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Alien: Covenant

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Alien: Covenant

By: Alan Dean Foster
Narrated by: Tom Taylorson
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Ridley Scott returns to the universe he created with Alien: Covenant, a new chapter in his groundbreaking Alien adventure. The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise. But it is actually a dark, dangerous world.

©2017 Alan Dean Foster (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Adventure Fantasy Fiction Genre Fiction Movie, TV & Video Game Tie-Ins Science Fiction
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Suspenseful, thrilling, a horrific and utterly enticing story filled with symbolism and life sought questions

Much better than the movie

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It wan interesting to think this was a novelisation of the movie not the other way around.
Listening to the story, I picked up much of the story details than I did watching the movie. If I was to make an ordering recommendation, I’d say listen to the audiobook first, then see the movie.
Warning Spoiler: I do wonder why there weren’t any random neomorphs in the forest - did they all die of starvation?

Novelisation of the movie

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This was one of the better Alien books I’ve listened to. I thought the narration was skilled and the story was suspenseful, which is what you want in this kind of book. I admit that I skipped through the sections with gory details. In particular I enjoyed the interactions between Walter and David. And it’s always great to have a strong female protagonist.

Great narration and fast-paced story

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It was a really good story and the narrator has a really good voice, but the delivery was a bit flat. It was read rather than acted. E.g. the pace and tone was the same whether he was describing how the cargo lift worked or describing an alien eating someone’s face. It needed a bit more emotion maybe.

Great story, but the delivery was a bit bland

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It does well to put the movie to the page / ear, and there a bits and pieces i noticed here i didnt in the film.

Only downside was the reader. The voice is ok to listen to however for me no effort was made to read with emotion and the characters voices all blurred together.

Good novelisation, poor reader.

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