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Title: Nightmare Asylum (Aliens, Book 2) by Steve Perry, Denis Beauvais, Mark Verheiden ISBN: 0553561588 Publisher: Bantam Spectra Pub. Date: 1993 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.64
Rating: 3
Summary: A slight improvement over book 1
Comment: Too darn much was happening in Earth Hive to allow it to develop to a really interesting extent. So this book was a relief to read in that it had one basic plotline, and therefore we got a lot more characterization of the main three characters -- old "doc holliday" Colonial Marine Wilks, the guy who isn't afraid to die and feels a need to wipe out the aliens. Then there's billie, who's lived her whole life in a mental institution since she was the sole civilian survivor of an alien attack on her world years ago. And the villian, General Thomas Spears, who thinks he's the messiah and is trying to tame aliens to go back to earth and kill the ones already there.
Unfortunately, spears is insane and paranoid, so anyone he doesn't like is bug food. This book was so much better written than the first it's incredible, but the author still has a problem with semi-colons. The biggest problem with this book, and the reason it doesn't rate very high, is because it really doesn't have anything to do with the aliens or the alien infestation, and nothing is accomplished to that end. It was an interesting sci-fi story to be sure, but it didn't give us anything essential.
This is an ok addition to the Aliens Saga, but don't expect much from it.
Rating: 4
Summary: THIS IS GOOD, BUT NOT AS GOOD AS EARTH HIVE
Comment: The second book of the alien trilogy book series, Aliens:Nightmare Asylem, brings us once again with Wilks, Billie, and Bueller as they land on an unknown planet they read life forms from. This is the Nightmare Asylem. First off, i loved the emotion in this book. It definitely gave me more of that than book 1. Sure, action is great, but love and emotional characters are very touching. That's probably what i like best in this book. Book1:Action, Book2: Emotion. What I didn't like in this book had to be the villian, Thomas Spears, the leader of this "Nightmare Asylem", where he is breeding Aliens to use for his own personal conquest. He was evil, and you didn't like him for it. I found myself saying, "com'on! Die Spears!" And i was rooting for the good guys. That's great talent on the part of Steve Perry who wrote Spears' character so well. But still, in alien books and movies, aren't the main enemy's supposed to be, well, the Aliens? They werent in this book. When they did appear, I would sit more comfortably and get ready for some great action. When they were battling Spears, I found myself leaning down again cause his battle scenes weren't as fun to read as the Alien scenes. You should Buy this book though. It's a great follow up, even though it doesn't quite match up with it's book 1 counterpart. YOU WONT BE DISAPPOINTED!
Rating: 5
Summary: Part II of the first 3 books by Perry
Comment: Another great book written by Perry. In this one, a military glutton has plans to make his own army of Xenomorphs to reclaim earth. On his military installment (the nightmare asylum) the two characters from the first book end up fighting for the lives again. They are not just fighting the aliens that the madman is "making", but also fighting his soilders as well. This was a great book as a sequel to Earth Hive, and should be read by fans of the books.
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Title: Earth Hive (Aliens, Book 1) by Steve Perry, Mark Verheiden, Mark A. Nelson ISBN: 0553561200 Publisher: Bantam Spectra Pub. Date: 1992 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Female War by Steve Perry, Stephani Perry ISBN: 0553561596 Publisher: Bantam Spectra Pub. Date: 1993 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Prey (Aliens Vs. Predator, Book 1) by Steve Perry, Stephani Perry, Randy Stradley, Chris Warner ISBN: 0553565559 Publisher: Bantam Spectra Pub. Date: 1994 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Alien Harvest (Aliens) by Robert Sheckley (Adapter), Jerry Prosser ISBN: 0553564412 Publisher: Bantam Spectra Pub. Date: 1995 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Hunter's Planet (Aliens Vs. Predator, Book 2) by David Bischoff, Randy Stradley ISBN: 0553565567 Publisher: Bantam Spectra Pub. Date: 1994 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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