Aliens on an exploratory mission come to Earth seeking allies in a war against an opposing empire, having no skills of their own at war. The Pip and Flinx series, about a boy with empathic (and other) powers and his pet flying snake.The Founding of the Commonwealth trilogy, about the development of the relationship between humans and the insectoid Thranx.The books in the Humanx Commonwealth universe, including a few subseries and some standalone books.His novelization of the original Star Wars is also notable for significantly expanding the movie's plot, incorporating many unused ideas from George Lucas' own story notes (although many of those ideas were eventually contradicted by later films). As such, Splinter of the Mind's Eye has the distinction of being the first novel in the old Star Wars Expanded Universe (now Star Wars Legends).
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Cynicism and somewhere between soft and hard science fiction.Īmong Star Wars fans, he's best known for writing the novelization of the original 1977 film, as well as the novel Splinter of the Mind's Eye-which was based on a proposal for a low-budget made-for-TV sequel to the original film, to be made in case it wasn't successful enough to get a theatrical sequel. His work usually falls on the idealistic side of the Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. His aliens tend more towards Starfish Aliens than Human Aliens, and his settings tend to be beautiful, alien, and deadly.
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Also known for the novelization of Star Trek: The Animated Series episodes in Star Trek Logs 1 to 10 as well as a large number of feature films across multiple franchises (e.g.
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He has written dozens of novels and short stories, most of them sci-fi, often with a decent helping of Space Opera. Alan Dean Foster (born November 18, 1946) is an American writer.