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Alan Dean Foster (b. 1946) is an American writer of fantasy and science fiction, who has written several book series, more than 20 standalone novels and many novelizations of film scripts. He is well-known for his science fiction novels set in the Humanx Commonwealth, an interstellar ethical/political union of species including mankind and the insectoid Thranx.

1946) is an American writer of fantasy and science fiction, who has written several book series, more than 20 standalone novels and many novelizations of film scripts.

Few people have aggravated as many major film studios as author Alan Dean Foster A Grand Master of Media Tie-In Fiction (for both original tie-ins and novelizations), Foster comes to any project with experience, professionalism, and a certain…directness that makes him a reader's favorite and, occasionally, a director's chagrin ike the time Alan tried to fix Alien 3 only to be told “No, Thank you!” Or the time that a vice-president at Universal studios banned Foster from any dealings with The Chronicles of Riddick when the film's star invoked the author's name in a debate with the director over re-shoots.

Oh, and then there was this one time Alan saw the first ever screening of Star Wars with Alice Cooper es, that Alice Cooper! Foster traces his beginnings from UCLA…including almost writing for Adam West's Batman…to his first fiction sales.

Long the way, Foster brings his indomitable wit and humor to each disappointment and success as he builds a best-selling career Now a veteran author with over 130 books, many with such recognizable names as Star Trek, Terminator, and The Thing, the stories behind those stories are collected here for the first time his memoir provides an insider's glimpse into how studio marketeers hire, and often discard, the writers they've brought in to help sell their movies, television series, or video games Not one to mince words, Foster presents an unabashed narrative of almost fifty years translating script to prose, prose to script, and lumps he's taken along the way he Director Should've Shot You shines a spotlight on the film industry like never before, and once you read Alan's first-hand accounts, you'll never see your favorite films the same way again!

Edition Details

• Signed by Alan Dean Foster.
• Fully cloth bound, with dustjacket, three-color stamping, ribbon marker, head and tail bands.
• Printed endpapers.
• Book size 5½ × 8¼ inches.
• Number of pages: 272.

External Links

• The Director Should've Shot You. Centipede Press page for The Director Should've Shot You
• Alan Dean Foster (ISFDB). ISFDB entry for Alan Dean Foster