Outland: The Novelization

By Alan Dean Foster

Book Overview

In orbit out from Jupiter in view of its malignant red eye is OUTLAND. Here on Io -- moon of Jupiter, hell in space -- men mine ore to satisfy the needs of Earth. They are hard men, loners for whom... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446958298
• ISBN13: 9780446958295
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: Warner Books
• Length: 269 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Not Free SF Reader

Pretty decent. In this case, the book is probably better, and makes slightly more sense than the movie.

The book was adapted from the film script

Not the other way around. This also happened with the novelization of Alien which Foster did. In both cases, Foster did a superb job of taking a science fiction script and making the story believable and functional in the form of a novel. He's a wonderful writer, and if you enjou his work, I expect you'd enjoy this one as well.

Classic Foster

Alan Dean Foster specializes in writing novels adaptable for the big screen. As such they are not intellectual nor deep nor demand a lot from the reader. They are usually fun to read and quick to finish (BIG writing and short-medium lengthn stories). People know OUTLAND mostly from the excellent, dark film adaptation starring Sean Connery. Lots of intrigue, lots of action, the good guy wins in the end. So utterly typical but we all love it anyway.

Best Horror/SciFi Ever

This is the best horror/sci-fi I have ever read. A greedy mining company combined with outer space miners and a dedicated Marshall makes for an excellent read. However, I was most impressed with the author's outstanding physical description of the mine.Also, the movie left out some details which this brilliant author added. I never enjoyed a novel this much.