(As a side note, the AvP movie borrowed a LOT from these books :) If you love Aliens and Predator, you might find Hunter's Planet mildly interesting. I love the star character, and appreciated the fact that she wasn't the typical mindless sci-fi babe. On the one hand, it's like getting more of the movies-more terrifying bugs, more awesome Predators, more battles, more excitement-and on the other, there is a lot of fascinating new information about the culture of the Predators, things I always wanted to know but never thought I would. I have read many science-fiction novels, and I rank Prey and War among my absolute favorites, worthy members of the Aliens and Predator franchise. In fact, several scenes that were told in flashback in Hunter's Planet are RETOLD in War, only told far more descriptively, and even with important events completely altered! If I had the chance to start over, I would skip Hunter's Planet entirely. The events of War actually take place between Prey and Hunter's Planet, and War is perfectly readable without reading Hunter's Planet. (Note that the first and third have the same author the second is different.) This is going to sound peculiar, but I recommend reading the first and third and skipping the second, and not just because of the differing quality of the novels. It makes all Machiko's adventures in Prey seem meaningless, and the behavior of both the Aliens and Predators just doesn't feel right, doesn't feel like things they would actually do. It is an enormous let-down, both in terms of writing quality and just plain fun. The second is a different story-Hunter's Planet certainly isn't the worst book I've ever read, but it's far inferior to the other two in this series. The writing is fantastic-beautifully descriptive, with believable characters, and most importantly, they fit seamlessly with both the Alien and Predator universes. The first and third are absolutely spectacular.
#Predator prey book series#
This series contains 3 books: Prey, Hunter's Planet, and War. Well done and the other books are just as enjoyable. Noguchi and Lex (from the movie) are very similar characters in these circumstances. You can also pick up traces of the story that influenced the writing for the movie AvP set in modern day. It's a well done book and a great adventure that goes deeper than the comics. We are further satitsfied by being able to learn various words of the yuatja language without going all Klingon-geekfest on it (no offense meant to those Trek fans out there reading this). They are honor-bound but still a warrior based society. We get to see into the predators' background and society in a way that doesn't make them look evil and nasty like the movies. This book is the beginning of a fun series. This sets up the alliance formed by Broken Tusk (the predator) and Noguchi. During the Hunt, and older predator/yuatja is injured, found, and brought back to the settlement. Sure enough, the humans on the planet are caught in the middle when the facehuggers begin using their "cattle" beasts as hosts. The Hunt is a right of passage for young yuatja to join the warrior caste. Predators, the species called yuatja, have begun seeding the planet with alien eggs so they may perform a Hunt. Here we have Machiko Noguchi conducting her business on a hot wasteland world for the Coporation. All the books in this series takes place in the future while humans are settling on new planets. Thus a potentially good series with a brilliant start evolved into a series focussing far too much on a single heroine than the Alien and Predator conflict let alone gave some spotlight to other humans.Before the AvP movie, there was the Alien/Predator crossover found in comics by Dark Horse and then brought to paperback form by Steve Perry. The sequels however should be approached with extreme caution in my own opionion.īook 2 is still pleasant to read but i'd only give it a 3/5 while book 3 manages to reach only 2,5.
The heroine and Predator are forced to team up which will lead to a climactic battle with an Alien Queen at the end of the book.įrom start to finish, the books is a good read and both Predator and Alien fans will be satisfied. Though the human perspective is dominant, the Predators receive a good doze of perspective always as the male 'hero' is in fact a veteran Yautja. There is a good buildup, the story runs smoothly and is well written.
It also show the humans in a sub position and the heroine has not yet become some stereotypical girlpoweresque and completely unbelievable character. Unlike the next 2 installments of this trilogy, of which the third is by far the words, this AVP captures the feel of the setting best.
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