Lester Martin Schulman (born September 3, 1934), who writes as Les Martin, is a US writer of

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media tie-ins, particularly within the

Blade Runner ''Blade Runner'' is a 1982 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott, and written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples. Starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, and Edward James Olmos, it is an adaptation of Philip K. Dick' ...

Frankenstein ''Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus'' is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley. ''Frankenstein'' tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific ex ...

Indiana Jones ''Indiana Jones'' is an American media franchise based on the adventures of Dr. Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones, Jr., a fictional professor of archaeology, that began in 1981 with the film '' Raiders of the Lost Ark''. In 1984, a prequel, '' Th ...

, and

The X-Files ''The X-Files'' is an American science fiction on television, science fiction drama (film and television), drama television series created by Chris Carter (screenwriter), Chris Carter. The series revolves around Federal Bureau of Investigation ...

fiction series. Schulman received a BA from

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in 1955. He was an editor for

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(1963-1965),

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(1966-1967), and

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from 1969.

Select bibliography

Indiana Jones

* ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' (1984) - Young Adult Novelization of the 1984

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. * ''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' (1989) - Young Adult Novelization of the 1989

Young Indiana Jones

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novels set in the

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universe. * ''Young Indiana Jones and the Tomb of Terror'' (1990) * ''Young Indiana Jones and the Secret City'' (1990) * ''Young Indiana Jones and the Princess of Peril'' (1991) * ''Young Indiana Jones and the Gypsy Revenge'' (1991) * ''Field of Death'' (1992) * ''Trek of Doom'' (1992) * ''Prisoner of War'' (1993) * ''Young Indiana Jones and the Titanic Adventure'' (1993)

X-Files

* ''X Marks the Spot'' (1995) - Novelization of the X-Files

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episode from 1993. * ''Darkness Falls'' (1995) - Novelization of the first season ''X-Files'' episode Darkness Falls from 1994. * ''Tiger, Tiger'' (1996) - Novelization of the second season ''X-Files'' episode Fearful Symmetry from 1995. * ''Humbug'' (1996) - Novelization of the second season ''X-Files'' episode

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from 1995. * ''Fear'' (1996) - Novelization of the second season ''X-Files'' episode

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from 1994. * ''E. B. E.'' (1996) - Novelization of the first season ''X-Files'' episode E.B.E. from 1994. * ''Die, Bug, Die!'' (1997) - Novelization of the third season ''X-Files'' episode

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from 1996. * ''Ghost in the Machine'' - Novelization of the first season ''X-Files'' episode

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from 1993. * ''Fresh Bones'' (1997) - Novelization of the second season ''X-Files'' episode

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from 1995. * ''The Host'' (1997) - Novelization of the second season ''X-Files'' episode The Host from 1994. * ''Quarantine'' (1999) - Novelization of the second season ''X-Files'' episode F. Emasculata from 1995.

Other novelizations

* ''Blade Runner'' (1982) - Photo-illustrated novelization based on the screenplay for the 1982 film. * ''The Bride: A Tale of Love and Doom'' (1985) - Novelization of the 1985 film The Bride. * ''The Shadow'' (1994) - Novelization of the 1994

Anthologies

All anthologies were edited under the name L. M. Schulman: * ''Come Out the Wilderness'' (1965) * ''Winners and Losers; An Anthology of Great Sports Fiction'' (1968) * ''The Loners: Short Stories About the Young and Alienated'' (1970) * ''The Cracked Looking Glass: Stories of Other Realities'' (1971) * ''Travelers: Stories of Americans Abroad'' (1972) * ''A Woman's Place: An Anthology of Short Stories'' (1974) * ''Autumn Light: Illuminations of Age" (1978) * ''The Random House of Sports Stories'' (1990), illustrated by Thomas B. Allen * ''Shakespeare's Life and World'' (2016), with

Katherine Duncan-Jones Katherine Dorothea Duncan-Jones, (13 May 1941 – 16 October 2022) was an English literature and Shakespeare scholar. She was a Fellow of New Hall, Cambridge (1965–1966) and then Somerville College, Oxford (1966–2001). She was also Professo ...

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