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The Abyss should be on this list, and should be very high. It was written by Orson Scott Card, he took his time and delivered it late so it would reflect the actual movie. But most importantly, he added a ton of character development and explanations of the aliens actions that makes you far more invested in the characters and helps you understand exactly what happened and why. For instance, Lindsey coming back to life wasn't just because of Bud not giving up. Lt. Coffey has a very specific reason for being tightly bound to his team and also for seeing someone on his team speaking against his plans as a true betrayal, which is all heightened by his psychosis.

Arentol, please feel free to add The Abyss to the list. Everyone is welcome to add their favorite books.

Cool list, I've read quite a few of them but the list gave me some ideas. I just finished the Close Encounters Of The Third Kind novelization (which was very good and apparently written by Spielberg but I don't know for sure) and I'm about halfway through Tron.

A few others I've read not on the list that people might enjoy:

Explorers
The Thing (probably the best novelization I've read)
WarGames
The Manhattan Project
Men In Black
Poltergeist
Demolition Man
Halloween I-III
Escape From New York

Not Recommended - Spaceballs: The Book

Irwin wrote: "Cool list, I've read quite a few of them but the list gave me some ideas. I just finished the Close Encounters Of The Third Kind novelization (which was very good and apparently written by Spielber..."

What did you not like about Spaceballs? Add the rest to the list if you haven't already!

The problem with "Spaceballs: The Book" was that I was probably about 29 years late in reading it, the movie may be funny for people of all ages but the book was definitely aimed at school children. It was like somebody took the movie and rewrote it as an R.L. Stine book... which is exactly what happened because R.L. Stine wrote the novelization. All the funniest parts have been removed (obviously some of them weren't totally kid friendly) and the whole book is basically the author trying to describe the kid-friendliest sight gags and adding exclamation marks to drive home the fact you're supposed to laugh. It would be something like "Dark helmet walked in.... wearing a GIANT helmet!!!!" and that would be the biggest "joke" in the chapter.

Also the other day I found a copy of Stargate in the used book store, I'll probably read that later though. After reading 2 novelizations simultaneously I'm kind of wanting to just read a novel.

Have just added Alien3. Having seen it in the cinema back in the day I really liked it. An under-rated movie I think, also David Fincher's (movie) directorial debut. Re-reading it at the moment, and like all good novelisations, gives a good insight into characters behaviours and motivations. Hope to read Interstellar soon, one of the best movies of the 21st century (so far). Now if only someone would do a novelisation of Tenet...

Arentol wrote: "The Abyss should be on this list, and should be very high. It was written by Orson Scott Card, he took his time and delivered it late so it would reflect the actual movie. But most importantly, he ..."

I agree Arentol. Glad to see its on the list now. My 1st experience with a novelisation and loved the movie. Love it even more after reading the book, so much more going on that didn't come across so well in the movie. The novelisation lifts the movie to a higher level...