Transformers By Alan Dean Foster
May 30th, 2009 by Best Deals
Transformers By Alan Dean Foster
OUR WORLD. THEIR WAR.
They once lived on a distant planet, which was destroyed by the ravages of war–a war waged between the legions who worship chaos and those who follow freedom. In search of a powerful energy source that is essential to the survival of their race, they have now come to Earth. They are among us, silent, undetected, waiting to reveal themselves, for good or evil.
The Decepticons will stop at nothing to seize the coveted prize, even if it means the destruction of countless human lives. The only things standing in their way: the Autobots and a handful of determined men and women who realize that when it comes to this advanced race of machines, there is much more than meets the eye. With forces mounting for the ultimate showdown, the future of humankind hangs in the balance.
About the Author
Alan Dean Foster has written in a variety of genres, including hard science fiction, fantasy, horror, detective, western, historical, and contemporary fiction. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller Star Wars: The Approaching Storm and the popular Pip & Flinx novels, as well as novelizations of several films including Star Wars, the first three Alien films, and Alien Nation. His novel Cyber Way won the Southwest Book Award for Fiction in 1990, the first science fiction work ever to do so. Foster and his wife, JoAnn Oxley, live in Prescott, Arizona, in a house built of brick that was salvaged from an early-twentieth-century miners’ brothel. He is currently at work on several new novels and media projects.
Why Buy A Transformers By Alan Dean Foster?
OUR WORLD. THEIR WAR.
They once lived on a distant planet, which was destroyed by the ravages of war–a war waged between the legions who worship chaos and those who follow freedom. In search of a powerful energy source that is essential to the survival of their race, they have now come to Earth. They are among us, silent, undetected, waiting to reveal themselves, for good or evil.
The Decepticons will stop at nothing to seize the coveted prize, even if it means the destruction of countless human lives. The only things standing in their way: the Autobots and a handful of determined men and women who realize that when it comes to this advanced race of machines, there is much more than meets the eye. With forces mounting for the ultimate showdown, the future of humankind hangs in the balance.
Customer Reviews & Opinions
Transformers is great
Transformers the book is just like the movie.
Alan Dean Foster is a very good author.
the book is great.
There is a lot of action in the book and the movie.
Another page-turner from Foster
Anyone who is familiar with Alan Dean Foster and his long list of published works, mostly in sci fi, knows he needs little introduction. And in Transformers, he carries on that noble tradition with distinction. Like many movie tie-in books, it doesnt follow the movie exactly, but in this case, that’s a good thing. There are some extra scenes in the book that help flesh out certain characters and make them even more interesting. Foster carries off the action scenes with style, and manages to flesh out the robots themselves as real characters. Whether you are a fan of just Alan Dean Foster, the Transformers genre, or both, you will find much to please in this book.
4-star sci-fi tale, plus 1 star for managing to do it with awful source material
Did you see the “Transformers” movie and feel an overwhelming sense of disappointment? Did you think that a story with giant alien robots from another planet should be a bit more… cooler? Were you wishing they would have cut a lot of the useless scenes and spent more time on the dialog and characters and interactions? I did, and this book was the story I wanted to see.The jerky pacing is smoothed out, the multiple story lines (which didn’t get enough screen time in the movie to be useful) are detailed out here and actually serve a purpose. The characters have more depth and better senses of humor. Things that frankly did not make sense in the movie are given reasonable, coherent explanation by the author. And that laughable technobabble which had my programmer boyfriend groaning in the theater was simply cut. In short, Alan Dean Foster took a really bad screenplay and made a really good sci-fi yarn from it. (The only thing I miss is the fantastic ILM transformation effects which get scant description in the book, maybe because the author didn’t get to see what they looked like?)
I don’t know how it will play to the Transformers fanboys, since I never was one (I was playing with My Little Pony at the time), but I highly recommend that people give this a try. Hey, it cost less than my movie ticket and I enjoyed it a lot more.