{{Short description|American fiction writer (born 1946)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox writer | name = Alan Dean Foster | image = AlanDeanFoster2007-05-26.jpg | caption = Foster at [[BayCon]] in 2007 | pseudonym = James Lawson{{efn|This pen name was used for the first publication of many of the ''Montezuma Strip'' stories.}} | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|11|18}} | birth_place = [[New York City]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Fiction writer | period = 1971–present | genre = [[Science fiction]], [[fantasy]] | movement = | notableworks= ''[[Humanx Commonwealth]]'' and ''[[Spellsinger]]'' series | website = {{URL|alandeanfoster.com}} }} '''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 [[novelization]]s of film scripts.
==Career== ===''Star Wars''=== Foster was the [[ghostwriter]] of the original [[Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker|novelization of ''Star Wars'']], which was credited solely to [[George Lucas]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Wenz |first=John |date=January 1, 2018 |title=The First Star Wars sequel: Inside the writing of Splinter of the Mind's Eye |url=http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/the-first-star-wars-sequel-inside-the-writing-of-splinter-of-the-minds-eye |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930231749/https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/the-first-star-wars-sequel-inside-the-writing-of-splinter-of-the-minds-eye |archive-date=September 30, 2018 |access-date=July 19, 2018 |work=Syfy |publisher=SyFy Channel}}</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>{{cite book |last1=Bently |first1=Lionel |last2=Biron |first2=Laura |chapter=The author strikes back: Mutating authorship in the expanded universe |title=Law and Creativity in the Age of the Entertainment Franchise |pages=44 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |date=2014 |isbn=978-1-107-03989-6}}</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 (film)|Star Wars]]'' if the film was unsuccessful. However, ''Star Wars'' was a [[Blockbuster (entertainment)|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>{{cite web|url=http://www.starwars.com:80/databank/technology/kaiburrcrystal/index.html|title=Kaiburr crystal|website=StarWars.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110913133807/http://www.starwars.com/databank/technology/kaiburrcrystal/index.html|archive-date=September 13, 2011|access-date=November 17, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
Foster returned to the franchise for the [[Star Wars prequel trilogy|prequel-era]] novel ''[[The Approaching Storm]]'' (2002), and also wrote [[Star Wars: The Force Awakens (novel)|the novelization]] of the first [[sequel trilogy]] film, ''[[The Force Awakens]]'' (2015).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/04/18/star-wars-celebration-alan-dean-foster-writing-the-force-awakens-novelization?abthid=5532e3d244f2cb2e22000019|title=Star Wars Celebration: Alan Dean Foster Writing The Force Awakens Novelization|first=Alex|last=Osborn|date=18 April 2015|access-date=19 September 2016|archive-date=22 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122213007/http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/04/18/star-wars-celebration-alan-dean-foster-writing-the-force-awakens-novelization?abthid=5532e3d244f2cb2e22000019|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== ''Alien'' === Foster has written novelizations of several films in the [[Alien (franchise)|''Alien'' franchise]], beginning with the [[Alien (film)|first film]]. He was not allowed to view [[H. R. Giger|H.R. Giger]]'s design for the [[Xenomorph|titular creature]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-12-22 |title=Mini-Stories: Volume 9 |url=https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/mini-stories-volume-9/ |access-date=2025-04-03 |website=99% Invisible |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Cotter |first=Padraig |date=2017-10-04 |title=Alan Dean Foster interview: Alien: Covenant – Origins |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/books/alan-dean-foster-interview-alien-covenant-origins/ |access-date=2025-04-03 |website=Den of Geek |language=en-US}}</ref> leading to the use of vague descriptions such as "something man-shaped but definitely not a man".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2020-12-22 |title=Mini-Stories: Volume 9 (transcript) |url=https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/mini-stories-volume-9/transcript/ |access-date=2025-04-03 |website=99% Invisible |language=en-US}}</ref> This adaptation has been noted as a "classic" of novelizations that is "almost as timeless as the movie".<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lambie |first=Ryan |date=2014-04-07 |title=Looking back at Alan Dean Foster's Alien novelisation |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/books/looking-back-at-alan-dean-fosters-alien-novelisation/ |access-date=2025-04-03 |website=Den of Geek |language=en-US}}</ref> It was later collected in [[Omnibus edition|omnibus]] form with Foster's novelizations of [[Aliens (film)|''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>{{Cite web |last=Lambie |first=Ryan |date=2025-03-13 |title=Alan Dean Foster and a legendary novelist's life in film |url=https://filmstories.co.uk/news/alan-dean-foster-and-a-legendary-novelists-life-in-film/ |access-date=2025-04-03 |website=Film Stories |language=en-GB}}</ref> This led to him turning down the novelization of the following film, ''[[Alien Resurrection|Alien: Resurrection]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=R |first=Dag |date=2007-11-22 |title=Interview with Alan Dean Foster – SFFWorld |url=https://www.sffworld.com/2007/11/interview-alan-dean-foster/ |access-date=2025-04-03 |language=en-US}}</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 Trek''=== Foster wrote 10 books based on episodes of the [[Star Trek: The Animated Series|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">{{cite book|last1=Gross|first1=Edward|last2=Altman|first2=Mark A.|title=The Fifty-Year Mission: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Star Trek: The First 25 Years|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CCN3CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA373|date=28 June 2016|publisher=St. Martin's Press|isbn=978-1-4668-7285-1|pages=372–374|access-date=8 June 2018|archive-date=25 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725020054/https://books.google.com/books?id=CCN3CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA373|url-status=live}}</ref> as he wrote a [[Film treatment|treatment]] based on a two-page outline by Gene Roddenberry.
