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  • The Official Movie Novelization
  • By: Alan Dean Foster
  • Narrated by: William Hope
  • Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (1,139 ratings)
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Aliens

By: Alan Dean Foster
Narrated by: William Hope
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Summary

Returned to Earth, Ellen Ripley learns that a colony has been established on LV-426, the planet where the crew of the Nostromo found the original Alien.

But contact with the colonists has been lost, so she must accompany a unit of colonial marines to discover their fate. And to destroy any Aliens found on the planet known as Acheron.

This is a groundbreaking sequel by science fiction legend Alan Dean Foster, with the wonderful characters and rapid-fire action that make Aliens one of the greatest science fiction films of all time.

©2014 Alan Dean Foster (P)2015 Audible, Ltd

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Where does Aliens rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Definitely one of the better ones. I read the book many years ago and was delighted to see it being released in audio book form.

What other book might you compare Aliens to, and why?

Alien obviously because it has the same writer and is the first part of the story.

Have you listened to any of William Hope’s other performances? How does this one compare?

I'd not heard William Hope (AKA Gorman in the movie) before and was pleasantly surprised by the tone and pace he reads at.

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Ummm... this time it's war? :)

Any additional comments?

A great book. My only real disappointment is that the language seems to have been sanitised. I'm not a prude and can accept bad language in context but the fact that a line like "F**k that" has been replaced with "Forget that" gets quite distracting over time. A bad decision by whoever made it. It's an 18 rated movie/story and removing that language is as laughable as the ITV late 1980s dub. It's a small point but I do find that marines fearing imminent death would probably lose their composure and swear.

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Where did all the wonderful one liners go?

Narration was excellent but where did all the one liners go? Has it been made politically correct for non-adult listeners? Such a shame!

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Great story, with the best one-liners ruined

One of my favourite films of all time in audiobook format - a good listen. It's such a shame they saw fit to remove even the mildest of bad language, thereby ruining a few of the most iconic phrases in the tale and really pulling you out of the story. It's a pretty grown up book, I'm sure anyone who makes it through the constant peril, violence and death could handle hearing the word "bitch".

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Stop your grinnin and drop your linen!

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I read these books as a an Alien series obsessive child and was overjoyed to see they have burst through some poor unsuspecting victims chest and on to Audible.

Alien, Aliens and Alien 3 are all worth a listen for fans of the films as they do then justice and then some. Acid for blood what is not to love. A nice touch is that the narrator is the actor that plays Gorman from the Aliens Film and he is extremely effective.

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Punch it Bishop!!!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

This is my favourite film ever! And equally impressive is this audiobook.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Aliens?

When Ripley fought the Queen Alien.

Have you listened to any of William Hope’s other performances? How does this one compare?

No, but I will.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Exactly the same as the film with extras in it.

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film better than book

I am a massive fan of the film so got the book. was very disappointed. iconic lines have been changed and Ripley sounds like a scared schoolchild. 10/10 would not listen to again

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good but,!

has the atmosphere in spades but not the same
without the foul language it makes it to tame

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An outstanding audio performance.

An excellent performance, a well paced and detailed horror adventure. Sadly someone chose to sanitise the language, which removed some of the classic lines from the film.

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Really enjoyable listen!

What did you like most about Aliens?

I love the film, and this performance was great. I enjoyed the little extra bits that the novelization includes, and the only thing I missed was the swearing in that amazing fight scene between Ripley and the queen back on the ship (my favourite line from the movie, doesn't have quite the same impact without the profanity). Grab it today, definitely livened up my commute!

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Dull

The language tone down ruined this. The movie is an 18. It's like you tried to turn it PG or U. Gutted I wasted a token on this.

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