Xenormorph

Keep this story alive ffs
Well done, Alex and thanks for the story!
Great job on the narration by Michael Braun
5 stars all 🎉

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Greatest Alien ever

Best Alien yet. Fantastically told tale true to the original while exploring possibilities of the genre—with brilliant characters. This should be made into a movie.

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I'm giving this 4 stars to support the Alien EU

I am a big fan of the Alien universe, that's why I decided to give this title a try. The performance was great but the characters and stories were lacking.

I don't think I can recall reading a book where the majority of perspective takes place with the adversary. I was often feeling confused as to who the main character was! Blue as the hero felt pretty boring and convoluted. His/her constant reflections of fantasized violence feels more in common with Dorian which makes little sense. The escapism of living in another body was interesting but the author missed a chance to delve deeper.

I can only posit that the author fell in love with Dorian so much they forgot Blue existed? At times I liked Dorian too, but sometimes the author would just drop some extreme example to remind us he was a really bad guy (referring to Aryanism once and never again?).

The author failed to bother fleshing out any other character more than the set piece events they were meant to trigger for gore or minor hindrance. As an actual Aussie don't even get me started on Dick... we don't even have Coyotes, they are called Dingoes! And referring to locations with "silly" names is nothing short of insulting.

I'm giving this 4 stars to support the Alien EU but won't be picking up the sequel.

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An Alternative Story

To date, all Alien stories, via film or book have begun with humans thrown into an Alien environment, with zero knowledge of what they're facing. Usually led by a Weyland Yutani corporate suit and followed by marines or mercenaries.
So us viewers are witnessing the same cliché slow pace reveals we've seen over and over. Acid for blood, face huggers, chest bursters, queen egg layer.. Etc..

Cold forge was a breath of fresh air for story telling/cannon.
Setup in a space facility that are studying Xenomorphs. We already have the basics covered. It's just about survival now.
The characters are convincing, and well fleshed out and for once I didn't entirely dislike the Weyland suit, Dorian. Who knew?!

The writer also cover some interesting new aspects of the Alien cannon, which ties into Promethus/Covenant.

I do wish they remake this as an Audible drama or even a film adaptation.

Recommend the credit :)

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Brilliant.

I’ve been waiting for a fresh and inspired new story in the Aliens universe and this was it. Not connected or tagging along with any other stories..sitting nicely somewhere in the Amanda Ripley/Isolation era..tho she’s not a character. It’s a story that depicts humans as being the worse species and juxtaposes morality and ethics with very vulnerable people. This story..just..nails it.

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pretty decent

a decent Alien series novel. Well read. I enjoyed listening to it. It's worth a credit

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Brilliant

Possibly the best plot and storytelling since the original Alien. The narration of the book is also really well done. Would love for this to be a film.

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A Good Story Undermined by a Swearing Fetish

The story is good, but most of the characters are regretably forgetable, Dorian is the character who makes the book, his disturbing psychology and devilish schemes are the joy of the book. The rest of the characters are forgetable or subversive caricatures used as instruments by author to ram the author's progressive politics into the story. However the worst element of this book is the excessive and unnecessary swearing. Swearing used in the appropriate context is understandable, but the author drops f bombs as if it made the character's statements more impactful (it doesnt). There are so many instances of f*ck and f*cker, if I were to take a shot everytime it was said I'd die of alcohol poisoning.

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Thrilling, brutal....with a few laughs

Amazing, I really enjoyed this book. Great writing and narration. Dorian is a fantastic character. 5 stars for sure.

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Best Alien book yet!!!

what a character Dorian is!!! obviously inspired by Oscar Wilde's Dorian Gray, he is the embodiment of psychopathic narcissism. And he is brilliant. Such an amazing piece of shit. And Blue!!! I think this is the first book where human vs human has taken precedent over human vs alien. The aliens are beautiful background chaos. Sometimes controlled chaos. I also loved the reference to SMART goals. Being a Mental Health Peer Support Worker who uses SMART, albeit a little differently, I got a giggle out of that and appreciated the intertextuality. Actually there is some deep intertextuality going on throughput this book. Also, brilliant narration!! made it all the more fun to listen to. Will definitely listen to this one again in future. THANK GOD FOR ALIEN.

OTBD.

PEACE.

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