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Alan Dean Foster, Author, Star Wars: Splinter of the Mind’s Eye | The Writer Experience #141

May 22, 2021 by Gary Collinson

Listen to the latest episode of The Writer Experience…

In this episode, Court and Harry are joined by Alan Dean Foster, a writer of fantasy and science fiction, who has written several book series and more than 130 standalone novels.

Alan’s works include Splinter of the Mind’s Eye, the first Star Wars Expanded Universe novel, which was originally written to be filmed as a low-budget sequel to Star Wars if the original film was not a success, the story for Star Trek: The Motion Picture, and more than 130 novels including the Humanx Commonwealth novels, Icerigger Trilogy, and Spellsinger series. His newest novel, Madrenga, released November 2020, and is in stores now.

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Filed Under: Books, Flickering Myth Podcast Network Tagged With: Alan Dean foster, Star Wars, star wars: splinter of the mind's eye

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Flickering Myth. He is a film, television and digital content writer and producer, whose work includes the gothic horror feature The Baby in the Basket and the suspense thriller Death Among the Pines. He is also the author of Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen.

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