The X-Files Film Novel

by Elizabeth Hand and Chris Carter

Book Overview

Beneath the tranquil surface of a North Texas town, the future of the human race awaits... After forty years, members of the Global conspiracy known only as The Project are finally nearing the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061059323
• ISBN13: 9780061059322
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: HarperEntertainment
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

A faithful adaptation featuring a little extra information

This is an excellent adaptation of the feature film The X-Files: Fight the Future. Elizabeth Hand took Chris Carter's script and transferred it to book form in the most faithful way possible. If you've seen the movie (and I would certainly recommend seeing the movie before reading this adaptation of it), you will "see" the entire movie in your mind as you read along. The dialogue is word for word, the descriptions are an exact match to the scenes in the movie, and you will not find anything from the movie that is not translated onto these pages. Strangely enough, the book feels more rushed than the movie did, and the written word doesn't convey as strong a visual image of the film's culminating action in Antarctica, but I think this is clearly due to the fact that this book was borne of the movie and not vice versa.Lest you think there is no reason to read this adaptation of the movie, I should point out that there is a tiny bit of material here that you will not see in the film itself. This extra material concerns the fate of Mulder's little sister Samantha, and I can't imagine why such an important exchange between Mulder and the Well-Manicured Man was left out of the film. This is information that goes to the very root of Mulder's obsessive commitment to uncovering "the truth." The initial hardback release features several pages of excellent color stills from the film, which make quite a nice addition to an important and very readable novel. Even if you've seen the film so many times you have all the lines memorized, this is a book every X-Files fan really should read and own.

good for the future

This is one of the better books based on movies. Elizabeth Hand is a great author.

THE GREATEST BOOK I'VE EVER READ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is one of the greatest books I've ever read. This is the greatest book for X-Files fans and fans of the movie. I would definitely buy this book if you are an X-Files fan who wants the inside look at the plot of the movie. THE TRUTH OF SAMANTHA IS REVIELED IN THE BOOK BUT NOT IN THE MOVIE BECAUSE IT GOT CUT. See the movie then read the book and you'll know what i mean!!!!

I just loved it!

The book is so much better then the movie I only wish I read the book first. I read the book in one day and I couldn`t put it away, I really tried. Smart, funny, scary and it`s worth buying. For all of you X-philes out there -- you have to have it!

Absolutly fantastic!

The book was like an exstended version of the show! I then saw the movie It was based on. The book is so much better then the movie. Although I don't want people to think that you shouldn't go see the movie. But to read the book first.