The X Files (1993-2018) TV Series poster and book cover compared.

The X Files

Chris Carter, 1993-2018

VS3

The X Files
Les Martin, Ellen Steiber, 1997

NOVELIZATION

The X Files is a TV series novelization written by Les Martin and Ellen Steiber in 1997 and based on the TV series of the same name, created by Chris Carter in 1993. The TV series features Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny, Mitch Pileggi, Robert Patrick, William B. Davis, Tom Braidwood, and others.

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“The TV series is better than the book”

But the book is worth reading.

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RATING

8.6

/ 10

TV Series Poster: The X Files (Chris Carter, 1993-2018)

8.3

/ 10

Book Cover: The X Files (Les Martin, Ellen Steiber, 1997)

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Storyline

The X-Files follows the careers and personal lives of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson). She is partnered with Mulder initially so that she can debunk Mulder’s nonconforming theories, often supplying logical, scientific explanations for the cases’ apparently unexplainable phenomena.

Movie vs Book

Poster of The X Files, the 1993 TV series by Chris Carter

Year

1993

Minutes

45

Movie Rate

8.60

Source: IMDb

TV Series

The X Files

Country: USA

Year: 1993-2018

Length: 45m / 217 episodes

Cover of The X Files, the 1997 book by Les Martin and Ellen Steiber

Year

1997

Pages

439

Book Rate

8.38

S: Goodreads

Book

The X Files

Country: USA

First published in: 1997

Length: 439 pages

Genre: Fiction

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Which is better?

Poster of The X Files, the 1993 TV series by Chris Carter

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Cover of The X Files, the 1997 book by Les Martin and Ellen Steiber

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TV series

IS IT WORTH WATCHING?

Poster of The X Files, the 1993 TV series by Chris Carter

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12 votes

1 votes

book

IS IT WORTH READING?

Cover of The X Files, the 1997 book by Les Martin and Ellen Steiber

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29% No

5 votes

2 votes

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