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Archive-name: tv/x-files/ukfaq_part5
Posting-Frequency: monthly Last-modified: 31 March 1997 Version: 4.05 URL: http://www.netvision.co.uk/x-files/home.html See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge Part 5 of The UK TXF FAQ Comics, Books & Videos Comics There is a UK magazine published monthly by Manga, who can be contacted in three ways :- The X-Files Manga Publishing 40 St Peters Road London W6 9BD Fax: 0181 748 0841 Email: mangapub@cityscape.co.uk Manga publishes a monthly X Files comic, costing 1.50UKP. From Issue 19, Titan Magazines are now the publishers, and can be contacted thus: Titan Magazines Titan Books Ltd 42-44 Dolben Street London SE1 0UP Fax: 0171 620 0032 E-mail: 101447.2455@compuserve.com The current issue is 22 (March 1997). Copies of #1 are reported to have exchanged hands at 60 UKP! Books Name Goblins Author Charles Grant ISBN 0-00-225546-4 Publisher HarperCollins Opening the X-Files... Meet Mulder and Scully, FBI. The agency maverick and the female agent assigned to keep him in line. Their job: investigate the eeriest unsolved mysteries in modern America, from pyro-psychics to death row demonics, from rampaging Sasquatches to alien invasions. The cases the Bureau wants handled quietly, but quickly, before the public finds out what's *really* out there. And panics. The cases filed under "X" Name Whirlwind Author Charles Grant ISBN 0-00-648205-8 Publisher HarperCollins UNNATURAL DISASTERS Serial killers come in all shapes and sizes.But this one is particularly puzzling.There's no patters to the mutilated bodies that have been showing up in Phoenix: both sexes, all races, ages, ethnic groups. There is no evidence of rape or ritual. Only one thing connects the victims. They were victims of a natural disaster. One of the most *unnatural* natural disasters imaginable, leading to a most painful, most certain, and most hideous death.... An announced third book from Grant, _Hunter_, was dropped from the list and will not be published. Name Ground Zero Author Kevin J. Anderson ISBN 0-00-225448-4 (HB) ISBN 0-00-648206-6 (PB) Publisher HarperCollins Type Fiction Audiobook Narrator Gillian Anderson ISBN 0-69451-620-1 A renowned nuclear weapons researcher is not only dead - he's been charred to a radioactive cinder. The incinerated remnants or Dr. Gregory are found curled in the corner of his laboratory at the Edward Teller Nuclear Research Facility near Oakland, California. Since this is a death on Federal property, Mulder and Scully are hastily called in. As FBI agents who specialize in unexplained phenomena, they are the investigators of the X-Files, strange and inexplicable cases which are also mysteries that the FBI doesn't want solved. Dr. Gregory's unique death quickly and clearly becomes an X-File. As Mulder and Scully begin their frustrating work, unearthing the top secret project that Dr. Gregory was working on, they confront a tight-lipped Federal bureaucracy whose job it is to stop questions before they are asked. One by one, Mulder and Scully hit dead ends, closed security clearances, and classified documents that no one wants them to see. But that doesn't stop Mulder and Scully from ripping the lid off Dr. Gregory's illegal project - "Bright Anvil" - a new type of flash nuclear explosive that has all the destructive power of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs, but with a new design that leaves virtually no radioactive fallout. The implications for the modern world are deadly, and some radical protest groups will stop at nothing to prevent the test from happening. When a second victim, completely unrelated to nuclear science or Dr. Gregory is obliterated in the New Mexico desert, and then a third dies the same way in Washington D.C., Mulder and Scully begin to focus on the frightening dimensions of their task. The bizarre deaths cannot be a coincidence. And as they work to uncover the secret unifying element that unites these deaths, it becomes clear that this twisted puzzle has fatal consequences for the entire world. Name Ruins Author Kevin J. Anderson ISBN 0-00-224637-6 Publisher HarperCollins Type Fiction Audiobook Narrator Mitch Pileggi ISBN 0-69451-688-0 Novelizations #1 X Marks the Spot * Author: Les Martin * ISBN: 0-00-675182-5 Based on the pilot episode. An audiotape is available. #2 Darkness Falls * Author: Les Martin * ISBN: 0-00-675183-0 Based on the episode of the same name. An audiotape is available. #3 Tiger Tiger * Author: Les Martin * ISBN: 0-00-675184-9 Based on the episode "Fearful Symmetry." #4 Squeeze * Author: Ellen Steiber * ISBN: 0-00648296-1 Based on the episode of the same name. An audiotape is available. #5 Humbug * Author: Les Martin * ISBN: 0-00-675240-3 Based on the episode of the same name. Audiotapes of the above are available. #6 Voltage * Author: Easton Royce Based on the episode "D.P.O.". #7 E.B.E. * Author: Les Martin Based on the episode of the same name. Name The X-Files Book of the Unexplained (Volume One) Author Jane Goldman ISBN 0-684-81633-4 Publisher Simon & Schuster Type Reference The real X-Files... The facts behind the fiction With exclusive input from the cast and creators of _The X-Files_ and remarkable revelations from the world's leading investigators, scientists and officials, _The X-Files Book of the Unexplained_ is a book no _X-Files_ fan or inquisitive reader can afford to miss. Name The X-Files Book of the Unexplained (Volume Two) Author Jane Goldman ISBN 