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: Space, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Aliens, Novels, Science Fiction Fantasy, Thriller, Audiobook, Fiction, Horror
ratings_count: 20277
series: Aliens / Predator / Prometheus Universe, Alien Movie Novelizations
publisher: Macdonald & J