#338: Alan Dean Foster – legendary science fiction author on Star Trek and Star Wars!

Legendary science fiction author Alan Dean Foster joins me to talk about his time in the world of Star Trek adapting the animated series into prose, bringing Power Records stories to life, and developing the story for Star Trek: The Motion Picture. PLUS – we’ll spend some time in a galaxy far, far away to talk about ghost writing the original Star Wars novelization, writing the follow-up adventure Splinter of the Mind’s Eye, and I’ll get Alan’s thoughts on the latest Star Wars sequels!Photo courtesy Alan Dean FosterImages TM & copyright © Lucasfilm, ParamountAlan’s websiteAlan Dean Foster Fan Page on FacebookStuff you heard on the show:Order Marc Cushman’s Star Trek books from Jacobs/Brown Media GroupIndyCast 300th episode round tableComic Book Central official YouTube channel