SFBC #1134:- Synopsis: There was no question of the green planet's ability to support life.
#Midworld alan dean foster series#
© 1975: 3rd in the 'Humanx Commonwealth' series of books.
Condition: Near Fine: Small signs of wear. Q: What has the Internet meant for you as an author?Ī: Great feedback from readers, and a chance to put up the kindof supplemental information that publishers don’t want to bebothered with (see my website).Hardback: 8" x 5". I accepted theoffer to meet with George, and did so at Industrial Light andMagic, then in a small warehouse in Van Nuys, California (partof greater Los Angeles, and conveniently near my family home).We hit it off well, I got the assignment (for two books), andthat’s how it happened. I already knew hiswork through THX 1138 and American Graffitti. How did you get that assignment?Ī: My agent got a call from Lucas lawyer of the time, TomPollock (now one of the most powerful men in Hollywood).Someone had read a book of mine (ICERIGGER), knew that I hadalready done novelizations, and thought I might be the writer todo the novelization of Lucas’ new film. Q: You wrote Splinter of the Minds Eye and Star Wars, the firstoriginal Star Wars novels. All the failure lies in the charactersand the story, not the so-called science-fictional aspects. Look at the critical failure of the newfilm MISSION TO MARS. Maybe very interesting window dressing, but windowdressing nonetheless. That’s the coreof any really successful story. Q: What is the most challenging aspect of writing a story?Ī: Creating interesting, believable characters. Being a non-scientist, when I use hard sciencein a book of mine (MIDWORLD, SENTENCED TO PRISM, etc.) I alwaystry to research it very thoroughly.
It depends how much you want to stretchthe definition. If you call psychology a science, thenDostoevsky qualifies. Q: How much science and how much fiction do you think thereshould be in SF?Ī: There should always been some science, but it needn’t alwaysbe “hard science”. He became awell-known television producer (Batman, 77 Sunset Strip) butnever really got the chance to do the SF he loved. Q: How did you become interested in Science Fiction?Ī: My father read some science-fiction, and it was always lyingaround the house. I will be doing a Cthulhu mythos storyfor a Del Rey anthology to be edited by John Pelan.
#Midworld alan dean foster tv#
Although the contract has not yet been signed, Ijust sent in a 4500 word outline to Warner for a requestedMontezuma Strip novel, tentatively titled VOIDING THE MOCK.There is interest in doing a TV series or film set in theMontezuma Strip society. Q: Can you tell us a bit about your upcoming projects?Ī: For works scheduled to be published, see the bibliography onmy website. The secondrevolves around an intercultural human-thranx fair on the worldof Dawn (also on the map), and the third takes place on thethranx capitol world of Hivehom and centers on a female humandiplomat stationed there. One takes place on the colony world of Comagrave(see map of the Commonwealth on my website) and involves theAAnn and a momentous archeological discovery. The complex plot is composed of three entirely separatestorylines. Q: Can you give us a sneak preview into Diuturnity’s Dawn, thefinal book in the Founding of the Commonwealth trilogy?Ī: DIUTURNITY’S DAWN preview: the book was finished two daysago.
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