Product Description

Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are back! David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson reprise their iconic roles as the ultimate investigative team in the brand new "X-Files" movie, directed and co-written by "X-Files" creator Chris Carter and released on 1 August 2008.Mulder and Scully unite once again to explore the paranormal in a stand-alone story set 5 years after the end of the series. This time they are joined by new characters played by Amanda Peet (Studio 60) and Billy Connolly.The official novelisation provides fans with the full story of this much-anticipated movie. It is written by Max Allan Collins, a "New York Times" bestselling author who has been dubbed, "Mystery's Renaissance Man".

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #334917 in Books
• Published on: 2008-07-29
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

About the Author
Max Allan Collins is a New York Times bestselling American mystery writer. His critically acclaimed titles include the graphic novel Road to Perdition (adapted into a film in 2002) and the detective series about PI Nathan Heller. Dubbed 'the novelisation king' by Entertainment Weekly he has written tie-in novels to countless movies and TV series including Saving Private Ryan, Air Force One, The Mummy, CSI, Bones and Dark Angel. His comics credits include Batman, Dick Tracey and CSI, plus his own Ms. Tree.

Customer Reviews

I want to believe it's good...but..
I'm unable to get to a cinema to see the movie so I decided to read this book to get a feel for the story until the DVD is released. Ultimately it's very disappointing.

The actual writing of the book is clumsy and frankly below average. The author doesn't seem to have many descriptive phrases in his vocabulary, so at times it's very repetitive and you begin to wonder if certain characters are wearing the same clothes for days and have the same strange expression on their face all the time!

I won't give too much away, but the actual story has a promising start, with plenty of mystery, leaving the reader thinking of several possibilities. There's a nice amount of tension and suspense but as the story draws to a close and the loose ends are neatly tied up, you're left thinking "That was lame!". The story sort of peters out into a weak dribbly end, with some very predictable scenes. In reality the reader's own mysterious thoughts and ponderings on the story could have made a better story than the one this actually turns into.

Both the storyline and the writing could have been much better. An opportunity missed.

Terribly written, but interesting and entertaining none the less!
This novelisation is so bad it is hysterical! Mulder has 'puppy-dog eyes' and Scully asks Mulder about his red speedos - I've read much better fanfic! Despite this though, I would highly recommend buying it! If you ignore the writing style it gives a great insight into the original film script including lots of cut scenes and dialogue which help to answer a lot of questions the movie raised. Also, it's great for a laugh! Buy it now!