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American fiction writer (born 1946)
Alan Dean Foster (born November 18, 1946) is an American writer of fantasy and science fiction . He has written several book series , more than 20 standalone novels, and many novelizations of film scripts.
Star Wars [ edit ]
Foster was the ghostwriter of the original novelization of Star Wars , which was credited solely to George Lucas .[1] When asked if it was difficult for him to see Lucas get all the credit for Star Wars , Foster said, "Not at all. It was George's story idea. I was merely expanding upon it. Not having my name on the cover didn't bother me in the least. It would be akin to a contractor demanding to have his name on a Frank Lloyd Wright house."[2]
Foster also wrote the follow-up novel Splinter of the Mind's Eye (1978), written with the intention of being adapted as a low-budget sequel to Star Wars if the film was unsuccessful. However, Star Wars was a blockbusting success, and The Empire Strikes Back (1980) would be developed instead. Foster's story relied heavily on abandoned concepts that appeared in Lucas's early treatments for the first film.[3]
Foster returned to the franchise for the prequel-era novel The Approaching Storm (2002), and also wrote the novelization of the first sequel trilogy film, The Force Awakens (2015).[4]
Star Trek [ edit ]
Foster wrote 10 books based on episodes of the animated Star Trek , the first six books each consisting of three linked novella-length episode adaptations, and the last four being expanded adaptations of single episodes that segued into original story. In the mid-seventies, he wrote original Star Trek stories for the Peter Pan-label Star Trek audio story records. He has the story credit for Star Trek: The Motion Picture ,[5] as he wrote a treatment based on a two-page outline by Gene Roddenberry.
He later wrote the novelization of the 2009 film Star Trek , his first Star Trek novel in over 30 years,[6] and for Star Trek ' s sequel, Star Trek Into Darkness .[7]
Dispute with Disney [ edit ]
In 2020, Foster, together with the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), alleged that The Walt Disney Company , which acquired rights to his Star Wars and Alien novels via their acquisitions of Lucasfilm and 20th Century Fox , had not paid him royalties for e-book sales of his books.[8] [9] [10] The issue was resolved in May 2021, when Disney arranged to pay Foster and his fellow Star Wars novelization authors James Kahn and Donald F. Glut their royalties.[11] [12]
Foster won the 2008 Grand Master award from the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers.[13]
Bibliography [ edit ]
Humanx Commonwealth Universe [ edit ]
Pip and Flinx [ edit ]
Novels are listed in chronological order of the story (not chronological order of publication). Foster comments, in a foreword to a re-issued edition of Bloodhype , that it is the eleventh novel in the series, and should fall between Running from the Deity and Trouble Magnet .[14]
For Love of Mother-Not (1983) ISBN 0-345-30511-6
The Tar-Aiym Krang (1972) ISBN 0-345-29232-4
Orphan Star (1977) ISBN 0-345-25507-0
The End of the Matter (1977) ISBN 0-345-25861-4
Flinx in Flux (1988) ISBN 0-345-34363-8
Mid-Flinx (1995) ISBN 0-345-38374-5
Reunion (2001) ISBN 0-345-41867-0
Flinx's Folly (2003) ISBN 0-345-45038-8
Sliding Scales (2004) ISBN 0-345-46156-8
Running from the Deity (2005) ISBN 0-345-46159-2
Bloodhype (1973) ISBN 0-345-25845-2
Trouble Magnet (2006) ISBN 0-345-48504-1
Patrimony (2007) ISBN 978-0-345-48507-6
Flinx Transcendent (2009) ISBN 978-0-345-49607-2
Strange Music (2017) ISBN 978-1-101-96760-7
Founding of the Commonwealth [ edit ]
Phylogenesis (1999) ISBN 0-345-41862-X
Dirge (2000) ISBN 0-345-41864-6
Diuturnity's Dawn (2002) ISBN 0-345-41865-4
Icerigger Trilogy [ edit ]
Icerigger (1974) ISBN 0-345-23836-2
Mission to Moulokin (1979) ISBN 0-345-27676-0
The Deluge Drivers (1987) ISBN 0-345-33330-6
Standalone Commonwealth novels [ edit ]
