Book Review: 'Titan of the Stars'

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Reviewer: Jace DeAngelo

Whoever compared Titan of the Stars by E. K. Johnston to classics such as Titanic and Alien (1986) did the story a disservice. Likening it to these monoliths of the film industry sets the bar pretty high, and I don’t think it meets that bar. I adore Alien and was drawn to Titan of the Stars because of this declared similarity. Alien was revolutionary and its terror was pointed—a variety of interviews have revealed that this was intentional and that, while most horror targets women, Alien was intended to make men feel the same horror that women are so often subjected to. Titan of the Stars has a ship in space being raided by aliens, sure, but it lacks the targeting that made Alien so unique.