Hunter's Planet (Aliens Vs. Predator, Book 2)

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Customer Reviews:

Doesn't live up to Prey [Posted on 2005-03-03]
I think this is the first book by David Bischoff I've read, and so I don't know how it matches the quality of his other work, but this overall was passable but not up to my expectations after having read Prey. The only really good scenes are involving the Yautja, such as the opening scene, the Pack flashbacks, and the final fifty or so pages of climax. In between it does get rather boring.

I enjoyed the character of Atilla, I rather like the human characters, though they're written a bit broad (Dick Daniels, especially), Machiko is well-characterized, and the Yautja characters are well written as well, although they do tend to blend together and Bischoff actually calls them by the wrong names a few times.

Bischoff's style can get old fast. He's fond of cliched expressions and repeats himself, a lot. His dialogue isn't the most realistic I've read, either.

I also didn't like the inclusion of a love interest for Machiko. I wasn't interested in reading romance in a Predator novel, but if it must be done, I would prefer that it wasn't so thrown together and contrived. Fortunately it only takes up a few pages and is easily skipped if you don't like it.

I have to wonder why this is the second book in the trilogy, instead of the third, since I understand that the story that was glossed over in this novel will be described in detail in "War". The whole novel made me a little frustrated with the way Bischoff kept referring to the events at the mining colony but never elaborating on them. I'm off to read War and I really hope for a return to Prey-like greatness.

Bad sequel, really boring, almost zero action [Posted on 2006-01-20]
Hi,
Of course I got the book after reading prey in his two versions (comic and book) I was waiting for a lot of interaction (battle) between aliens, predators and some humans. I guess everything started to go wrong when the aliens where modified to see and use weapons by the all mighty humans (yeah! sure...tongue on cheek)

Then comes the frustration from Machiko after living and hunting with the predators and all her flashbacks, the also allmighty swiss army android in servant disguise and the "climax" in which basically the predators use the "blast'em all" strategy (under machiko's command) instead of something more worthy of the "yautja" testing themselves against a much more dangerous alien variant.

I don't think is a good strategy as a writter to create a more powerful enemy if you'll kill him using just brute force right? Otherwise, Superman would have smashed Luthor a long time ago...

Predators as far as I remember have a lot of tech to use, but they also have brains and just plain brute force is not their first and only option, in fact, under "their code" that wouldn't be honorable at all...

I didn't like the book at all...

Wrong Consecutive (should be 3, not 2) [Posted on 2006-02-03]
I've read the three novels in this trilogy but take issue with continuity. Hunter's Planet should be the last one you read!!! Why? Machiko Naguchi kills "Shorty" twice. Huh? Please believe me and read Hunter's last. You'll get more out of the story threads and development. Being a surviver, Machiko spends some time with the "Pack" as she dedicates herself to the Hunt. Dark Horse doesn't usually make mistakes as becomes so obvious in these 2 & 3 novels. So, read "War" after "Prey"and then, and ONLY then, read "Hunter's Planet. I believe you'll enjoy all three if you manage to "think Sanaa Lathan, pronounced Sa-NAA, "like Sinatra without the tra" as Machiko. Maybe I'll wander over to the DVD's and "Review" the AVP. Enjoy, it's just entertainment, right?

Alternate Dimensions [Posted on 2007-04-25]
I hope the Perrys find the guy who wrote Hunters Planet and challenge him to a Duel of the Claws. #1 the queen capture mission is told two different ways #2 Naguchi kills Shorty TWICE. actually if you want to get into specifics she only kills him once (the other with the help of her synthetic counterpart). After reading Prey, Hunters Planet, and War, in that order I found myself waiting for Naguchi to wake up like it was all a flashback dream. To my dissapointment i got to page 210 which was the next page over after AVP: WAR was ended.

Great Book Hunter's Planet  [Posted on 2008-01-08]
This was my first book in this series. The story had a good pace and a great plot. I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a good quick read.

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