Foster's story relied heavily on abandoned concepts that appeared in Lucas's early treatments for the first film. However, Star Wars was a blockbusting success, and The Empire Strikes Back (1980) would be developed instead. It would be akin to a contractor demanding to have his name on a Frank Lloyd Wright house.' įoster also wrote the follow-up novel Splinter of the Mind's Eye (1978), written with the intention of being adapted as a low-budget sequel to Star Wars if the film was unsuccessful. Not having my name on the cover didn't bother me in the least. When asked if it was difficult for him to see Lucas get all the credit for Star Wars, Foster said, 'Not at all.

3.13.1.1 Star Trek: The Animated Seriesįoster was the ghostwriter of the original novelization of Star Wars, which was credited solely to George Lucas.

He's certainly been through eugh of them, and w he's going to need every ounce of that kw-how, because he's venturing to places where the laws of physics fear to tread, where one's ever been, to do what one's ever done, and where his deadliest enemy is so close it's invisible. Still, Flinx is quitter, and he's got something else going for him-an uncanny ability to improvise and triumph (or at least survive) in impossible situations. With a future that rosy, it's surprise he's flirting with disaster. Then there are the oblivion-craving assassins determined to stop Flinx before he can prevent total annihilation. And w he must also seek out an ancient sentient weapons platform wandering around somewhere in the galaxy and then communicate with it, a powwow that could very well fry his already frazzled brain. After years of searching for his father, he finally has-and must bear-the truth. The way Flinx is feeling, that might t be the worst imaginable end. His efforts take him to the land of his mortal enemies, the bloodthirsty AAnn, where chances are excellent that Flinx's discovery-and summary execution-will eliminate all his demons and doubts in one masterstroke. With time running out, Flinx is a man in search of a solution and in search of himself. Flinx is the only one with even the tiniest chance of stopping the evil colossus barreling in to destroy the Humanx Commonwealth (and everything else in the Milky Way).

From one of the most brilliant imaginations in science fiction comes Flinx Transcendent, Alan Dean Foster's thrilling conclusion to the series that began over thirty-five years ago-the epic adventures of Flinx and his flying minidrag companion, Pip.

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