In chronological order:
Nor Crystal Tears (1982) ISBN 0-345-29141-7
Voyage to the City of the Dead (1984) ISBN 0-345-31215-5
Midworld (1975) ISBN 0-345-35011-1
"The Emoman" (1972) short story
"Surfeit" (1982) short story
Drowning World (2003) ISBN 0-345-45035-3
Quofum (2008) ISBN 978-0-345-49605-8
"Mid-Death" (2006) short story
The Howling Stones (1997) ISBN 0-345-38375-3
Sentenced to Prism (1985) ISBN 0-345-31980-X
Cachalot (1980) ISBN 0-345-28066-0
A Call to Arms (1991) ISBN 0-345-35855-4
The False Mirror (1992) ISBN 0-345-35856-2
The Spoils of War (1993) ISBN 0-345-35857-0
Dinotopia Universe [ edit ]
Journeys of the Catechist [ edit ]
Carnivores of Light and Darkness (1998) ISBN 0-446-52132-9
Into the Thinking Kingdoms (1999) ISBN 0-446-52136-1
A Triumph of Souls (2000) ISBN 0-446-52218-X
Builder (unpublished)[15] [16]
Spellsinger series [ edit ]
Spellsinger (1983) ISBN 0-446-97352-1
The Hour of the Gate (1984) ISBN 0-446-90354-X
The Day of the Dissonance (1984) ISBN 0-446-32133-8
The Moment of the Magician (1984) ISBN 0-446-32326-8
The Paths of the Perambulator (1985) ISBN 0-446-32679-8
The Time of the Transference (1986) ISBN 0-932096-43-3
Son of Spellsinger (1993) ISBN 0-446-36257-3
Chorus Skating (1994) ISBN 0-446-36237-9
"Serenade" (2004), a novelette set immediately after The Time of the Transference ,[17] was first published in the anthology Masters of Fantasy and was later reprinted in Foster's short story collection Exceptions to Reality .[18]
The Taken trilogy [ edit ]
Lost and Found (2004) ISBN 0-345-46125-8
The Light-Years Beneath My Feet (2005) ISBN 0-345-46128-2
The Candle of Distant Earth (2005) ISBN 0-345-46131-2
The Tipping Point trilogy [ edit ]
Montezuma Strip [ edit ]
Standalone novels [ edit ]
Collections [ edit ]
Anthologies edited [ edit ]
Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves (1991) with Martin H. Greenberg
Betcha Can't Read Just One (1993)
Short Stories from Small Islands: Tales Shared in Palau (2005)
Novelizations [ edit ]
Star Trek universe[ edit ]
Star Trek: The Animated Series [ edit ]
Star Trek Log One (1974) ISBN 0-345-24014-6
Star Trek Log Two (1974) ISBN 0-345-25812-6
Star Trek Log Three (1975) ISBN 0-345-24260-2
Star Trek Log Four (1975) ISBN 0-345-24435-4
Star Trek Log Five (1975) ISBN 0-345-33351-9
Star Trek Log Six (1976) ISBN 0-345-24655-1
Star Trek Log Seven (1976) ISBN 0-345-24965-8
Star Trek Log Eight (1976) ISBN 0-345-25141-5
Star Trek Log Nine (1977) ISBN 0-345-25557-7
Star Trek Log Ten (1978) ISBN 0-345-27212-9 [20]
Star Trek movies[ edit ]
Star Wars universe[ edit ]
Alien universe [ edit ]
Alien (1979) ISBN 0-446-82977-3
Aliens (1986) ISBN 0-446-30139-6
Alien 3 (1992) ISBN 0-446-36216-6
Alien: Covenant (2017) ISBN 1-785-65478-0
Alien: Covenant - Origins (2017) ISBN 9781785654763
Terminator universe [ edit ]
Transformers [ edit ]
Standalone novelizations [ edit ]
Dark Star (1974) ISBN 0-345-24267-X , movie novelization
Luana (Italian film) (1974) ISBN 0-345-23793-5 , movie novelization
Maude (unpublished 1974), television novelization ("Maude's Dilemma ")[22]
The Black Hole (1979) ISBN 0-345-28538-7 , movie novelization
Clash of the Titans (1981) ISBN 0-446-93675-8 , movie novelization
Outland (1981) ISBN 0-446-95829-8 , movie novelization
The Thing (1981) ISBN 0-553-20477-7 , movie novelization
Krull (1983) ISBN 0-446-30642-8 , movie novelization
The Last Starfighter (1984) ISBN 0-425-07255-X , movie novelization
The Last Starfighter Storybook (1984) with Lynn Haney and Jonathan Betuel
Shadowkeep (1984) ISBN 0-446-32553-8 , also a computer game (1984)
Starman (1984) ISBN 0-446-32598-8 , movie novelization
Pale Rider (1985) ISBN 0-446-32767-0 , movie novelization
Alien Nation (1988) ISBN 0-446-35264-0 , movie novelization
The Dig (1995) ISBN 0-446-51853-0 , also a computer game
The Chronicles of Riddick (2004) ISBN 0-345-46839-2 , movie novelization
Filmography [ edit ]
^ This pen name was used for the first publication of many of the Montezuma Strip stories.
