Alien Legacies

Author : Nathan Abrams
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197556027
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alien Legacies written by Nathan Abrams and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-03-27 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1979 film Alien has left an indelible mark on popular culture. Directed by Ridley Scott, at the time known primarily for making advertisements, and starring then-unknown actor Sigourney Weaver in the lead role, it transcended its humble origins to shock and disturb audiences upon its initial release. Its success has led to three direct sequels, two prequels, one "mashup" franchise, a series of comic books, graphic novels, novelizations, games, and an enormous and devoted fanbase. For forty years, Alien and its progeny have animated debate and discussion among critics and academics from a wide variety of fields and methodological perspectives. This book brings together scholars from diverse disciplinary backgrounds to explore Alien through a contemporary lens. The chapters here demonstrate the extent to which its effects and reception are deeply multifaceted, with the Alien franchise straddling the lines between "high" and "low" culture, playing with generic categories, crossing media boundaries, and animating theoretical, critical, and political debates. Chapters touch on female agency and motherhood, the influence of H.R. Giger, the viscerality of Alien's body horror, the narrative tradition of the Female Gothic, the patriarchal gaze in the Alien video games, and the rise of in-universe online marketing campaigns. In so doing, the volume aims to debate Alien's legacy, consider its current position within visual culture, and establish what the series means--and why it still matters--forty years since its birth.

Author : Geraldine Sutton Stith
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1463461674
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alien Legacy written by Geraldine Sutton Stith and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2007-05-31 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: August 21, 1955. Just another hot summer night like so many others in the small community of Kelly, Kentucky. Lucky Sutton along with his family and friends were enjoying a quiet peaceful evening. The family not knowing that all around them strange things were happening. Things that no one would come forward and talk about, too afraid to bring up what they had witnessed. But Lucky and his family were about to find out what could lurk in the darkness. The visitors were not from this earth. Were they possiblyfrom the depths of hell? The gunshots and the screams could be heard by neighbors, butnobody came to help. Lucky and his family could only live as they could after the events of that night, fearing the unknown and wondering for the rest of their lives... Would they come back?

Author : Ian Nathan
Publisher : White Lion Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1781319421
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alien Vault written by Ian Nathan and published by White Lion Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alien Vault is the ultimate tribute to a film that changed cinema forever.

Author : North Carolina. Supreme Court
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book North Carolina Reports written by North Carolina. Supreme Court and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Roper Stote Donnison Roper
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 986 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Treatise Upon the Law of Legacies. Fourth Edition written by Roper Stote Donnison Roper and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 986 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Timothy Zahn
Publisher : Spectra
ISBN 13 : 0553567721
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Conquerors' Heritage written by Timothy Zahn and published by Spectra. This book was released on 1995-08-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Conquerors' Pride, Timothy Zahn, Hugo Award-winning author of the New York Times bestselling Star Wars(r) trilogy, unfurled an epic tale of drama and courage as the interstallar Commonwealth faced savage invasion by alien starships of unknown origin. Now he probes deeply into the world of the invaders themselves in one of the most powerful evocations of an alien society ever created. The Zhirrzh have won a temporary respite in their war with the barbarians. But the Human captive Pheylan Cavanaugh has escaped, and for that Thrr-gilag, the young Searcher, finds himself disgraced, his bond-engagement to a female of a rival clan imperilled. Soon he becomes a target of hidden and powerful forces seeking to remake Zhirrzh society in their own merciless image. His only hope is to prove that the overclan authorities are wrong: that it was not the Humans who started the war. But time is short. The forces of the Zhirrzh are overextended and face swift retaliation. The Zhirrzh have learned to conquer death itself -- but even that awesome power will be no match for the devastating might of the Human Conqueror armadas. Thrr-gilag soon comes to realize that his people face a two-fold threat: destruction by Human technology. . . or destruction from within.

Author : David J Price
Publisher : Author House
ISBN 13 : 1496975286
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Alien Legacy written by David J Price and published by Author House. This book was released on 2014-04 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Celestial Watcher knows all, an immortal omnipresent entity, it has been witness to a 40,000 year unfolding story, a star-ship lost, a legacy left by its crew. The Ancestors must return to right an injustice, but more they need to search their moral conscience and return to the Cygnus constellation and the seed colonies they abandoned 1.68 million years ago.

Author : North Carolina. Supreme Court
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 694 pages
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Download or read book North Carolina Reports: Iredell's Equity written by North Carolina. Supreme Court and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kate Rudolph
Publisher : Kate Rudolph
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 162 pages
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Download or read book Rogue Alien's Legacy: Science Fiction Romance written by Kate Rudolph and published by Kate Rudolph. This book was released on with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outlaws, schemes, and love… it all comes to a head in the final installment of the science fiction romance Alien Outlaws series. Secrets revealed and a crew in danger… With two little words, all of Xandr’s lies and omissions come crashing down and leave his entire crew wondering whether they can ever trust him again. Andie’s faith is shaken and she wonders if the alien captain in her bed is the man she thought he was or if she has been cozying up to a stranger. But she’ll need to put those doubts aside if the crew of the Seventh is going to get out of its biggest mess next. Xandr’s past has come back to haunt them all, and if they don’t find a way to work together, they’ll all end up rotting in an Oscavian prison… or worse. Rogue Alien’s Legacy picks up right where Rogue Alien's Secret left off. Check it out for heists, adventure, a steamy alpha alien, a plucky human heroine, and a love that will steal your heart. You can start the series with the free science fiction romance, Escape from Ixilta, today! This book is great for readers of paranormal romance and sci fi romance who love to read in their free time!

Author : Nathan Abrams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780197556061
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alien Legacies written by Nathan Abrams and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Alien (1979) has left an indelible mark on popular culture. Directed by a person known for making adverts (Ridley Scott) and starring an unknown actor in the lead role (Sigourney Weaver), it transcended its humble origins to frighten and disturb audiences on its initial release. Its success has led to three direct sequels, two prequels, one "mashup" franchise, and a series of comic books, graphic novels, novelizations, and games, and it has an enormous and devoted fanbase. For forty years, Alien (and its progeny) has animated debate and discussion among critics and academics from a wide variety of disciplines and methodological perspectives. This collection brings together scholars from diverse disciplinary backgrounds to explore Alien more than forty years since its release. The chapters here demonstrate the extent to which this is multifaceted, with the Alien franchise straddling the lines between "high" and "low" culture, playing with generic categories, crossing media boundaries, and animating theoretical, critical, and political debates. In so doing, the collection aims to debate Alien's legacy, consider its current position within visual culture, and establish what the series means (and why it still matters) forty years since its birth"--