For the few of you who don’t know: Mr. Foster is best known for his tie-in novels for pretty much every major sci-fi movie franchise, including Star Wars, Alien, Star Trek, The Thing, and many many more. More than that, he is also a well-loved writer of many original novels and series across multiple genres, with incredible success and durability.
The interview was hugely rewarding, with Alan offering a limitless source of great stories and insights about his career, amazing projects, people and games involvement. He let us in on a lot of information about the novelisation for these huge movie franchises!
I ain't watching that...
I'll wait for the novelisation, thank you.
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questron64Mar 25, 2026
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I've only read one of his books and it was absolutely bonkers. It was not a movie adaptation, it was called I think To the Vanishing Point. I read this in like 1992 and it's stuck with me, it just keeps going more and more off the rails as you keep reading.
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Ok_Philosopher_1313Mar 25, 2026
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One of my favorite quotes is from that book. When the floating fish says "Freedom is just Chaos with better lighting"
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OmniSystemsPubMar 25, 2026
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Ok I’m sold hahaha. Sounds like he had a lot of fun with that one. :-)
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OmniSystemsPubMar 25, 2026
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Sounds great. It’s absolutely worth looking beyond his movies work. :-)
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Ornery_Pay3199Mar 25, 2026
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that's awesome! alan dean foster has some wild stories, can't wait to check out the interview.
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OmniSystemsPubMar 25, 2026
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Yeah he is very talkative and generous with his time as well as very forthcoming. More so than I expected actually, haha.
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Darmok47Mar 25, 2026
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Are movie novelizations still a thing? They were big in the 80s and 90s because it was an easy way for kids and teens to relive and revisit recent movies if you couldn't afford to buy them on VHS or DVD, or didn't want to rent them constantly.
But now with streaming services getting movies three months after release, don't think they have much of a niche anymore.
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OmniSystemsPubMar 25, 2026
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I think you might be surprised. Fan communities are strong now and much easier to reach then back in the 80s/90s.
Perhaps the market is less big, but it’s a significant one wrt to well-known IP.
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BoerseunZAMar 25, 2026
The greatest post-WW2 American author of science-fiction.
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OmniSystemsPubMar 25, 2026
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He certainly has reached a lot of people, and still is actually.
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