Alan Dean Foster is not only credited with the story for 1979’s “Star Trek: The Motion Picture,” he’s also the author of novelizations for “Star Wars,” “Dark Star,” “Alien,” “The Black Hole,” “Clash of the Titans,” “Outland,” “The Thing,” “Krull,” “The Last Starfighter,” “Starman,” “Chronicles of Riddick,” 2009’s “Star Trek,” 2013’s “Star Trek: Into Darkness” and “Star Trek: The Animated Series.”
Foster also wrote the first “expanded universe” Star Wars novel, 1978’s “Splinter of the Mind’s Eye,” 
Foster’s latest novel, “The Sum Of Her Parts,”
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