boyajian@akov68.DEC (Jerry Boyajian) (07/27/84)
> Are these novelizations done before, after, > or during the finalization of the shooting script for the movie? > Wish Nimoy had read the book first ... mike k Generally, novelizations are written after the film gone into post-production, especially in the cases of the Trek films, in which Paramount wanted to keep the story secret as long as possible. If I remember correctly, McIntyre didn't even find out until the last possible minute whether Spock died or not when she wrote the WRATH OF KHAN novelization. Most people tend to put down novelizations, though often with good reason. Some are good (aside from McIntyre's two Trek novelizations, Roddenberry's for STtMP was pretty good, as was Alan Dean Foster's for THE BLACK HOLE (NB: I'm talking about the book, *not* the film), some suck Galactic Moose. --- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Maynard, MA) UUCP: {decvax|ihnp4|allegra|ucbvax|...}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-akov68!boyajian ARPA: boyajian%akov68.DEC@DECWRL.ARPA