Alien III: An Audible Original Drama

This oddball cross section of what is, legally speaking, highbrow fanfic commissioned from an overqualified writer in this timeline (and the official script for “Alien 3” in another) patches together a messy hybrid of Cold War commentary with the sci-fi horror thrills of the franchise into something that’s unquestionably leagues better than our “Alien 3” but was never realistically going to be “Alien 3” (in this timeline). This audiobook, which plays out more like a radio play, smatters together these disparate pieces into a pulpy and engrossing listen if you can get past the first ten minutes of inexorable preamble.

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