num_pages: 253
description: Based on the screenplay by Dan O'Bannon. The crew of the spaceship Nostromo wake from cryogenic sleep to distress signals from an unknown planet. One is attacked when they investigate a derelict alien craft. Safely on their way back to Sol, none foresee the real horror about to begin.
language: English
title: Alien
titlecomplete: Alien
characters: Ellen Ripley
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror, Aliens, Science Fiction Fantasy, Space, Novels, Fantasy, Audiobook
ratings_count: 20284
series: Alien Movie Novelizations, Aliens / Predator / Prometheus Universe
publisher: Orbit