Alan Dean Foster writing a book on his Novelization Career!

ADF...waiting for his palmistry results.

The object of my idolatry, Alan Dean Foster, recently announced the completion of his memoir titled: "The Director Should've Shot You", recounting his long tenured career of writing Novelizations.

From Luana to Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), ADF vows to include all anecdotes and frequently asked questions over the years he has received appertaining to his life as the top novolizationalist.

As of spring 2016, ADF's agency is fishing for a publisher and claims he included covers to each one of his movie tie-ins, with hopes that more pictures are included throughout the book.

I'm overly delighted by this news and will definitely go out of my way to purchase this one. Even though he's been very open and detailed about his past experiences in various interviews, It'll be an immense aide for me to have all this info in one tome. This way I can cram more factoids about his novelizations into future article reviews for everyone to enjoy. I just completed the original Star Wars novelization tonight and hopped onto his website for research, only to discover this wonderful news. I already have drafts for 'Clash of the Titans' and 'Star Wars', and now i'm thinking i should wait until this memoir is released before i publish those articles.

Based on the tentative title, I assume ADF receives more criticism for his adaptations than praise. Knowing how fanboys can be, this isn't too surprising. I myself understand he's put in a difficult situation where he hasn't seen the film and is working off a draft of the screenplay. Therefore, as a fan, you have to create your own canon and choose what to exclude and include in your mind.

Until then, look forward to reviews on The Fog, Halloween III, Re-Animator, and Dragonslayer. Also, I'm dying to procure a copy of April Fool's Day by Jeff Rovin.