He later wrote the novelization of the 2009 film ''[[Star Trek (2009 film)|Star Trek]]'', his first ''Star Trek'' novel in over 30 years,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://trekmovie.com/2009/02/12/alan-dean-foster-writing-star-trek-movie-adaptation/ |title=Alan Dean Foster Writing Star Trek Movie Adaptation|access-date=2009-02-12| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090215103909/http://trekmovie.com/2009/02/12/alan-dean-foster-writing-star-trek-movie-adaptation/| archive-date= 15 February 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref> and for ''Star Trek''{{'}}s sequel, ''[[Star Trek Into Darkness]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.startrek.com/article/gallery-to-release-star-trek-into-darkness-novel|title=Gallery To Release Star Trek Into Darkness Novel|access-date=2013-05-21|archive-date=2013-06-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618080441/http://www.startrek.com/article/gallery-to-release-star-trek-into-darkness-novel|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Dispute with Disney=== 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 (film)|Alien]]'' novels via their [[Lucasfilm#Subsidiary of Walt Disney (2012–present)|acquisitions of Lucasfilm]] and [[20th Century Studios#Disney acquisition|20th Century Fox]], had not paid him [[royalties]] for [[e-book]] sales of his books.<ref>{{cite news |last=Flood |first=Allison |title=Star Wars author appeals to Disney in fight over royalties |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/nov/19/sstar-wars-author-disney-royalties-alan-dean-foster |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=22 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123055005/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/nov/19/sstar-wars-author-disney-royalties-alan-dean-foster|archive-date=23 November 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Star Wars Novelist Says Disney Won't Pay Him Royalties it Owes Him |url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/19/21578621/disney-alan-dean-foster-royalties-copyright-law |website=[[The Verge]] |date=November 19, 2020 |publisher=[[Vox Media]] |access-date=22 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123173741/https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/19/21578621/disney-alan-dean-foster-royalties-copyright-law|archive-date=23 November 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sfwa.org/2020/11/18/disney-must-pay/ |title=#DisneyMustPay Alan Dean Foster |date=November 18, 2020 |publisher=[[Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America]]|access-date=2020-11-18 |archive-date=2020-11-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118231853/https://www.sfwa.org/2020/11/18/disney-must-pay/ |url-status=live }}</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>{{cite web|title=1 May 2021|url=https://www.alandeanfoster.com/version2.0/updates.htm|publisher=Alan Dean Foster|access-date=30 April 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021011211618/http://alandeanfoster.com/version2.0/updates.htm|archive-date=October 11, 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Johnston |first1=Rich |title=Disney To Pay Star Wars Novelists Alan Dean Foster And More |url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/disney-pay-star-wars-novelists-alan-dean-foster/ |website=[[Bleeding Cool]] |access-date=November 16, 2021 |date=May 11, 2021}}</ref>
==Awards== Foster won the 2008 Grand Master award from the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iamtw.org/awards_2008_winners.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081119142102/http://www.iamtw.org/awards_2008_winners.html|url-status=dead|title=IAMTW 2008 awards|archive-date=November 19, 2008|access-date=Jun 4, 2019}}</ref>
==Bibliography==
===Humanx Commonwealth Universe=== See the [[Humanx Commonwealth]] page.
