wyrmbergmalcolm's review
5.0
Stronghold was a much lower-key affair than many of the Aliens stories, and that made a very refreshing change. Having a small number of characters kept the story nice and tight. As with all the good Aliens stories, the focus is barely on the xenomorphs, but on the humans - or in this case the humans and synthetics. This story introduces the best synthetic since Bishop, and that's Jeri who's build to look, sound and move like a Xenomorph, but can talk. Constantly wise-cracking and complaining Jeri steals the limelight entirely.
The other high point was the traditional Asimov robotics laws which are both Jeri's strength and weakness. Some really clever scenes are played out with these laws being forefront to the synthetics' behaviours.
The artwork was pretty standard for the time.
This one really surprised me by how good it was.
The other high point was the traditional Asimov robotics laws which are both Jeri's strength and weakness. Some really clever scenes are played out with these laws being forefront to the synthetics' behaviours.
The artwork was pretty standard for the time.
This one really surprised me by how good it was.
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