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Alita: Battle Angel - Iron City

The Official Movie Prequel

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Alita: Battle Angel - Iron City

By: Pat Cadigan
Narrated by: Brian Nishii
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The official prequel novel to the highly anticipated film

A long time ago, there was the Great War. The reasons for the war have been lost to time. On the shattered surface of the earth, there is a metropolis that lives amid the garbage thrown down from the inhabitants of a sky city floating above it. Welcome to Iron City.

A lonely doctor specializing in cyborg repair, Ido, is doing his best to help the citizens of Iron City. But Ido has a double life, another persona born from the pieces of his broken heart.

Hugo, a young man surviving on a life of crime, spots the ultimate steal: an object that will unearth secrets from his own past.

And Vector, the most powerful businessman in the city, has his sights set on a new technology that will change the future of Iron City forever....

©2018 Pat Cadigan (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Cyberpunk Fiction Genre Fiction Movie, TV & Video Game Tie-Ins Science Fiction War Heartfelt
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Alita: Battle Angel By: Pat Cadigan
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The movie and narration (book 0 and book 1) are based on manga. Picture a post-apocalyptic, post-war, corrupt world and then immerse yourself in what characters have to do to make ends meet. The struggle between what is right and survival is tangible. The narrator matches the setting of this world most perfectly and the backstory gives more depth to the movie, which I loved and am planning to watch again after finishing book 1.

Listen before watching the movie

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I enjoyed the first book and watched the movie and loved it, I was hoping this would be as good and it was brilliant.

Brilliant

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You should take a listen to gain a deeper understanding of the Movie.
Yeah worth the time.

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ci sono dei bei momenti in cui a tutti i personaggi (Ido, Chiden, Hugo e Vector) viene dato modo di brillare, ma la trama del chip non l'ho trovata così interessante, ho che abbia espresso il suo pieno potenziale facendo convergere a dovere tutti i personaggi, ci sono per lo più grossi monologhi ed esposizioni dei personaggi che veri confronti per lo più, l'azione é leggermente difficile da leggere anche per via di non avere una chiara idea dell'aspetto di molti cyborg, ma mi ritengo soddisfatto per quello che aggiunge appunto ai personaggi in particolare Hugo che nel film risultavo un pò blando e che invece ha molto da raccontare

lots of backstory but not much events

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The book has a good flow and paints a picture of life in Iron City before Alita. the problem is, there is nothing insightful or engaging about the narrative. All the characters are given a bit of a background story but no huge events, no real details of the 2 cities or a bit of history. There is nothing new added other that this is just padding before we get to Alita. without the main character it is like have a diamond ring with no diamond or a car with no wheels. it has no purpose other than to wait for the vital component, the jewel, no traction without wheels. The characters are treading water before they get rescued by the real story of Alita.

No Alita, no focal point

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