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BSC Interview - Alan Dean Foster
Original at BSCreview
• Mon, Jun 15
New Jersey How long ago were you approached to do the novelization and how long did it take you to write it? Also, did you agree to doing it because you're a fan of the movies? Alan Dean Foster: I was asked to do the novelization less than a year before the film ...
BSC Weekly Round-Up: The Cheat Sheet 6/13/09
Original at BSCreview
• Sat, Jun 13
New Jersey Professor Crazy reviews Flinx Transcendent by Alan Dean Foster. - The Mystery of Grace by Charles de Lint is reviewed by DWT. Be sure to check out all of the reviews at BSC. Please remember that you can use Twitter, Facebook and your blog/site to ...
Contest Warning Bell - Terminator Salvation novelization by Alan ...
Original at BSCreview
• Thu, Jun 11
New Jersey Tomorrow I will name the 3 winners of a copy of the novelization of Terminator Salvation written by Alan Dean Foster. This is published by Titan Books and published last month. Check out the original contest announcement for more details and to enter, ...
Transformers: The Veiled Threat book review
Original at Den Of Geek
• Wed, Jun 10
UK For the past 30 years, Alan Dean Foster has been solidly earning his place in the SF Hall of Fame. He wrote the Star Wars novelization (graciously letting George Lucas take the credit) and the first official SW sequel, Splinter Of The Mind's Eye. ...
Friends give library money for materials
Original at Superior Telegram
• Tue, May 26
MN New fiction includes: “Gone Tomorrow” by Lee Child, “Among the Mad” by Jacqueline Winspear, “Assegai” by Wilbur Smith, “Flinx Transcendent” by Alan Dean Foster, “The Secret” by Beverly Lewis, “Just Take My Heart” by Mary Higgins Clark, and “Long Lost” ...
Author Alan Dean Foster Reveals the Secret to Penning SciFi ...
Original at blogs.amctv.com
• Sun, May 24
NY Q: What was the hardest novelization you ever did? A: John Carpenter's Dark Star, which I see you have on your site. It's basically about 3 guys sitting around in a spaceship talking about how bored they are. To get a 60000 word novel out of it was ...
The Books of 'Terminator Salvation'
Original at Geeks of Doom
• Sun, May 24
NY The Terminator Salvation novelization is written by Alan Dean Foster, who has also written novelizations for Star Wars, Alien, and Transformers. As far as novelizations go, Foster is the cream of the crop and his long list of science fiction titles is ...
Find SALVATION with TERMINATOR book tie-ins
Original at FANGORIA
• Thu, May 21
And for those who want to dig deeper into the story, Titan has also published the official TERMINATOR SALVATION novelization by Alan Dean Foster, a veteran of genre-film adaptation; previous forays include such titles as ALIEN, TRANSFORMERS and STAR ...
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen by Alan Dean Foster - Cover ...
Original at TFormers.com
• Mon, May 18
He is the author of the New York Times bestseller Star Wars: The Approaching Storm and the popular Pip & Flinx novels, as well as novelizations of several ... and more »
Book Review: Terminator Salvation - From The Ashes
Original at Blogger News Network
• Thu, Apr 30
- Michael Simpson Timothy Zahn and is one of four books published by Titan Books to tie in with the new film (the other three are The Art of Terminator Salvation, Terminator Salvation: The Official Movie Companion and the official novelization by Alan Dean Foster). ...
Get a Look at Some Storyboards for Terminator Salvation
Original at MovieWeb
• Mon, Apr 27
Also on May 1st, Titan Books will release the official novelization of Terminator Salvation, written by science-fiction legend Alan Dean Foster. Terminator Salvation comes from the future into theaters May 21, 2009.
Pre-Order TRANSFORMERS REVENGE OF THE FALLEN Adaptation and ...
Original at IESB.NET
• Mon, Apr 20
CA Alan Dean Foster has written in a variety of genres, including hard science fiction, fantasy, horror, detective, western, historical, and contemporary fiction. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller Star Wars: The Approaching Storm and the ...
