Alien the eighth passenger . Novel by American writer Alan Dean Foster, based on the screenplay for the homonymous film written by Dan O’Bannon . It is a work in which suspense is inserted into science fiction.
Summary
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- 1 Frame
- 2 Structure of the work
- 3 Characters
- 4 Author details
- 5 Other works of the author
- 6 Sources
Plot
It starts in the hibernation compartment of the space refinery towed by the Nostromo freighter. Before a strange distress signal, the computer wakes up the crew, consisting of two women, five men and a cat. The crew decides to explore the origin of the signal and descend on a small and stormy planet where one of the members is attacked by a strange creature that sticks to his face.
He is taken to the ship and confined in the infirmary where the strange alien being dies, leaving a descendant inside the earthling that feeds on it until it kills it when it comes out through its thorax.
From this moment a fight is unleashed between the crew and the alien in which the earthlings die one by one as the alien gains in size and strength until Ripley, who along with the cat Jones is the last survivor, manages to launch into space. the dangerous creature as it explodes the huge space refinery and escapes in the aid capsule.
Structure of the work
The work consists of a note to the reader from the publisher, a dedication, a kind of introduction entitled “The thing” and thirteen numbered but untitled chapters.
Characters
- Dallas, Captain of the Nostromo
- Kane, officer
- Ripley, Warrant Officer
- Lambert, Navigator
- Ash, Science Officer
- Brett, engineer
- Brett, engineer
- Jones, the crew cat
- The alien.
Author details
Alan Dean Foster . He was born on 18 as November as 1946 in New York , United States. He is a prolific writer, both fiction and non-fiction, although he stands out for his work in the former field. He has cultivated various narrative genres such as science fiction, fantasy, horror, crime novels, the West, the historical novel and the realist novel. His works have been translated into more than 50 languages, including Spanish. He is also the author of numerous articles on film, science and diving and is known for his work in novelizing film scripts. He is a member of the Science Fiction Writers of America, the Authors Guild of America, and the Writers Guild of America, West, he also spent two years serving on the Planning and Zoning Commission for the city of Prescott, Arizona.
Other works of the author
- The Krang of the Tar-Aiym
- The mind’s eye
- Abandoned in the stars
- Expanded Universe
- Arrival of the Storm
- Cyber war
- A call to arms
- Wrath of the Titans
