Rating: Summary: Truly terrifing! I couldnt put the book down! Review: This story was so real it was untrue! The detail was stunning Steve can really write a book. It describes how Earth would react to a mass scale alien invasion. If you love the films, this is an absolute must for all fans!
Rating: Summary: A terrific book and series. Review: This was a great book, too bad they made Alien: Resurrection into a movie instead of this book and the ones that follow. The book did however embelish on the idea of the movies that the future is all crappy still just with certain better means of space travel, this book made the future out to be something more along the lines of Star Trek, but that all changes when Wilks is reinstated to lead a team to the Alien hive world to capture samples and bring them back to earth. The film features several interesting sub plots that include, corprate espionage, love and tragedy, and yes, the alien conquest of Earth. If you don't know already this book was written around the time that Alien 3 was in production, so certain characters in the book had to be changed and re-written, namely Wilks and Billie who were actually Hicks and Newt from the Aliens film, It's sad that this book was changed to accomodate the film, since Alien: Resurrection makes no mention of the events that occoured in the books, so this negates this series as canonical. If your a fan of the Alien film series you should definetly grab this book.
Rating: Summary: Jimbob's review of Earth Hive Review: This was a terrific, thrilling, suspensful, and just flat out great book. I liked how there was four stories going on at once and how they all tied together. Earth hive did not have a happy ending like most books, but rather a twist. I like how Wilks adds humor and character to the story by not obeying anyone, breaking the rules, and having the readers respect. I also like how Massey added conflict, suspence, and a sense of no rules. The way that Steve Perry was able to keep the future technology realistic was another reason I liked this book so much. He kept the concepts and names of technology understadable unlike some of the science fiction books I've read. Earth hive is my favorite kind of book because it involves exploration of a dangerous world, future technology, action, and a twisted ending. "Then when the soilders come back- it will know their plans- it will be waiting." Page 277. The theme of Earth Hive is that you should not interfere with nature. I disagree with this theme because even though terrable things can happen as a result of expirements, you learn from mistakes. This relates to me because I tried to shoot a water balloon over my house, but it misfired and blew the front window out. I learned to never try that again. I would highly recomend this book to a person who likes action and has a strong stomach. It is pretty confusing in the beginning but it fits together in the middle. Steve did a terrific job and you'll be on the edge of your seat. Enjoy.
Rating: Summary: Gripping, horrifying, and strangely fun Review: Two words to describe this book are all it needs: it kicks. Being one of the few people who actually enjoyed Alien 3, I thought the book would be out of line with the plot, so I shyed away from it. I picked it up at B&N one day, started reading it on the way home, and proceeded to finish in 4 hours. Mr. Perry has a genius for writing; I especially enjoy his hyperbolic analogies(would bet ten years' pay against a toenail comes to mind) and he does a truly excellent job of developing the characters without becoming too sappy. I seriously recommend that if you are a fan of the Aliens saga, check out this book!
Rating: Summary: GET IT Review: Very good alien novel that stays true to the ALIENS movie / colonial marines idea...
Rating: Summary: stupid people who don't know Caracters Review: Well this book is the best Aliens book ever but that's not the point because people think the wilk's is hick's from aliens 2 but he is not and billie is not newt Because in the book they tell you it is not them because a guy say's that we have a missing woman wwho went with a squad and left with a half of an android and a little girl. now that ring's a bell huh it is from the movie that hick's is dead in number 2 of aliens show just push yes that this helped and that you well like this book and the rest like number 2 and 3.So if i mest this up i'm sorry but there are people in this world who are just relley relley STUPID
Rating: Summary: What happened hear? Review: Wow, this book was pretty boring until the end. The book had way too many charicters to keep up with. It could have been better if Perry limited the amount of charicters in the book and get more action instead of the begining and the end. I have only read two Alien books but so far I would suggest Aliens: Berserker if you like lots of action.
Rating: Summary: Wow... Review: Wow...It's all I can say! I've never finished a book in under a week. It took me 2 days to read this one cover-to-cover! It was sweet! Excellent plot twists and character development! Good amount of gore, but it is needed to understand the situations! If you are a fan of the Alien films, you MUST read this book! You have to! ... I can't get over how great this book is! I've seen the film Aliens so many times, I can recite it, and this book really lives up to the class of the movie! Someone said the marine's jokes were childish. Compared to what? "Hey Vasquez, you ever been mistaken for a man?" (Hudson) "No. Have you?" (Vasquez) The marine's jokes in Aliens were childish, but THEY'RE AWESOME! Sheesh, get the .. book already! Stay Frosty!
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