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Alien: Covenant Origins

The Official Prequel to the Blockbuster Film

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Alien: Covenant Origins

By: Alan Dean Foster
Narrated by: Tom Taylorson
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The Covenant mission is the most ambitious endeavor in the history of Weyland-Yutani. A ship bound for Origae-6, carrying 2,000 colonists beyond the limits of known space, this is a make-or-break investment for the corporation - and for the future of all mankind.

Yet there are those who would die to stop the mission. As the colony ship hovers in Earth orbit, several violent events reveal a deadly conspiracy to sabotage the launch. While Captain Jacob Branson and his wife, Daniels, complete their preparations, security chief Daniel Lope recruits the final key member of his team. Together they seek to stop the perpetrators before the ship and its passengers can be destroyed.

An original novel by the acclaimed Alan Dean Foster, author of the groundbreaking Alien novelization Alien: Covenant Origins, is the official chronicle of the events that led up to Alien: Covenant. It also reveals the world the colonists left behind.

©2017 Alan Dean Foster (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Adventure Fantasy Fiction Genre Fiction Movie, TV & Video Game Tie-Ins Science Fiction Scary

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I’ve always been a huge fan of the Alien franchise, I’ve always appreciated the ever expanding lore, whether it be through film, comic or novel. Whenever I hear of a new Alien project I waste no time in adding to my list of must see/read/hear content.
All that said, Alien: Covenant Origins feels like a thin cash grab. While listening, I hadn’t kept track of the run time, when the narrator began reading the closing blurb at the end of the book I thought something had gone wrong and I had accidentally skipped forward. It ends very abruptly and was fairly unsatisfying. The story is ok, but given the backdrop of the Alien universe, you’d think they could have come up with something a bit more substantive.
I will say the narration saved this book, as the narrator was wonderful at seamlessly transitioning between characters with very unique and convincing delivery.
It’s not terrible and does give a little extra context, which if nothing else may enhance the viewing of the movie slightly, as you’re given a little more reason to care if certain characters die, that said, this argument only applies to one or two characters.
In summary - Dissatisfying & bland with fantastic narration.

Distinctly meh 😕

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not sure if this was just me, but not quite what I was hoping for in a prequel to one of my favourite films of all time

not what I was expecting as a prequel

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I guess I was expecting an ALIEN story, but this was a compelling story about the prep work for Covenant and humanised the company

Not what I was expecting and way better

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8 hours of listening seemed to go by in a flash.
excellently read really enjoyed

excellent listening experience

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I was excited to see this pop up out of the blue as an Audible recommendation and I hastily purchased using my monthly credit. As a big fan of the movies and the excellent "Out of the Shadows" and well, less excellent but still decent "Sea of Sorrows", my expectations were high. Though slightly disappointed to find that this was a book narration, not a full cast drama, I soon came to appreciate Tom Taylorson's excellent delivery and characterisation, and settled in to enjoy the story.

WARNING: SPOILERS FOLLOW!

29 chapters through and I found the end product most disappointing. Critically, for a book supposedly expanding the "Alien" mythos and Universe, everyone's favourite Xenomorph makes not one appearance. Instead, we're subjected to a run-of-the-mill conspiracy tale centered around a completely forgettable and unbelievable "Prophet". Said antagonist has had some nonsensical premonitions and has subsequently somehow convinced dozens of earth-based loons to sabotage the future events of the "Covenant" movie, based on his dreams. It's all so unbelievable as to be laughable and there's never any real attempt to convince the reader of the motivations and reasoning behind the saboteur's actions. The Earth, by all accounts, is dying - who cares if the big bad bugs are unleashed to thin out humanity? Why have all these people bought into one mad man's visions? The author's frequent use of "get out of jail free" devices was the final straw for me: whenever the "good guys" have a chance to win, some magical technology would favour the baddies: motorised throwing stars, a self-guiding knife - Weyland Utani didn't stand a chance; the complex kidnapping plot foiled because the bad guys forgot to lock the van door - but not before revealing their plan to the daughter of the company chief. It's all just too cliched and lacking in thought out, believable characters and actions.

I really wanted to enjoy this book, but ultimately did not. I'd suggest avoiding unless you're a completionist fan of the source material.

Well read but a disappointing story

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