Les Martin

US speculative fiction writer (born 1934)

Les Martin
Born	(1934-09-03) September 3, 1934 (age 89) New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Writer
Period	1971 – present

Lester Martin Schulman (born September 3, 1934), who writes as Les Martin,^[1] is an American writer of speculative fiction media tie-ins, particularly within the Blade Runner, Frankenstein, Indiana Jones, and The X-Files fiction series.

Education and career

Schulman received a bachelor of arts degree from Antioch College in 1955.^[2] He was an editor for Popular Library (1963–1965), Bantam Books (1966–1967), and Dell Publishing from 1969.^[2]

Select bibliography

Indiana Jones

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) – young-adult novelization of the 1984 film
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) – young-adult novelization of the 1989 film

Young Indiana Jones

Young-adult novels set in the Young Indiana Jones universe

Young Indiana Jones and the Tomb of Terror (1990)^[3]
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 pilot 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 "Humbug" from 1995
Fear (1996) – novelization of the second season X-Files episode "Blood" from 1994.^[4]
E. B. E. (1996) – novelization of the first season X-Files episode "E.B.E." from 1994^[5]
Die, Bug, Die! (1997) – novelization of the third season X-Files episode "War of the Coprophages" from 1996^[6]
Ghost in the Machine – novelization of the first season X-Files episode "Ghost in the Machine" from 1993
Fresh Bones (1997) – novelization of the second season X-Files episode "Fresh Bones" 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^[7]

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 film^[8]

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)^[9]
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^[10]
Shakespeare's Life and World (2016), with Katherine Duncan-Jones

References

^ "Martin, Les". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. October 26, 2021.
^ ^a ^b Robert Reginald, Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, Volume 2. 1979.
^ "Young Indiana Jones and the Tomb of Terror by Les Martin – review". The Guardian. June 17, 2014.
^ Oram, John D. (1997). "Review of "Fear"". Vector 194. p. 34.
^ Oram, John D. (1997). "Review of "E.B.E."". Vector 194. p. 34.
^ Oram, John D. (1997). "Review of "Die, Bug, Die!"". Vector 194. p. 34.
^ Wilkinson, Gary (2000). "Review of "X-Files: Quarantine"". Vector 214. p. 26.
^ uncredited (1996). "Review of "The Shadow"". Pulp Vault, November 1996. p. 71.
^ "For Young Readers". The New York Times. March 1, 1970.
^ "Children's Books: Bookshelf". The New York Times. December 2, 1990.