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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox writer 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.

CareerEdit

Star WarsEdit

Foster was the ghostwriter of the original novelization of Star Wars, which was credited solely to George Lucas.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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."<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

AlienEdit

Foster has written novelizations of several films in the Alien franchise, beginning with the first film. He was not allowed to view H.R. Giger's design for the titular creature,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> leading to the use of vague descriptions such as "something man-shaped but definitely not a man".<ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This adaptation has been noted as a "classic" of novelizations that is "almost as timeless as the movie".<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It was later collected in omnibus form with Foster's novelizations of Aliens and Alien 3. During the writing of the latter, he attempted to avoid killing off two characters as in the screenplay but was overruled by the film's producers.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This led to him turning down the novelization of the following film, Alien: Resurrection,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> although Foster later returned to the series to novelize Alien: Covenant and write a further spin-off, Alien: Covenant – Origins.<ref name=":0" />

Star TrekEdit

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 an 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,<ref name="GrossAltman2016">Template:Cite book</ref> 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,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and for Star TrekTemplate:'s sequel, Star Trek Into Darkness.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Dispute with DisneyEdit

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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

AwardsEdit

Foster won the 2008 Grand Master award from the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

BibliographyEdit

Humanx Commonwealth UniverseEdit

See the Humanx Commonwealth page.

The Damned TrilogyEdit

  1. A Call to Arms (1991) Template:ISBN
  2. The False Mirror (1992) Template:ISBN
  3. The Spoils of War (1993) Template:ISBN

Dinotopia UniverseEdit

Journeys of the CatechistEdit

  1. Carnivores of Light and Darkness (1998) Template:ISBN
  2. Into the Thinking Kingdoms (1999) Template:ISBN
  3. A Triumph of Souls (2000) Template:ISBN

MarexxEdit

  1. Builder (unpublished)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Spellsinger seriesEdit

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  1. Spellsinger (1983) Template:ISBN
  2. The Hour of the Gate (1984) Template:ISBN
  3. The Day of the Dissonance (1984) Template:ISBN
  4. The Moment of the Magician (1984) Template:ISBN
  5. The Paths of the Perambulator (1985) Template:ISBN
  6. The Time of the Transference (1986) Template:ISBN
  7. Son of Spellsinger (1993) Template:ISBN
  8. Chorus Skating (1994) Template:ISBN

"Serenade" (2004), a novelette set immediately after The Time of the Transference,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> was first published in the anthology Masters of Fantasy and was later reprinted in Foster's short story collection Exceptions to Reality.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The Taken trilogyEdit

  1. Lost and Found (2004) Template:ISBN
  2. The Light-Years Beneath My Feet (2005) Template:ISBN
  3. The Candle of Distant Earth (2005) Template:ISBN

The Tipping Point trilogyEdit

Montezuma StripEdit

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Standalone novelsEdit

CollectionsEdit

Anthologies editedEdit

  • 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)

NovelizationsEdit

Star Trek universeEdit

Star Trek: The Animated SeriesEdit
  1. Star Trek Log One (1974) Template:ISBN
  2. Star Trek Log Two (1974) Template:ISBN
  3. Star Trek Log Three (1975) Template:ISBN
  4. Star Trek Log Four (1975) Template:ISBN
  5. Star Trek Log Five (1975) Template:ISBN
  6. Star Trek Log Six (1976) Template:ISBN
  7. Star Trek Log Seven (1976) Template:ISBN
  8. Star Trek Log Eight (1976) Template:ISBN
  9. Star Trek Log Nine (1977) Template:ISBN
  10. Star Trek Log Ten (1978) Template:ISBN<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Star Trek moviesEdit

Star Wars universeEdit

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  • "Bait" (2015), short story

Alien universeEdit

  1. Alien (1979) Template:ISBN
  2. Aliens (1986) Template:ISBN
  3. Alien 3 (1992) Template:ISBN
  4. Alien: Covenant (2017) Template:ISBN
  5. Alien: Covenant - Origins (2017) Template:ISBN

Terminator universeEdit

TransformersEdit

Standalone novelizationsEdit

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FilmographyEdit

NotesEdit

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ReferencesEdit

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Further readingEdit

External linksEdit

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