Recommended reading – Alien (novel & movie photo novel):

Alien

by Alan Dean Foster.

Filmed as Alien (1979), directed by Ridley Scott.

Published by Orbit.
Published 1979.

ISBN-10: 0708816789
ISBN-13: 978-0708816783
 
Description:

Where was Earth?

This was not their galaxy. A strange sun lit the sky with orange rays. In their long cold sleep, the seven space travelers had left their own universe behind, and now their monitor told them that on the planet revolving below them, someone was signalling for help. By space law, they must descend, explore and render assistance. But they would carry weapons. For who could tell what being called to them – or why. All they knew was that it was Alien.

Alien: Movie Novel

by Dan O'Bannon.

Edited by Richard J. Anobile.

Published by Avon.

Published 1979.

ISBN: 9780380466313
ISBN 10: 0380466317
ASIN: 0380466317

Description:
A Movie Novel of the film 'Alien' - a graphic novel using photographs from the film.

Recommended reading - Star Trek: Into Darkness

Star Trek: Into Darkness

by Alan Dean Foster.

Published by Gallery Books.
Published 2013.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 147671648X
ISBN-13: 978-1476716480
 
Description:

The official movie tie-in novelization of the highly anticipated sequel to 2009’s blockbuster feature film Star Trek!

Months after the dramatic events seen in the 2009 blockbuster film Star Trek, the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise – including Captain James T. Kirk, First Officer Spock, Doctor Leonard McCoy, Lieutenant Nyota Uhura, Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott, Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu, and Ensign Pavel Chekov – is called back home. But an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has declared all-out war on Starfleet and everything it stands for, leaving Earth in a state of crisis. Now with a personal score to settle as a result, Kirk must lead a covert manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction. As these valiant heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Captain Kirk has left: his crew.