Fiction Reviews
Original at Publishers Weekly
• Sun, Mar 15
NY May) Flinx Transcendent Alan Dean Foster. Del Rey, $26 (416p) ISBN 978-0-345-49607-2 Flinx and his feisty minidrag, Pip, reunite with old friends for one final slam-bang universe rescue in the 14th title of one of science fiction's longest running ...
book review on mid-flinx
Original at expotv.com
• Sat, Feb 28
This is a video review of Mid-Flinx by Alan Dean Foster. i think this is the best book in this series of novels, I realy enjoyed reading it www.expotv.com
Flinx's Folly by Alan Dean Foster
Original at expotv.com
• Fri, Feb 27
This is a video review of Flinx's Folly (Adventures of Pip and Flinx). A good book in the series www.expotv.com
Alan Dean Foster to Write New Star Trek Movie Novelization
Original at TrekWeb.com
• Thu, Feb 12
CA - Feb 12, 2009 novelist Alan Dean Foster, co-writer of Star Trek The Motion Picture and author of the Star Trek Logs books, is writing the novelization adaptation for ... Foster To Pen 'Star Trek XI' Adaptation Trek Today all 2 news articles
Parallelities by Alan Dean Foster
Original at Random House
• Sat, Dec 20
• 2 related articles
Parallelities Written by Alan Dean FostereBook, 320 pages | Del Rey | Fiction - Science Fiction; Fiction - Science Fiction - Adventure; Fiction - Science Fiction - Space Opera | $19.00 | 978-0-307-54048-5 (0-307-54048-0)"It seems you have acquired about you a field that affects the lin...
November 18
Original at SCIFIPEDIA
• Mon, Nov 17
Back to November 17 Births 1939: Margaret Atwood is born (Authors) 1946: Alan Dean Foster is born (Authors) 1962: Tim Guinee is born (Authors) 1968: Owen Wilson is born (Actors) Deaths Events 1960 The Nick of Time episode of the original The Twilight Zone debuts (TV series) 1963: The Corp...
Timothy Zahn & Alan Dean Foster
Original at StarWars.com
• Sun, Nov 2
By Tiawyn Two Star Wars authors I have enjoyed reading. Two more books to add to my wish list for 2009!
Quofum (A Novel Of The Commonwealth) by Alan Dean Foster
Original at Crows Nest
• Sat, Nov 1
- The blurb to the book makes the point that this novel provides vital background information to the final 'Pip And Flinx' book due out next year. ...
Book Buzz: What's the Scariest Book You Ever Read? | Mania.com
Original at Comics2Film
• Fri, Oct 24
Bestselling author Alan Dean Foster’s new adventure takes place in the amazing Humanx Commonwealth, home of the ever-popular Pip & Flinx. Although the dynamic redhead and his daring minidrag do not appear in Quofum, this knockout ...
Books received 10/16/08 Part One
Original at revolutionsf.com
• Thu, Oct 16
By Rick Klaw klutzrick@gmail.com Quofum by Alan Dean Foster Promo copy: Bestselling author Alan Dean Foster’s new adventure takes place in the amazing Humanx Commonwealth, home of the ever-popular Pip & Flinx. Although the dynamic redhead and his daring minidrag ...
Quofum by Alan Dean Foster
Original at Random House
• Mon, Oct 13
Bestselling author Alan Dean Foster’s new adventure takes place in the amazing Humanx Commonwealth, home of the ever-popular Pip & Flinx. Although the dynamic redhead and his daring minidrag do not appear in Quofum, this knockout thriller sets the stage for their explosive date wi...
The Space Heroes - A Brief History 2
Original at bluetyson (Livejournal)
• Tue, Oct 7
By Blue Tyson Han Solo's Revenge - Brian Daley Splinter Of the Mind's Eye - Alan Dean Foster Star Wars - Alan Dean Foster The Empire Strikes Back - Donald F. Glut Return of the Jedi - James Kahn Blake's Seven (1977) [Blake's 7] - Trevor Hoyle ...
