Plan 9 From Outer Space
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Publisher Description
THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE FACES DESTRUCTION!
So say the alien invaders. Are they here to save us or is this a ruse to CONQUER EARTH?! The dead rise! Our weapons are useless! What is their plan?
In 1957, Ed Wood gathered a cast made up of the once-famous, the once-living, and the altogether unknown. Dime-store flying saucers invaded a surreal patchwork of small sets, found props, and stock footage. The remarkable results did not see a general release until two years later, when Plan Nine from Outer Space finally made it into theaters.
From the aliens pontificating in their carhop uniforms to the cemetery sporting ankle-high, balsa wood headstones, Wood's masterwork continues to capture the attention of film creators and fans on every continent.
Now, in 2024, Encyclopocalypse Publications maintains their commitment to preserving cinematic genre history through novelizations with their release of PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE: THE NOVELIZATION.
Author Bret Nelson (Manborg, The Part Mart) has penned the startling adaptation. Facts...shocking facts include:
•A real life scientific explanation of Solaronite!
•All Plan 9 plot holes patched with meticulously crafted connective tissue.
•Finally revealed: THE OTHER PLANS! (Spoiler alert: there were actually 10 plans! How is that possible, you ask? You'll have to read to find out!)
Customer Reviews
“Grave robbers from outer space.”
“The unknown. The mysterious. The unexplainable. A Terrifying ordeal.” “Greetings my friend…” Dime-store flying saucers… patchwork of stock footage… already a fan of the cult classic movie Plan 9 From Outer Space (Ed Wood), I also love the movies The Blob, The War of The Worlds, The Invasion of the Body Snatchers - the 1950’s originals, as I have very fond memories of family Friday movie nights, 3D glasses, and the glow of the screen cast over us whether it be the movie theater, cinema at the drive-in, or the living room with soda, tubs of buttery popcorn, boxes of pizza, and bags of assorted candy. Getting to stay up late with Grandpa to watch The Twilight Zone was also a treat!!
Given my fondness for nostalgia, I was extremely excited to have received an Advanced Review Copy of Plan 9 From Outer Space (The Novelization) for free for which I am leaving this review voluntarily - the book cover alone, seeing it, made me so excited to read it!
If I may quote the description, “The real life scientific explanation of Solaronite! All Plan 9 plot holes patched with meticulously crafted connective tissue. Finally revealed - THE OTHER PLANS!” (“Spoiler Alert,” the entire universe is facing major turmoil and there were MORE than 9 Plans From Outer Space set to implement this.) I feel it’s a given in pop culture that people know this story but after having mentioned it’s novelizations release, I was shocked that my co-workers (flight attendants) had no clue as to what I was talking about. There seemed to be more familiarity with it on the pilots side. For those familiar with this story, it’s amusing to me that I’m a Flight Attendant with American Airlines and recently worked flights in and out of Albuquerque (but we didn’t fly to Burbank on flight 812). In the movie’s plot, aliens try to stop humans from developing a weapon that could destroy the world. They use "Plan 9" to raise armies of the dead to terrorize the living. Are the alien invaders here to save us or conquer our planet? The dead rise and our weapons are useless! Basing the book on Ed Wood’s script, Bret Nelson’s writing in this retelling was not overly detailed and remained genuine in continuity with the 1957 film. He used dialog to carry the story and nearing the finale, a focal point was established in converging multiple character narratives. His writing also reestablishes this kind of story that could make it relevant in an updated film reintrepreted - most specifically the military aspect, especially considering global tensions today while playing into our fear that the Government isn’t telling us everything - this aspect parallels Ed Wood’s story which I feel was clever and ahead of it’s time. Not only did he dramatize the possibility of aliens and zombies walking among us BUT he had them working together to terrorize the human race as a distraction from something greater and seemingly inevitable!
Thanking BookSirens for sending me a free #ARC - I’m eager to leave my honest review. I was especially thrilled that it was for the novelization of Plan 9 From Outer Space, a personal movie favorite, and am hoping for the opportunity at other cult movie novelizations of the same genre.