Jon-Tom is a Spellsinger – he can create magic from music and song, just not very predictably. It turns out that Jon-Tom (for that is our hero’s new name) has not wasted all those hours casually strumming Smoke on the Water on a battered fender guitar whilst high on weed. Turns out, Clothahump was hoping to summon an Engineer who could defeat the Plated Folk (basically nazi insects) by destroying their citadel he just summoned the wrong kind of engineer. He can talk.Īll the animals in this new dimension can talk, including Mudge, the otter, who promptly stabs our hero in the first few minutes. Here’s the pitch: Jonathan Thomas Meriweather is a stoned sanitation engineer with aspirations of rock-god stardom, working in a mid-western university when he is sucked through a magical portal to another dimension by a wizard called Clothahump who’s also a turtle. I mean, the others are fun, don’t get me wrong, but the original trilogy is great. Technically there are eight of them, but the quality dips significantly after the first three. So, I thought I’d write about my love for the Spellsinger books. However, Disney are claiming they bought the copyright licences (enabling them to sell Foster’s books) but not the liability (meaning they won’t pay him for it).įoster has cancer and his wife is ill and he needs a little love and support right now.
So, it turns out when Lucasfilm sold out to Disney, that included Foster’s movie adaptations. To call him prolific is a huge undersell, with more than 150 standalone novels, adaptations or anthologies to his name. It would be akin to a contractor demanding to have his name on a Frank Lloyd Wright house.’ Not having may name on the cover didn’t bother me in the least. ‘Not at all,’ he said, ‘It was George’s story idea. Certainly, the concept was entirely George’s, and Foster shows an admirable humility when asked if it was annoying for someone else to get the credit for his work: He was ghostwriter of the original Star Wars novel, which was credited to George Lucas. He’s written numerous sci-fi and fantasy novels and got himself a reputation as a gun-for-hire in the movie novelisation game, with adaptations of the Aliens, Star Trek, Terminator and Star Wars franchises. He wrote the original Star Wars novelization after George Lucas delivered him the film's screenplay.If you don’t know who Alan Dean Foster is, it’s possible you know his writing anyway. He published his debut Pip and Flinx novel in 1972. He received a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles. Compatible with Tiger or Horse.Īn American author of fantasy and science fiction, he wrote several popular series, including the Pip and Flinx books and The Damned Trilogy.
Dogs excel in business but have trouble finding mates. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dog are loyal, faithful, honest, distrustful, often guilty of telling white lies, temperamental, prone to mood swings, dogmatic, and sensitive. In any case, you can be sure that the Scorpio will keep your secrets, whatever they may be.Īlan Dean Foster was born in the Year of the Dog. Although emotions are very important for Scorpio, they manifest them differently than other water signs. Scorpio is a Water sign and lives to experience and express emotions. Scorpio is a great leader, always aware of the situation and also features prominently in resourcefulness. They are determined and decisive, and will research until they find out the truth. According to astrologers, Scorpio-born are passionate and assertive people. Alan Dean Foster’s zodiac sign is Scorpio.