Cowboys & Aliens (Paperback)

from millhold

Good book. I don't usually buy books that are adapted from screenplays, and wouldn't have bought this one had I noticed that was what it was BEFORE I made the purchase, but I enjoyed this book, and thought the storyline was interesting and the characters were engaging.

from SadieSForsythe

I obviously wasn't looking for a serious read when I picked this book up to listen to. I thought it might be silly and fun, and since I never saw the movie, I'd at least know the plot then. The problem is that I didn't realize that it is a novel based on the screenplay for the movie, as opposed t...

from Preston.Kringle

Cowboys and Aliens is a dry read with a lack of voice, several switching viewpoints in which the story is told, and lack of character development. What few interesting points are a difficult to read due to the switching of whom's viewpoint is being used if anyone's at all.

from tallcar

If you can get by the anti-american/cowboy views its a ok story line.

from cissa

I read this, as i did "Return to Oz", because I like Vinge's writing and there's not enough of it! And while I'm not sorry I read these, They are not as good as her original works. As a novelization, I think this is the better of the two. It did read more like a novel than a novelization, and gav...