Last night, I watched 'Escape From New York'. Years ago,
when this movie first came out, I was living in a small
town with one movie theatre which only got their films,
seemingly, months after release. So, I read the novelization
of 'Escape' before I was ever able to see the movie. As it
turns out, most of the images I have of it come more from
the novelization than the film itself.
Now, after that long introduction, the question I want to ask
is - who wrote the novelization? I don't have my copy anymore
and have the impression it was someone relatively well-known.
I wonder too, how this is done - presumably, the writer has to
do the job even as the film is being done. So he/she must work
from a rather early version of the script? I also wonder if any
last minute changes in the novel have to be made to mirror changes
in the shooting script or final cut?
Finally, does working on novelisations hinder or help a writer's
career? I do remember, a month or two ago, a thread on doing
'Star Trek' and 'Star Wars' novels. But I can't remember if
novelisations (as opposed to 'original' novels of un-original
SF universes) was covered in that.
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