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| name = Hunter's Planet |
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| author = [[David Bischoff]] |
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| cover_artist = [[John Bolton]] |
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| country = [[United States of America]] |
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| language = English |
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| series = [[Aliens Versus Predator]] |
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| genre = [[Science fiction]] |
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| publisher = [[Bantam Spectra ]] |
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| pub_date = 01 Decmber 1994 |
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| media_type = Print ([[Paper back]]) |
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| pages = 260 |
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| isbn = 0553565567 |
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| preceded_by = Prey |
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| followed_by = War |
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'''''Hunter's Planet''''' is a [[Science fiction]] novel written by [[David Bischoff]]. It is a sequal to the first Dark Horse graphic novel and subsequent novelization by [[Steve Perry]] called Prey. |
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==Plot== |
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The main protaganist is Machiko Noguchi, a tough woman who has fought with Predators and Aliens in the past. She has returned to a beauraucratic job at home, and though her life is boring, she spars with an android assistant named Atilla the Hun, to keep up her martial arts skills. |
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Soon, she is hired by a trillionaire named Livermore Evanston, who owns a planet that he's converting in a hunter's paradise for rich humans. However, his cloning factory which produces copies of huntable creatures masks an operation used to convert Aliens into controllable warriors. |
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Machiko finds romance with a mercenary named Ned Sanchez as Predators enter the story. Later, Machiko rebels against and kill Evanston with the help of Atilla, who turns out to be more than he seems. |
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Finally, Machiko, Atilla, and the surviving mercenaries are left in control of the world. |
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==Adaptations== |
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This book is part of the[[Aliens vs. Predator (novel series)|Aliens vs. Predator]]'' novel series. It is a crossover to the first novelization of the [[Alien vs. Predator (film)| Alien vs. Predator]] movie, and the [[Aliens versus Predator (comics)| Aliens versus Predator]]comic book series published by [[Dark Horse Comics]] |
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== Publication == |
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** ''[[Hunter's Planet]]'' (by [[David Bischoff]], Bantam Books, 260 pages, December 1994, ISBN 0-553-56556-7) |
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{{Reflist}} |
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==References== |
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*''Aliens/Predator Panel to Panel'' (Dark Horse Comics, 192 pages, 2006, ISBN-10: 1-59307-479-4, ISBN-13: 978-1-59307-479-1) An official companion to the Dark Horse Comics' Aliens, Predator and AVP series. |
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*''Beautiful Monsters: The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to the Alien and Predator Films'' (by [[David A. McIntee]], Telos, 272 pages, 2005, ISBN 1-903889-94-4) |
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==External links== |
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* [http://www.darkhorse.com/search/search.php?sstring=aliens+vs.+predator&type=comic Dark Horse Comics's ''Aliens vs. Predator'' section] |
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[[Category:1994 novels]] |
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[[Category:American novels]] |
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[[Category:Science fiction novels]] |
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[[Category:Alien vs. Predator novels| ]] |
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