Perhaps the best alien audio adaptation yet.

For those who’ve been disappointed with alien 3 and it’s sequels, I think alien out of shadows is a welcome return to the alien universe. It’s well plotted perhaps not up to the standard of Alien but that was not only ground breaking but it’s pure visceral impact has yet to be matched. Voice acting is better than good as well as sounds effects. The actress playing Ripley inhabits her persona well and her voice sounds like sigourney weaver. And the antagonist is introduced a little too early. A more than worthy listen.

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excellent, cannot praise enough

i listened to the alien trilogy (out of the shadows, river of pain, sea of sorrows) in the wrong order. i listened to river of pain first, out of the shadows second and i am currently going through sea of sorrows. out of the shadows is by far the best of the three - and that's a pretty strong statement given how good the other two are. the writing is just so perfect, the voice acting of the cast could literally not get any better. rutger hauer was an absolute pleasure to listen to - though the entire cast really did do an amazing job.

i fell so in love with the crew, i really was dreading the end of the the story because (possible spoiler) due to my jumbled listening order i knew that river of pain was another chapter in the universe through new eyes. would recommend this to anyone who has even just a vague idea of the alien universe. the sound design, the soundtrack - all the technical stuff - was mind blowing.

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Ripley's Believe it or not

The novel was a welcome addition to the Alien franchise but Ripley's presence was odd and unnecessary. The author made a good attempt at salvaging a need for her presence between the first and second films but still, the conflict in the Alien universe remains the same, the real threat are the synthetics and Weyland-Yutani; the Aliens are only the weapon used by these nefarious wielders.

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Good, compelling, but I found myself wishing...

... that this was the Alien story that William Gibson wrote. Trying to communicate a historically visual story world is tricky as an audio drama, understandably. Much description of protocol and procedure become necessary—for the plot, blocking, mapping to all make sense. Few can do—describe, thematize—such things as Gibson can, to say nothing of what he can do with “problematic” artificial intelligences.

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Great listen

After listening to this podcast I would love for the powers that be to make an Alien tv series.

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Whaaa

New to me Aliens story? Great audio drama performance? amazing nosyalgic sound effects? Yes please. 10/10

Alien 1.5?

Well-written, superbly performed, but borrows liberally from the sequels and the current "canon." Making it feel somewhat anachronistic. I would've preferred a legitimate fresh take: existing in its own universe with no regard to the sequels whatsoever. The voice acting is nearly perfect, with Rutger Hauer being an odd choice to step in for Ian Holm. Laurel Lefkow is PERFECT to replace Weaver, better than Weaver herself (age affects the strength of all of our voices) in the video games.

Best Alien franchise thing in awhile

My favorite franchise is Alien and this has been my favorite thing in a long time! I would love to somehow see this as a movie!

Thrilling and Satisfying

This drama did justice and paid great respect to the fantastic world of Alien. The performances by the actors were great and I loved the added sound effects that you don't get in a typical audio book. The story was gripping and I found myself chasing the next episode. Would love to have more of these.

Great find

I’ve always loved the alien series and this was a well acted, and fun story that was able to maintain continuity (impressively). Definitely recommend.