Having marines uttering childish inanities, for goodness sake! Anyone buying the book would know from the film’s previews what they were in for. I thought it was an insult to James Cameron’s screenplay. Why was the language removed?Īlan Dean Foster – You would have to ask Warner books. Very rarely does the publisher.Ĭorporal Hicks – One of the major differences between the novelization of Aliens and the film itself was the lack of profanities in the actual novel. I accepted.Ĭorporal Hicks – When during the films’ production did you write the novels? During production, or after?Īlan Dean Foster – All three books were written while the films were still in production and shooting was in progress.Īlan Dean Foster with a wild Mayotte brown lemur, M’bouzi Island, Comoros.Ĭorporal Hicks – Do the novelizations get edited later on? For dialogue changes made during shooting of the film or does it just stay based on the script?Īlan Dean Foster – There’s rarely any time to edit because the book has to come out just before or at the same time as the film is released. Warner Books, who had purchased the rights, contacted me with the request. I mostly write Sci-fi: Both original novels and novelizations of films.Ĭorporal Hicks – For those who don’t know, what is your involvement in the Alien franchise?Īlan Dean Foster – I wrote the novelizations of the first three films.Ĭorporal Hicks – How did you actually come to write the first novelization?Īlan Dean Foster – I had gained something of a reputation for doing book versions of films. Straight off the mark, tell us a little about yourself.Īlan Dean Foster – My name is Alan Dean Foster, I was born in New York. It’s always a pleasure to interview authors such as yourself. AD Foster wrote the novelizations of the first three Alien movies and I had the chance to talk to him about them.Ĭorporal Hicks – Mr Foster, thanks for this interview. Along with the name Steve Perry, Alan Dean Foster is one the better known authors of Alien novels.

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