References [ edit ]
^ Bently, Lionel; Biron, Laura (2014). "The author strikes back: Mutating authorship in the expanded universe". Law and Creativity in the Age of the Entertainment Franchise . Cambridge University Press. p. 44. ISBN 978-1-107-03989-6 .
^ "Kaiburr crystal" . StarWars.com . Archived from the original on September 13, 2011. Retrieved November 17, 2018 .
^ Osborn, Alex (April 18, 2015). "Star Wars Celebration: Alan Dean Foster Writing The Force Awakens Novelization" . Archived from the original on November 22, 2015. Retrieved September 19, 2016 .
^ Gross, Edward; Altman, Mark A. (June 28, 2016). The Fifty-Year Mission: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Star Trek: The First 25 Years . St. Martin's Press. pp. 372–374. ISBN 978-1-4668-7285-1 . Archived from the original on July 25, 2020. Retrieved June 8, 2018 .
^ "Alan Dean Foster Writing Star Trek Movie Adaptation" . Archived from the original on February 15, 2009. Retrieved February 12, 2009 .
^ "Gallery To Release Star Trek Into Darkness Novel" . Archived from the original on June 18, 2013. Retrieved May 21, 2013 .
^ Flood, Allison. "Star Wars author appeals to Disney in fight over royalties" . The Guardian . Archived from the original on November 23, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2020 .
^ "Star Wars Novelist Says Disney Won't Pay Him Royalties it Owes Him" . The Verge . Vox Media . November 19, 2020. Archived from the original on November 23, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2020 .
^ "#DisneyMustPay Alan Dean Foster" . Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America . November 18, 2020. Archived from the original on November 18, 2020. Retrieved November 18, 2020 .
^ "1 May 2021" . Alan Dean Foster. Archived from the original on October 11, 2002. Retrieved April 30, 2021 .
^ Johnston, Rich (May 11, 2021). "Disney To Pay Star Wars Novelists Alan Dean Foster And More" . Bleeding Cool . Retrieved November 16, 2021 .
^ "IAMTW 2008 awards" . Archived from the original on November 19, 2008. Retrieved June 4, 2019 .
^ Bloodhype foreword, Del Rey, March 2002.
^ "Builder by Alan Dean Foster - FictionDB" . www.fictiondb.com . Archived from the original on November 19, 2020. Retrieved June 4, 2019 .
^ "Title: Builder" . www.isfdb.org . Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved June 4, 2019 .
^ Patten, Fred (August 4, 2001). "New Alan Dean Foster" . Flayrah . Archived from the original on June 4, 2019. Retrieved June 4, 2019 .
^ "Publication: Exceptions to Reality" . www.isfdb.org . Archived from the original on July 25, 2020. Retrieved June 4, 2019 .
^ The human blend . Online Computer Library Center . OCLC 548412878 – via WorldCat .
^ Ayers, Jeff (2006). Voyages of Imagination: The Star Trek Fiction Companion . Pocket Books. p. 65. ISBN 1-4165-0349-8 . Archived from the original on November 18, 2020. Retrieved September 19, 2020 .
^ Osborn, Alex (April 18, 2015). "Star Wars Celebration: Alan Dean Foster Writing The Force Awakens Novelization" . Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 19, 2016 .
^ Athans, Philip (September 20, 2011). "The Fantasy Author's Handbook Interview XVI: Alan Dean Foster" . Fantasy Author's Handbook . Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved June 11, 2018 .
Further reading [ edit ]
Duignan-Cabrera, Anthony (July 1996). "The InQuest Q&A: Alan Dean Foster". InQuest . No. 15. pp. 54–57.
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