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Summary: This ALIENS book doesn't live up to the standard of the rest
Review: Aliens: Alien Harvest has much of what the series' readers have come to enjoy. The dark atmosphere, the forboding feel, the real characters, and of course, Aliens. But this book falls way short of the usually high quality in the Aliens series of books. Much of the book is spent building the two main characters. Character building is very important, but is way overdone and drawn out in this book. The reader gets tired of hearing the same things about the same people, through more than the first entire half of the book. For all this time, there is absolutely no Alien action. None! When the shaky storyline finally gets to where it's going, Aliens fans will not be disapointed, but not overly enthusiastic, either. For series collectors and serious fans, the book is an okay read, but is severely lacking what the other books have all presented superbly. If you're not looking to own the set, borrow this one, or check it out at the library.
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Summary: Unfortunatly all good things come to an end.
Review: Aliens: Alien Harvest is full of shallow character portrail, heartless people and they even kill a dog how bad is that? This book could have been so much better unfortunatly unlike the previous Aliens books it just doesn't match up.
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Summary: An interesting read...
Review: Compared to the other Alien novels, this one wasn't the greatest. Half the book was unnecessary character development that really didn't make you feel any closer to the characters. Towards half way through book, we finally come across some action. The fights were pretty well written, but if you're looking for some blood and gore, my friends, you won't find it here. I was, to my surprise, hooked after they landed on the Aliens' planet. Non stop Alien encounters from then on. Which is what we all like to see, eh? Well, I thought that this book might turn out to be pretty good, until the last chapter -- such a major disappointment, I wanted to throw the crap I was reading in my hands outside of the window and hope my dog would find it unused. Be prepared to be shocked, ladies and gentlemen, for this might have been the most unexpected ending a book as ever had. I felt abandoned -- if that's the right word for it. But other than that, I guess I would recommend adding this title to your collection, just make sure you're prepped for the finale.
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Summary: Not as bad as others think!!!!
Review: Despite my lack of reading experience, I thought this book to be fairly well written. There were most definately improvements that could have been made, though. All in all, I would say that this book is a little above average and has everything that an alien fan would want (Despite plot).
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Summary: for this book "0" stars should be an option
Review: god awful sums it up as quickly as possible. There is little continuity in the story line, leaving me to believe if mr Sheckley ever bothered to read his finished product. This book pasy absolutely no attention to things discovered about the aliens earlier in the series. What was impossible in all 4 of the previous books, i.e. storming into the alien "superhive", was done with relative ease by three amature's when it killed nearly an entire elite team of colonial marines in "genocide". When i read this book i wanted to tear it apart it was so frustrating, after seeing that this book was published by bantam, i am now seriously considering glueing some pieces or trash together, slapping some postage on it, and adding my name to the list of ALIENS series authors. I only hope the rest aren't this awful, but after reading the first 4 and this being the 5th, i am going to take a break from the series, due to the absolute horridity of this book. DISGUSTING DISPLAY.
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Summary: for this book "0" stars should be an option
Review: god awful sums it up as quickly as possible. There is little continuity in the story line, leaving me to believe if mr Sheckley ever bothered to read his finished product. This book pasy absolutely no attention to things discovered about the aliens earlier in the series. What was impossible in all 4 of the previous books, i.e. storming into the alien "superhive", was done with relative ease by three amature's when it killed nearly an entire elite team of colonial marines in "genocide". When i read this book i wanted to tear it apart it was so frustrating, after seeing that this book was published by bantam, i am now seriously considering glueing some pieces or trash together, slapping some postage on it, and adding my name to the list of ALIENS series authors. I only hope the rest aren't this awful, but after reading the first 4 and this being the 5th, i am going to take a break from the series, due to the absolute horridity of this book. DISGUSTING DISPLAY.
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Summary: This book is not by the author you probably think it is.
Review: I bought this book expecting it to be another fine and funny SF satire by Robert Sheckley. Turns out it was a second rate hack by Robert Scheckley. Needless to say I was disappointed by the flimsy characters, weaker plot, frequent lack of consistancy, and complete lack of humour. If you are a Robert Sheckley fan DO NOT buy this book, if however you are an Aliens fan, you might enjoy the book. It does at least flesh out the Aliens genre a bit, and the cyberalien is sorta cool...
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Summary: Alien HARVEST Rocks!
Review: I cant beleive why people are bagging this novel!? AH was my first Aliens novel and started me on a literary voyage that saw me reading the entire set of Alien Novels & Comics. I think I enjoyed this book the most 'cos the storyline was aventurous and a fresh alternative to the other novels in the series; It's Devoid of military c*** and macho heroics, more beleivable than the others on a character level, IMHO. Instead you have a motly-crew of criminals and fast-buck hopefuls on a quest to get rich from an alien-souced drug. The participants are not mucle-bound fantasy figures: A terminally ill technician, A female thief, An aging revoked Captain and a crew of volunteering prisoners. I think that HARVEST would make the best "Post-Ripley" movie script.
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Summary: Alien HARVEST Rocks!
Review: I cant beleive why people are bagging this novel!? AH was my first Aliens novel and started me on a literary voyage that saw me reading the entire set of Alien Novels & Comics. I think I enjoyed this book the most 'cos the storyline was aventurous and a fresh alternative to the other novels in the series; It's Devoid of military c*** and macho heroics, more beleivable than the others on a character level, IMHO. Instead you have a motly-crew of criminals and fast-buck hopefuls on a quest to get rich from an alien-souced drug. The participants are not mucle-bound fantasy figures: A terminally ill technician, A female thief, An aging revoked Captain and a crew of volunteering prisoners. I think that HARVEST would make the best "Post-Ripley" movie script.
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Summary: It was good , But it need a little help with the story line.
Review: I felt that the book over all was ok, but I did not feel that the story line was realistic. I also felt that there were certain flaws in some of the supposed factual information.
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