Evolution Goes Mad In Quofum
Original at SCI FI Wire
• Tue, Sep 30
Best-selling SF author Alan Dean Foster told SCI FI Wire that his new novel, Quofum , deals with a planet where evolution has run riot and makes no sense.
Patrimony by Alan Dean Foster
Original at Random House
• Mon, Sep 29
In this new Pip & Flinx thriller, Alan Dean Foster displays the brilliance that has made him one of the brightest lights in science fiction. In Patrimony, fans will learn more about their favorite redhead–with emerald eyes, uncanny powers, and a poisonous minidrag–than they ever dr...
Snake Eyes - Alan Dean Foster
Original at Not Free SF Reader
• Thu, Sep 11
By Blue Tyson Pip and Flinx, Uh, energy started flyin' every where, And people started to scream! Big man lyin' on the ground...made a jailbreak quite a while ago though. 3 out of 5.
The Moment of the Magician by Alan Dean Foster - Review - BookCrossing
Original at BookCrossing Feed for Books Recently Released
• Thu, Aug 21
By winterwren Journal entry 1 by Members Plus details... winterwren · Members Plus details... from Seattle, Washington USA on Saturday, August 23, 2008. Spellsinger series. back to top. Released! Journal entry 2 by Members Plus details... winterwren ...
Exceptions to Reality by Alan Dean Foster
Original at Random House
• Mon, Jul 28
Written by Alan Dean FostereBook | Ballantine Books | Fiction - Science Fiction - Short Stories | $6.99 | 978-0-345-50781-5 (0-345-50781-9) Growth Not even his minidrag Pip can save Flinx from the overly intimate advances of an intruder who goes entirely too far.
Alan Dean Foster, Media Tie-In Grandmaster
Original at mediabistro.com
• Sun, Jul 27
Monk and the Two Assistants and Max Allan Collins's novelization of American Gangster, the IAMTW presented science fiction author Alan Dean Foster with its Grandmaster Award for "extensive and exceptional work in the tie-in field. ...
Alan Dean Foster | Interviews | SCI FI Weekly
Original at scifi.com
• Sun, Apr 20
He is the author of the New York Times best-seller Star Wars: The Approaching Storm and the popular Flinx & Pip novels, as well as novelizations of several movies, including Star Wars, the first three Alien movies, The Black Hole, ...
Running from the Deity by Alan Dean Foster
Original at genrereviews (Livejournal)
• Sun, Mar 23
Series: Pip and Flinx Publisher: Del Rey, 2006 Genre: Science fiction Sub-genre: Space opera Rating: 3 pints of blood You know, I have to admit the cover here isn't too bad. It's dynamic, it's interesting, it's enough to make me pick up ...
Impossible Places by Alan Dean Foster
Original at Random House
• Mon, Dec 17
For three decades science fiction legend Alan Dean Foster has captivated readers around the world, from his debut classic The Tar-Aiym Krang and his inspired scenario for the first Star Trek movie to a host of New York Times bestsellers, including Splinter of the Mind’s Eye and Flinx in F...
Alan Dean Foster Interview
Original at seibertron.com
• Sun, Nov 18
Board member Optimutt has posted an interview he has done with acclaimed science fiction author Alan Dean Foster, among whose works include both the novelization of the Transformers Movie and it's prequel "Ghosts of Yesterday. ...
Trouble Magnet by Alan Dean Foster
Original at Random House
• Mon, Oct 29
From science fiction icon Alan Dean Foster comes a blazing new Pip & Flinx adventure for fans of the green-eyed redhead with awesome mental powers and his miniature flying dragon. In this dazzling new novel, Flinx confirms his status as the galaxy’s greatest magnet for big trouble.
FreeBookSpot Latest Books: Commonwealth Stories by Alan Dean Foster
Original at eBooksBay
• Tue, Oct 16
He is best known for his science fiction novels set in the Humanx Commonwealth, an interstellar ethical/political union of species including humankind and the insectoid Thranx. Many of these novels feature Philip Lynx ("Flinx"), ...
