Prometheus (2012) was one of the biggest blockbusters of last summer. The movie was heavily anticipated, because it is a prequel to the much loved movie Alien (1979).
Alien is a futuristic, science fiction, horror film. The movie follows a spaceship crew who encounter much more than they bargained for when they set off to investigate a strange alien ship.
What started off as one movie is now a huge media franchise with prequels, sequels, crossover films, video games, graphic novels, movie novelizations, and book series.
The original movie was followed by several sequels, titled Aliens (1986), Alien 3 (1992), Alien Resurrection (1997). Those films were them followed by two crossover films with Predator, another popular science fiction franchise, in 2004 and 2007.
All of the films, including the crossover films, have been turned into novels with the exception of Prometheus. The first three, Alien, Aliens, and Alien 3, were written by science fiction author Alan Dean Foster. Foster has written for other science fiction series, like Star Trek, in addition to being the author of several original science fiction novels. Alien Resurrection and Alien vs Predator were also novelized, although by other authors.
In addition to the movie novels, there are fifteen books set in the same universe with original story lines. The first, Earth Hives, was written by Steve Perry. Like Foster, Perry has also written for several other science fiction series and published original work.
Lastly, for the comic fans there are the Alien and Alien vs Predator comic book series. The aliens from Alien also makes crossover appearances in other comic books, including Batman, Superman, and the Green Lantern.
If you like futuristic alien horror stories you might want to check out the movies, books, and graphic novels from the Alien universe.
Covers courtesy of LibraryThing
Series Information from Wikipedia
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