0-684-81633-4 Publisher Simon & Schuster Type Reference Among the mysteries, curiosities and 20th century nightmares, you'll find astral travel, near-death experiences, stigmata, genetic memory, serial- killing, cannibalism and other deviant behaviours, hauntings, Native American wonders, psychic abilities and thought transference, foretelling the future, freaks of nature, strange rains and other bizarre natural phenomena, animal mysteries, vampires, the occult, voodoo, zombies, curses, astrology, conspiracy and cover-up, mind-control, covert tests and experiments, strange places, weird physics, alien abduction syndrome and the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence. Read a chapter from the book at [http://www.bookshop.co.uk/xfiles/] http://www.bookshop.co.uk/xfiles/ Name The Unofficial X-Files Companion Author : N. E. Genge ISBN 0-333-65441-2 Publisher Macmillan Type Reference Fox Mulder and Dana Scully - Special Agents for the FBI - get the cases no one else can solve; the weird disappearances, the extra- terrestrial activities, the murders that defy both explanation and belief. Or so it seems ... From werewolves to pheremones to cannibalistic rituals; from physic channelling to artificial intelligence to rapid ageing disease, _The Unofficial X-Files Companion_ offeres 'deep background' information on the programme's fascinating and often bizarre topics. What's really located in Area 51? Where did the Fiji Mermaid come from? What magazines might you find hidden under Mulder's mattress? And just how does Scully take her coffee? Out-takes, trivia tests and details about the series and it's key characters make this book the ultimate unofficial reference for all X-Philes. The truth, you may just find, is in here ... An Audiotape of the book is available. Volume Two can now be purchased. Name The Official Guide To The X-Files Author Brian Lowry ISBN 0-00-255702-9 Publisher HarperCollins Type Reference Don't hide from the truth - You'll find it in here For inside information on TV's hottest show, turn to this unique compendium of _The X-Files_ facts and figures. Everything you must know is in here, including: * A complete and detailed episode guide * Scores of never before seen photos * A look behind the scenes and on the set * Fascinating stories that trace the show's origin, including interviews with creator Chris Carter, David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson - everyone in front of and behind the camera that brings _The X-Files_ to life. * Biographies of Cast and crew * A detailed look at the extraordinary special effects, who creates them and how they are done * Character studies of Mulder and Scully - as well as detailed breakdowns of favourite villains and recurring characters * Plus, intriguing trivia and sidebars of 'Mulderisms' and Scullyisms' Volume Two is near completion, comprising of the end-of-season three episodes. Videos The first eight episodes were released on four cassette tapes.Fox then withdrew them from sale. They have not explained why to date (12/3/96).Fox can be contacted via this freephone number, 0800 106015 If anyone manages to get any information, PLEASE tell me. I'll put it in here. Fox are releasing a series of video cassettes containing selected episodes. * "The Unopened File" (released 15th Jan 96) contains the episodes "Anasazi", "The Blessing Way" and "Paper Clip". * "File Two: Tooms" released in March 1996 (contains episodes "Squeeze" & "Tooms"). * "File Three: Abduction" released in May 1996 (contains episodes "Duane Barry", "Ascension" & "One Breath"), promoted by Mitch Pileggi and Nicholas Lea. * "File Four: Colony" has been postponed (contains episodes "Colony" & "End Game") indefinitely *again*. * "File Five : 82517" released (not Colony) on 16th September 1996. It contains the episodes Nisei and 731, a Chris Carter interview and a few trading cards of the episodes. * "File Six" released on November 4 1996, and includes the end-of-season-3 episode, Talitha Cumi and its conclusion, "Herrenvolk". * "File Seven" released on February 24, and contains Season 4 episodes Tunguska and Terma. * "File Eight" to be released sometime, containing Season 3 episodes Piper Maru and Apocrypha. Fox have released a special box set featuring the original four tapes (the first eight episodes of Season One) plus "The Secrets of The X-Files" documentary, which came out in March 1996. Laserdiscs Image Entertainment are shortly releasing three discs containing about six episodes, hand-picked and each including an introduction by Chris Carter. Price is 26.99ukp and are only available in NTSC format: Disc one contains "Pilot" and "Deep Throat" Disc two contains "Conduit" and "Ice" Disc three contains "Fallen Angel" and "Eve" The whole of Season One is available as a limited boxed set (5 videos) priced at 79.99UKP, containing a Chris Carter interview. Season 1 complete is also available on Laserdisc, but with the Japanese subtitles, they are released as two boxed sets containing episodes 1X79 - 1X11, and then 1X12 - 1X23. Each set costs 299ukp.Encore have Files 1, 2, 3 and 5 on PAL laserdisc. In May, Fox Video will be releasing Season 2 of The X-Files as a five tape box set for 79.99 UKP. === The uk.media.tv.sf.x-files Home Page: (Sponsored by Netvision) = http://www.netvision.co.uk/x-files ===== = http://pillar.ncl.ac.uk/~naj5/x-files/ = = = ===== Software Applications Engineer, Metrica Systems, Bath, UK ==== User Contributions:
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