![]() Foster is a prolific author and has been for decades. Now, it’s only right and proper to start things off by acknowledging Mr. Indeed, the man deserves his own conversation on this topic, which is…well…what I’m about to do here. I read a whole bunch of those during this same period, as well, and no conversation about the great film novelizations of this era can happen without some mention of the one and only Alan Dean Foster. You’ll note all of these are television series, and in the 1970s and 80s tie-ins to science fiction and fantasy shows were particularly commonplace, but we can’t forget about novelizations of popular genre films. Previous installments of this feature/wannabe column have included looks back at novels based on The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman, Planet of the Apes, V, and Space: 1999. ![]() Now that I’m a regular to this somewhat misunderstood and oft-derided genre of writing, I like to look back at the works of those who preceded me books I read as a kid and which in hindsight proved to be something of an inspiration to me. Weird how life works sometimes, right? And yet, here we are. ![]() I still am, of course, but way back when? I had no idea reading such books would lead me to writing anything, let alone my own tie-in books. ![]() After an irregular, infrequent attempt last year to kickstart this (hopefully) recurring feature here on the blog, here I am with the second installment in less than a month! ![]()
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