ALIEN Day 2020, is upon us. Today, 4/26, we get to celebrate all things ALIEN. I have my contribution to make in the form of a progress update on the book dedicated to Kenner’s 1979 ALIEN toy, HIDEOUS PLASTIC – In stores everyone can hear you scream. Firstly, we’ve had a few hiccups that have caused more delays. Nonetheless, slow progress is still progress meaning we’re moving closer to publication and release despite the difficult conditions inflicted upon us all by a global health crisis. One of the aforementioned “hiccups” has been a difficult pre-order activity for the book. Due to errors/bugs/technical stuffz regarding currency conversion and postage price problems, I’ve had to remove the pre-ordering page. I am still looking into resolving these issues and hope to restore it at a later date. Nonetheless, all existing pre-orders will be honored and those who have purchased the book can expect to receive it in the mail soon after release. Right now, the book is in the publisher’s hands and ready to go to print. I’m just waiting to hear from them.

Anyway, onward with the good News. One feature of the book I haven’t previously mentioned was a pre-order bonus for early purchasers. Included with the pre-order copies will be one of a kind color art prints generated by deep dreaming software. There is a total of fifty prints and copies are restricted to one of each. Featuring a layout design inspired by old bubblegum cards, these unique plates measure 6×9 inches with no two alike. Pre-order customers will receive one of these color plates with each book. You will find it on the reverse side of the information sheet shrink wrapped to the back of the book. These prints are all individually numbered, 1-50 and packaged at random.

These items were designed a few years back using Deep Dream Generator to create.

Other than an issue with pre-orders not going according to plan and yet another delay from the publisher, everything else is ticking over assuredly well. I will take this opportunity to thank everyone who has pre-ordered the book. Please contact me  If you have any questions. I apologise for any inconvenience and hope my next update will be accompanied by concrete release details. That update is about a month away, I’d say.

Take care, keep indoors and stay safe! Enjoy ALIEN Day 2020. I am looking forward to both official announcements and all the fun things fans have to contribute on the day.

-Windebieste.