Summary: To celebrate the opening of the new Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University and the ASU Libraries’ exhibit End of the Golden Age: Science Fiction Before and After the Atomic Bomb , Fred McIlvain and Assistant Professor Ed Finn, director of the Center, interview author Alan Dean Foster about his career in Science Fiction, film novelizations, and his world travels. Download Podcast Episode Transcript (rtf) Alan and Ed talk about meeting John W. Campbell, how science fiction authors actually predicted the coming of the atomic bomb, and sci-fi as social commentary. Alan then opens up about his experiences working in Hollywood, meeting famous directors and turning movie scripts such Star Wars, Alien, Star Trek, and Transformers into novels. Did you know Alan talked about Warner Brothers Cartoons with singer Alice Cooper while waiting to see Star Wars…before anyone else had seen it. Other topics include Alan’s current projects, the Alan Dean Foster Papers at the ASU Libraries, Alan’s scrapbooks, radio scripts, and the preservation of media. Photographs from the exhibit opening with remarks by Alan Dean Foster Recorded September 12, 2012 Host: Fred McIlvain Guests: Edward Finn, Alan Dean Foster