===The Damned Trilogy=== {{further|The Damned Trilogy}} # ''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=== {{further|Dinotopia}} * ''Dinotopia Lost'' (1996) {{ISBN|1-57036-279-3}} * ''The Hand of Dinotopia'' (1997) {{ISBN|1-57036-396-X}}
===Journeys of the Catechist=== # ''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}}
===Marexx=== # ''Builder'' (unpublished)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fictiondb.com/author/alan-dean-foster~builder~117989~b.htm|title=Builder by Alan Dean Foster - FictionDB|website=www.fictiondb.com|access-date=Jun 4, 2019|archive-date=November 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119140302/https://www.fictiondb.com/title/builder~alan-dean-foster~117989.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?978722|title=Title: Builder|website=www.isfdb.org|access-date=Jun 4, 2019|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142201/http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?978722|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Spellsinger series=== {{Main|Spellsinger}} # ''[[Spellsinger (novel)|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'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.flayrah.com/309/new-alan-dean-foster|title=New Alan Dean Foster|first=Fred |last=Patten|date=August 4, 2001|website=Flayrah|access-date=June 4, 2019|archive-date=June 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604011425/https://www.flayrah.com/309/new-alan-dean-foster|url-status=live}}</ref> was first published in the anthology ''Masters of Fantasy'' and was later reprinted in Foster's short story collection ''Exceptions to Reality''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publication: Exceptions to Reality |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?490305 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725015330/http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?490305 |archive-date=July 25, 2020 |access-date=June 4, 2019 |website=[[ISFDB]]}}</ref>
===The Taken trilogy=== # ''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=== * ''The Human Blend'' (2010) {{ISBN|978-0-345-51197-3}}<ref>{{cite book |title=The human blend |via=[[WorldCat]] |publisher=[[Online Computer Library Center]] |oclc = 548412878}}</ref> * ''Body, Inc.'' (2012) {{ISBN|978-0-345-51199-7}} * ''The Sum of Her Parts'' (2012) {{ISBN|978-0-345-51202-4}}
===''Montezuma Strip''=== * ''Montezuma Strip'' (1995) {{ISBN|0-446-60207-8}} * ''[[The Mocking Program]]'' (2002) {{ISBN|0-446-52774-2}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2002-07-01 |title=THE MOCKING PROGRAM by Alan Dean Foster |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780446527743 |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=[[Publishers Weekly]]}}</ref>
===Standalone novels=== * ''[[The Man Who Used the Universe]]'' (1983) {{ISBN|0-446-90353-1}} * ''The I Inside'' (1984) {{ISBN|0-446-32027-7}} * ''Slipt'' (1984) {{ISBN|0-425-07006-9}} * ''[[Into the Out Of]]'' (1986) {{ISBN|0-446-51337-7}} * ''Glory Lane'' (1987) {{ISBN|0-441-51664-5}} * ''Maori'' (1988) {{ISBN|0-441-51925-3}} * ''To the Vanishing Point'' (1988) {{ISBN|0-446-51338-5}} * ''Quozl'' (1989) {{ISBN|0-441-69454-3}} * ''Cyber Way'' (1990) {{ISBN|0-441-13245-6}} * ''Cat-a-lyst'' (1991) {{ISBN|0-441-64661-1}} * ''Codgerspace'' (1992) {{ISBN|0-441-71851-5}} * ''Greenthieves'' (1994) {{ISBN|0-441-00104-1}} * ''Design for Great-Day'' (1995) {{ISBN|0-312-85501-X}}, with [[Eric Frank Russell]]) * ''Life Form'' (1995) {{ISBN|0-441-00218-8}} * ''[[Voyage of the Basset]]'' (written and Illustrated by [[James C. Christensen]] with Foster and Renwick St. James) (1996) {{ISBN|1-885-18358-5}} * ''Jed the Dead'' (1997) {{ISBN|0-441-00399-0}} * ''Parallelities'' (1998) {{ISBN|0-345-42461-1}} * ''Primal Shadows'' (2001) {{ISBN|0-312-87771-4}} * ''[[Interlopers (novel)|Interlopers]]'' (2001) {{ISBN|0-441-00847-X}} * ''Kingdoms of Light'' (2001) {{ISBN|0-446-52667-3}} * ''Sagramanda'' (2006) {{ISBN|1-59102-488-9}} * ''Relic'' (2018) {{ISBN|978-1101967638}}
===Collections=== * ''With Friends Like These ...'' (1977) {{ISBN|0-345-25701-4}} * ''... Who Needs Enemies?'' (1984) {{ISBN|0-345-31657-6}} * ''The Metrognome and Other Stories'' (1990) {{ISBN|0-345-36356-6}} * ''Mad Amos'' (1996) {{ISBN|0-345-39362-7}} * ''Impossible Places'' (2002) {{ISBN|0-345-45041-8}} * ''Exceptions to Reality'' (2008) {{ISBN|0-345-49604-3}} * ''The Flavors of Other Worlds'' (2019) {{ISBN|978-1-61475-986-7}} * ''The Taste of Different Dimensions'' (2019) {{ISBN|978-1-61475-957-7}}
===Anthologies edited=== * ''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===
====''Star Trek'' universe====
=====''Star Trek: The Animated Series''===== # ''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}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Ayers |first=Jeff |title=Voyages of Imagination: The Star Trek Fiction Companion |year=2006 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_Enmn8Vs688C&pg=PP65 |publisher=Pocket Books |page=65 |isbn=1-4165-0349-8 |access-date=2020-09-19 |archive-date=2020-11-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118040644/https://books.google.com/books?id=_Enmn8Vs688C&pg=PP65 |url-status=live }}</ref>
