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. He later wrote the novelization of the 2009 film Star Trek, his first Star Trek novel in over 30 years, and for Star Trek 's sequel, Star Trek Into Darkness. He has the story credit for Star Trek: The Motion Picture, as he wrote a treatment based in a two-page outline by Gene Roddenberry.
In the mid-seventies, he wrote original Star Trek stories for the Peter Pan-label Star Trek audio story records. Star Trek įoster 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.
įoster returned to the franchise for the prequel-era novel The Approaching Storm (2003), and also wrote the novelization of the first sequel trilogy film, The Force Awakens (2015). Foster's story relied heavily on abandoned concepts that appeared in Lucas's early treatments for the first film. However, Star Wars was a blockbusting success, and The Empire Strikes Back (1980) would be developed instead. It would be akin to a contractor demanding to have his name on a Frank Lloyd Wright house." įoster 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. Not having my name on the cover didn't bother me in the least. When asked if it was difficult for him to see Lucas get all the credit for Star Wars, Foster said, "Not at all. 3.13.1.1 Star Trek: The Animated Seriesįoster was the ghostwriter of the original novelization of Star Wars, which was credited solely to George Lucas.In 2008, Foster was named a Scribe Award Grandmaster for his body of media tie-in work.
Other film scripts he has novelized include Star Wars: Episodes IV – A New Hope and VII – The Force Awakens, the first three Alien films, John Carpenter's The Thing, The Last Starfighter, Alien Nation, The Chronicles of Riddick, and Terminator: Salvation. Among these is the novelization for the 2007 film Transformers and the sequel Revenge of the Fallen, which, like Star Trek, were based on screenplays by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. In addition, Foster is known for writing novelizations of many feature film screenplays. Foster's most popular fantasy books are those of the Spellsinger series. He is also known for his novels featuring his two most popular characters, a young empath named Flinx and his companion, Pip.
STAR TREK ALAN DEAN FOSTER SERIES
įoster's best known works are his series of science fiction novels set in the Humanx Commonwealth, an interstellar union of species similar to the United Federation of Planets. Foster had the chance to watch the films before writing their novelizations, which according to Greg Cox is unheard of in the industry. He also wrote the novelization of the sequel Star Trek Into Darkness. Foster also wrote an original novel based on the movie, Refugees (now The Unsettling Stars, due in 2020), which was placed "on hold" following executive decisions at Pocket. In 2009, Foster wrote the novelization of Star Trek.
He also wrote a number of the Star Trek stories released by Peter Pan Records. He currently lives in Prescott, Arizona with his wife.Īs a novelist, Foster wrote Ballantine Books' line of Star Trek: The Animated Series novelizations, titled the Star Trek Logs, and a new, serialized essay on the writing of those Logs, which was included with the five 2006 trade paperback reprint omnibuses. Born in New York City, Foster went to the University of California, Los Angeles. He is credited with writing the story for what became Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Star Trek audio, comic, and novel author Alan Dean Foster ( born 18 November 1946 age 75) is a prolific science fiction and fantasy author.
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