -
While this is the story of the arrival of the newcomers, occasionally called 'slags' as a slang name, etc.
It is not the book on which the movies were made.
As pointed out at the bottom of the front cover it is the book or novelization of the movie Alien Nation based on the screenplay written by Rockne S. O'Bannon.
Additionally, whilst the later written Alien Nation books do concern the newcomers interaction with the Los Angeles community they have been written using information drawn from other sources. This 'other sources' can be found on the Acknowledgements page in each story book.
While this is the story of the arrival of the newcomers, occasionally called 'slags' as a slang name, etc.
It is not the book on which the movies were made.
As pointed out at the bottom of the front cover it is the book or novelization of the movie Alien Nation based on the screenplay written by Rockne S. O'Bannon.
Additionally, whilst the later written Alien Nation books do concern the newcomers interaction with the Los Angeles community they have been written using information drawn from other sources. This 'other sources' can be found on the Acknowledgements page in each story book.
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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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- Canonical title
- Alien Nation
- Original title
- Outer Heat
- Original publication date
- 1988-08
- People/Characters
- Matthew 'Matt' Sykes; George Francisco; Kristin; Mark McCoy; Mandy McCoy; Harcourt
- Important places
- Mojave Desert, California, USA
- Important events
- Arrival of the Newcomers, or "Slags"
- Related movies
- Alien Nation (1989 | IMDb)
- Dedication
- This one's dedicated to
James and Gale Anne
Who are having a lot of fun and sharing it. - First words
- Those who saw it called it spectacular, and not a one of them failed to underestimate it.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)His daughter was pulling slightly, but a moment later he was matching her stride for stride.
- Disambiguation notice
- Original title: Outer Heat
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