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Alien: Out of the Shadows

By: Tim Lebbon
Narrated by: Jeff Harding
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As a child Chris Hooper dreamed of monsters. But in deep space, he found only darkness and isolation. Then, on planet LV178, he and his fellow miners discovered a storm-scoured, sand-blasted hell - and trimonite, the hardest material known to man.

When a shuttle crashes into the mining ship Marion, the miners learn that there was more than trimonite deep in the caverns. There was evil, hibernating - and waiting for suitable prey. Hoop and his associates uncover a nest of Xenomorphs, and hell takes on a new meaning. Quickly they discover that their only hope lies with the unlikeliest of saviors....

Ellen Ripley, the last human survivor of the salvage ship Nostromo.

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I really liked the story and the characters but I think it would have been better without the addition of Ripley.... I spent the whole time wondering how the author was going to get around explaining exactly how these events fitted into the existing timeline, only to be eventually somewhat disappointed by it. Not the best Alien book but certainly not the worst.

Good story but doesn't quite fit

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enjoyable but tries to shoe in too much reference to cannon, I've never heard the word "hoop" so many times in my life, worth a listen though 🤔

interesting take on the cannon

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My first experience of this story was the Audio Drama by Dirk Maggs (which is a must listen for any Xeno fans), so I figured I'd try the narrated version of the book - big mistake!

I've listened to many different Aliens audiobooks by many different narrators and some are better than others. This is by far the worst I've heard. The delivery was so bad that I couldn't even make it through the first hour without turning it off, never to return.

I love this story and highly recommend it, but if you want to experience the original novel, buy the book instead and avoid this like the plague.

Fantastic story, awful narration.

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Fairly predictable story which felt like it rehashed tropes from the movies rather than create original storylines. The narrators attempts at female voices were jarring too. That said it was entertaining and I did listen through to the end.

Not bad, not great

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Needed a female narrator for the female roles. This would have added more authenticity. Hearing a man perform the female roles brings you out of the story.

Female voices

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