1979.0000 Movie “Alien”

 

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“Alien”
The movieAlien” was directed by Ridley Scott and starred Sigourney Weaver.

 

 

 

Sections below

1. Web Resources

2. Book References

3. Other material

 

Web Resources

Credits and other details included in the Internet Movie Database (imdb) entry online at: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078748/

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Book References

For discussion of the movie Alien see the following:

 

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No. of Pages

1992

Alnor, William M in his “UFO in the New Age” (1992) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 132-133 (in Chapter 7) of the Baker softcover edition.

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1999

Baker, Alan in his “The Encyclopaedia of Alien Encounters” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 14-15 (in an entry entitled “Alien (Film)”) of the Virgin hardback edition.

2

1990

Byers, Thomas in “Alien Zone : Cultural Theory and Contemporary Science Fiction Cinema” (1990) (edited by Annette Kuhn) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 39-42, 45, 49 (in Chapter 3) of the Verso softcover edition.

6

2002

Cohen, Jack and Stewart, Ian in their “Evolving the Alien” (2002) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 49 (in Chapter 3) of the Ebury Press hardback edition.

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1995

Cousineau, Phil in his “UFOs: A Manual for the Millenium” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 209 (in Chapter 8) of the Harper Collins paperback edition.

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1990

Creed, Barbara in “Alien Zone : Cultural Theory and Contemporary Science Fiction Cinema” (1990) (edited by Annette Kuhn) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 128-141 (in Chapter 11) of the Verso softcover edition.

12

2000

Darling, David in his “The Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 12 (in the entry entitled “Alien”) of the Three Rivers softcover edition.

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2003

Darling, David in his online encyclopedia, “The Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy and Spaceflight” (2003) in the entry entitled “Alien”. The relevant entry is available online at: http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/A/Alien.html

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1998

Dick, Steven J in his “Life on Other Worlds“ (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 134 (in Chapter 4) of the Cambridge hardback edition.

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1996

Dick, Steven J in his “The Biological Universe” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 265 (in Chapter 5) of the Cambridge hardback edition.

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1990

Kavanagh, James in “Alien Zone : Cultural Theory and Contemporary Science Fiction Cinema” (1990) (edited by Annette Kuhn) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 73-81 (in Chapter 6) of the Verso softcover edition.

9

2005

Kaveney, Roz in her “From Alien to The Matrix: Reading Science Fiction Film” (2005) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 5 (in Chapter 1), 112-113, 119 (in Chapter 9), 131-147 , 159-174, 175-187, 189-204 (in the section entitled “A Franchise Case Study : Alien and its Sequels”) of the I B Taurus softcover edition.

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1990

Kuhn, Annette in “Alien Zone : Cultural Theory and Contemporary Science Fiction Cinema” (1990) (edited by Annette Kuhn) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 11 (in the Introduction) of the Verso softcover edition.

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1999

Kurland, Michael in his “The Complete Idiot's Guide to Extraterrestrial Intelligence” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 297-298 (in Chapter 28) of the Alpha Books softcover edition, and included a list entitled “Alien Inspired Movies” in Appendix E at pages 315-316.

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1997

Larson, Bob in his “UFOs and the Alien Agenda” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 68 (in Chapter 4) of the Nelson softcover edition.

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1996

Miller, David and Gatiss, Mark in their “They Came From Outer Space : Alien Encounters in the Movies” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 92-93, 118-119, 132-133 of the Visual Imagination softcover edition.

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1990

Newton, Judith in “Alien Zone : Cultural Theory and Contemporary Science Fiction Cinema” (1990) (edited by Annette Kuhn) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 82-87 (in Chapter 7) of the Verso softcover edition.

6

1998

Parker, Barry in his “Alien Life” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 51-52 (in Chapter 4) of the Plenum Trade hardback edition.

2

1996

Pope, Nick in his “Open Skies, Closed Minds” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 52-53 (in Chapter 3) of the Simon and Schuster hardback edition, with the same page numbering in the Pocket Books paperback edition.

2

1991

Randles, Jenny and Hough, Peter in their “Looking for the Aliens” (1991) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 25 (in Chapter 3), 44 (in Chapter 6) of the Blandford softcover edition.

2

1983

Ridpath, Ian in his “Life Off Earth” (1983) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 90 (in Chapter 7) of the Granada hardback edition.

1

1997

Rux, Bruce in his “Hollywood Vs. the Aliens” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 301 (in Chapter 6) of the Frog softcover edition.

1

1997

Sellier, Charles E and Meier, Joe in their “UFO” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 212 (in Chapter 12) of the Contemporary Books hardback edition.

1

1998

Shostak, Seth in his “Sharing the Universe” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 87-88 (in Chapter 4), 111, 115 (in Chapter 6) of the Berkeley Hills softcover edition.

2

1990

Sobchack, Vivian in “Alien Zone : Cultural Theory and Contemporary Science Fiction Cinema” (1990) (edited by Annette Kuhn) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 106-107, 110 (in Chapter 9) of the Verso softcover edition.

3

1997

Spencer, John and Spencer, Anne in their “True Life Encounters – Alien Contact” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 240 (in Chapter 14) of the Millenium paperback edition.

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1997

Watson, Nigel in “UFOs and Ufology – the first 50 years” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) by Paul Devereux and Peter Brookesmith at page 41 (in Chapter 3) of the Blandford softcover edition.

1

1990

Watson, Nigel in his “Portraits of Alien Encounters” (1990) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 14 (in the Introduction) of the Valis hardback edition.

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1990

White, Frank in his “The SETI Factor” (1990) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 142 (in Chapter 9) of the Walker hardback edition.

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