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Literature for
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Printed Media Reviews
"Behind the Scenes of "Alien"". In: "American Cinematographer" (Los Angeles, California, USA), ASC Holding Corp., Vol. 60, Iss. 8, 1979, Pg. 766-773, 804-806, 808, 810-813, (MG)
Lisa Schwarzbaum. "Alien: The Director's Cut: Go back to the futuree for a rerelease of the Ridley Scott dazzler that introduced us to the talented Ms. Ripley (A)". In: "Entertainment Weekly 52pp" (USA), Iss. 736, 7 November 2003, (MG)
Longino, Bob. "Revamped 'Alien' brings thrills, chills". In: "The Atlanta Journal-Constitution" (Atlanta, GA, USA), Vol. 55, Iss. 302, 29 October 2003, Pg. E1+E10, (NP)

Monographic related book
Giger, H.R.. "Giger's Alien". (London), Titan Books Ltd, 2003, (BK), 185286219X
Nathan, Ian. "Alien Vault - The Definitive Story of the Making of the Film". (London), Aurum Press, September 2011, (BK), 1845136675
Paul Scanlon & Michael Gross. "The Book of Alien". (New York City, New York, USA), Heavy Metal Communications, 1979, (BK), ISBN 930368436

Interviews
Peary, Danny. ""Directing _Alien_ and _Blade Runner_: An Interview with Ridley Scott." Omni's Screen Flights/Screen Fantasies: The Future According to Science Fiction Cinema". Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1984, 0385191995
Peary, Danny. ""Playing Ripley in _Alien_: An Interview with Sigourney Weaver." Omni's Screen Flights/Screen Fantasies: The Future According to Science Fiction Cinema". Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1984, 0385191995

Essays
Demma, Frédéric, "Vie & Mort du Lieutenant Ellen Ripley". "SWOF Winter". (Switzerland), Iss. 14, 1995, Pg. 14-21, (MG)
S., Yutkevich. "Hollywood: To Die or to Alive?". In: "Sovetskaya Kultura", 6 July 1982, (WNP)

Adaption of Literary Source
Foster, Alan Dean. "Alien (Novelization of the screenplay by Dan O'Bannon)". (New York, New York), Warner Books, June 1979, Pg. 270, (BK), 0446829773

Production Process Protocol
Scanlon, Paul & Gross, Michael, "Histoire d'Alien". "Métal Hurlant bis hors série". (France), Iss. 43-, September 1979, (MG)

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