Thread: Hey!! Let's get some action going! What are we reading?
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Old 06-04-2016, 06:22 AM   #24129
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I'm getting ready for the new ID4 movie by reading first the Complete Omnibus (which is the novelization of, prequel to, and sequel to, the original movie) and then Crucible, which is the prequel to the new movie.

One annoying thing about the Omnibus is that Silent Zone, the prequel, has a little opening sequence which takes place right after the big battle. This was apparently considered sufficient reason for the Omnibus to place it in the middle, after the movie novelization. Thankfully, if one has a copy which lacks DRM, this is easy to correct... or, at least, easier than the novelization's utter lack of chapter divisions.

Something that only struck me after I got a few chapters into Silent Zone is that it actually makes sense that the aliens would keep attacking during early July. First, the early-July Roswell incident is ID4 canon, so that's another "historical" data point. Second... well, the aliens are coming from a specific place or direction, right? It's only logical to attack us at the point in our orbit when we cross that path. I mean, sure, there's the obvious July 4th patriotic marketing at the meta-level, but it was neat to realize that there's a reasonable in-world explanation.
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