SF Signal: REVIEW: Transformers by Alan Dean Foster
Original at SF Signal
• Wed, Oct 10
By JP This book is the novelization of the screenplay for that movie, and it just does not bode well for the movie. The book has amazing potential and started off strong, but then started to fail in several ways for me. ...
summer read, books 61-80
Original at 50 Book Challenge
• Wed, Sep 12
The Approaching Storm by Alan Dean Foster (Star Wars, SciFi) Jedi Quest: The Dangerous Games by Jude Watson (Star Wars, SciFi) The Outlaws of Sherwood by Robin McKinley (fantasy) The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan (YA, fantasy, Greek myth) Primavera by Francesca Lia Block (fantasy)
Podcast: Alan Dean Foster
Original at Fi Talk
• Tue, Aug 28
Talented author spoke to me at Icon convention about his career and works. We cover his start and his writing of novel adaptation novels for Alien, Star Wars A New Hope plus the Star Wars sequel, Splinter Of The Mind's Eye. We also cover his treatment for Star Trek: Motion Picture. Some great in...
The Candle of Distant Earth by Alan Dean Foster
Original at Random House
• Mon, Jul 30
From science fiction legend and New York Times bestselling author Alan Dean Foster, creator of the ever-popular Pip and Flinx series, comes the climactic final novel in The Taken trilogy, his electrifying space epic about a man and his dog for whom the expression “out of this world” take...
the worst book of the year so far? Transformers by Alan Dean Foster
Original at bonerici
• Fri, Jun 15
And Alan Dean Foster adapted the screen play, Foster is a decent writer, he wrote those Pip & Flinx adventures, and adapted other screen plays. The book starts off great, millions of years ago, on a war ravaged planet, the transformers ...
Transformers by Alan Dean Foster
Original at Random House
• Fri, Jun 1
Transformers Written by Alan Dean FostereBook | Ballantine Books | Fiction - Movie or Television Tie-In; Fiction - Science Fiction - Adventure; Fiction - Science Fiction | $6.99 | 978-0-345-50056-4 (0-345-50056-3) OUR WORLD. THEIR WAR. From the Paperback edition.
Transformers by Alan Dean Foster
Original at Random House
• Mon, May 28
Transformers Written by Alan Dean FosterPaperback, 304 pages | Del Rey | Fiction - Movie or Television Tie-In; Fiction - Science Fiction - Adventure; Fiction - Science Fiction | $7.99 | 978-0-345-49799-4 (0-345-49799-6) OUR WORLD. THEIR WAR.
Red State 5: The Deleted Economic Libertarianism of Star Wars
Original at Ace of Spades HQ
• Fri, May 25
Thanks to someone. A deleted scene -- I've seen stills from it, and it was in the novelization "by George Lucas" (actually by Alan Dean Foster) -- showed Luke going into a local town, Anchorhead, and hanging out with his...
Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday by Alan Dean Foster
Original at Random House
• Mon, Mar 26
Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday Written by Alan Dean FosterPaperback, 304 pages | Del Rey | Fiction - Science Fiction - Adventure; Fiction - Science Fiction; Fiction - Action | $6.99 | 978-0-345-49798-7 (0-345-49798-8) The first human-alien contact. The last word in galactic warfar...
Star Wars: The Approaching Storm by Alan Dean Foster
Original at Random House
• Mon, Feb 19
In the years since the events of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, the Republic has continued to crumble, and more and more, the Jedi are needed to help the galactic government maintain order. As Star Wars: Episode II opens, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker have just returned from a missio...
Dirge by Alan Dean Foster
Original at Random House
• Mon, Nov 27
Chosen by Science Fiction Chronicle as One of the Best Books of the Year Bestselling author Alan Dean Foster has written an exciting Humanx Commonwealth adventure that delves deeper into the fragile early years when humans made first contact in this unforgettable world . . .
Review: Running From the Deity by Alan Dean Foster
Original at Blogcritics
• Sun, Nov 27
By Bill Wallo The interstellar adventures of Flinx and Pip, an empath and his mini-dragon, continue.