=====''Star Trek'' movies===== * ''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]]'' (1979), story credit * ''[[Star Trek (2009 film)|Star Trek]]'' (2009) {{ISBN|978-1-4391-5886-9}}, movie novelization * ''[[Star Trek Into Darkness]]'' (2013) {{ISBN|978-1-4767-1648-0}}, movie novelization * ''Star Trek: The Unsettling Stars'' (2020) {{ISBN|1982140607}}, movie tie-in
====''Star Wars'' universe==== * ''[[Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker]]'' (1976) {{ISBN|0-345-26079-1}}, novelization of ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'' [[ghost writing]] as [[George Lucas]] * ''[[Splinter of the Mind's Eye]]'' (1978) {{ISBN|0-345-27566-7}} * ''[[The Approaching Storm]]'' (2002) {{ISBN|0-345-44300-4}} * ''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens (novel)|Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]'' (2015),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/04/18/star-wars-celebration-alan-dean-foster-writing-the-force-awakens-novelization|title=Star Wars Celebration: Alan Dean Foster Writing The Force Awakens Novelization|first=Alex|last=Osborn|date=18 April 2015|access-date=19 September 2016|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003920/http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/04/18/star-wars-celebration-alan-dean-foster-writing-the-force-awakens-novelization|url-status=live}}</ref> movie novelization * "Bait" (2015), short story
====Alien universe==== # ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]'' (1979) {{ISBN|0-446-82977-3}} # ''[[Aliens (film)|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==== * ''[[Terminator Salvation]]'' (2009) {{ISBN|1-84856-085-0}}, movie novelization
====''Transformers''==== * ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' (2007) {{ISBN|0-345-49799-6}} * ''[[Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday]]'' (2007) {{ISBN|0-345-49798-8}} * ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]'' (2009) {{ISBN|978-0-345-51593-3}} * ''[[Transformers: The Veiled Threat]]'' (2009) {{ISBN|0-345-51592-7}}
====Standalone novelizations==== * ''[[Dark Star (film)|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]]")<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fantasyhandbook.wordpress.com/2011/09/20/the-fantasy-author%E2%80%99s-handbook-interview-alan-dean-foster/ |last=Athans |first=Philip |date=20 September 2011 |title=The Fantasy Author's Handbook Interview XVI: Alan Dean Foster |website=Fantasy Author's Handbook |access-date=11 June 2018 |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142221/https://fantasyhandbook.wordpress.com/2011/09/20/the-fantasy-author%E2%80%99s-handbook-interview-alan-dean-foster/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * ''[[The Black Hole (1979 film)|The Black Hole]]'' (1979) {{ISBN|0-345-28538-7}}, movie novelization * ''[[Clash of the Titans (1981 film)|Clash of the Titans]]'' (1981) {{ISBN|0-446-93675-8}}, movie novelization * ''[[Outland (film)|Outland]]'' (1981) {{ISBN|0-446-95829-8}}, movie novelization * ''[[The Thing (1982 film)|The Thing]]'' (1981) {{ISBN|0-553-20477-7}}, movie novelization * ''[[Krull (film)|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 (video game)|Shadowkeep]]'' (1984) {{ISBN|0-446-32553-8}}, also a computer game (1984) * ''[[Starman (film)|Starman]]'' (1984) {{ISBN|0-446-32598-8}}, movie novelization * ''[[Pale Rider]]'' (1985) {{ISBN|0-446-32767-0}}, movie novelization * ''[[Alien Nation (film)|Alien Nation]]'' (1988) {{ISBN|0-446-35264-0}}, movie novelization * ''[[The Dig (video game)|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 ==
* ''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]]'' (1979, story) * ''[[Welcome to Paradox]]'' (1998, story for episode "Our Lady of the Machine")
==Notes== {{notelist}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
==Further reading== *{{cite magazine|title=The InQuest Q&A: Alan Dean Foster|last=Duignan-Cabrera|first=Anthony|issue=15|magazine=[[InQuest Gamer|InQuest]]|pages=54–57|date=July 1996}}
== External links == {{Library resources box}} {{Commons category}} * {{Official website|www.alandeanfoster.com}} * {{IMDb name|0287669|Alan Dean Foster}} * {{ISFDB name|142}} * [http://fycshow.libsyn.com/fyc-conversations-with-alan-dean-foster-part-one FYC Conversations with Alan Dean Foster (Part One)], ''[http://fycshow.libsyn.com/ For Your Consideration]'' podcast, September 2017 * [http://fycshow.libsyn.com/fyc-conversations-with-alan-dean-foster-part-2 FYC Conversations with Alan Dean Foster (Part Two)], ''[http://fycshow.libsyn.com/ For Your Consideration]'' podcast, October 2017
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