Proteus is the name of the submarine in the original story by Otto Klement and Jay Lewis Bixby, which became the basis for the 1966 film Fantastic Voyage and Issac Asimov's novelization.

* In the novelization of the film Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, written by Peter George, an explanation is given that the title character, " Dr. Strangelove ", had been wounded, and these wounds had left him with only one hand, and wheelchair-bound, because of the bombings of Peenemünde while he worked there for Nazi Germany.

In " non-canon " Trek-related literature, such as the novelization of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Vulcans are depicted as immune to the effects of alcohol ( though in the TOS episode " The Naked Time " a strange affliction infects the crew, that has much the same effect as alcohol, and Spock is also affected and becomes emotional, and even starts to cry ).

In Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi ( 1983 ), set six months after The Empire Strikes Back ( in the novelization ), Obi-Wan Kenobi appears on Dagobah to talk with Luke, who has learned from a dying Yoda that Vader is indeed his father.

According to the novelization, it is the first time that Yoda encounters the spirit of a Jedi who has passed into the Force.

The novelization based on, as well as the actual game Rage, is based on an alternate future, where the end of the world is caused by impact with 99942 Apophis.

In The Phantom Menace novelization by Terry Brooks, he is portrayed as a great deal braver than his film counterpart, standing his ground when Padmé holds him at gunpoint, and even standing up to Sidious, who accuses Gunray of defying him.

In the novelization of Revenge of the Sith by Matthew Stover, Gunray is described as treacherous, venal, and cowardly.

Steven Barnes's novelization of " Far Beyond the Stars " partners with Greg Cox's The Eugenics Wars: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh ( Volume Two ) to tell us that the story " Far Beyond the Stars " — and, by extension, all of Star Trek itself — is the creation of 1950s writer Benny Russell.

( Wallace is also the author of the film's novelization.

In the novelization of the game, the story is told by Gowron, while Barclay has to make decisions throughout the story ( similar to how the player had to make decisions in the game ).

The novelization by Mac Rauch is told through fake documents written and compiled by Reno Nevada, and further expands on the backstory of the film, including the murder of Peggy Banzai ( her twin sister Penny plays a role in the movie ) by the minions of Asian crime lord Hanoi Xan, the deaths of Buckaroo's parents in an early Jet Car accident, and at least two other fictitious novels.

In the novelization " A View To A Thrill ", it is explained that he was shot in the mouth during a bank robbery and " to save his life, the doctors had given him a set of metal teeth, and motors for jaw muscles.

In the film ( further explained in the film's novelization ) it is partly revealed that he is a disgraced knight from the kingdom of Galladoorn.

In the film's novelization, her father is revealed as the king of Tir Asleen, which becomes a further factor for Sorsha to turn against her mother.

In the X-Men: The Last Stand novelization, Sage is a new student at the mansion being trained by Wolverine, along with Cannonball, Danielle Moonstar, and Gambit.

In the novelization of the game Doom, the main protagonist Flynn Taggart is a corporal in the United States Marine Corps at the beginning of the story, though he later receives a promotion to Sergeant.

The novelization of that movie provided a different reason for the use of books: sabotage by somebody working on the Starfleet side of the conspiracy uncovered by the crew in the story, but the novelization is not part of the Star Trek canon.

Tinker Bell ( often misspelled as Tinkerbell, also referred to as Tink for short ), is a fictional character from J. M. Barrie's 1904 play Peter Pan and its 1911 novelization Peter and Wendy.

The novelization of Mobile Suit Gundam is even more obvious about a romance between Amuro and Sayla.

Pyro's fate is unknown, although the novelization describes Iceman carrying him to safety as the facility around them collapses.

There is also a novelization of Arachnophobia written by author Nicholas Edwards.

Science-fiction author Orson Scott Card was hired to write a novelization of the film based on the screenplay and discussions with Cameron.

The novelization was written by Michael McDowell based on the screenplay by Jonathan Lynn.

As with their previous DC story adaptations, it was based on the novelization rather than the comic.

He also wrote the novelization of the graphic novel Kingdom Come based on the story by Mark Waid, and a novel featuring the Marvel mutant superhero team Generation X.

For the game's re-release on GOG. com a second, more accurate, novelization produced by Rhyss Hess was bundled with the game, based on the game script by Chris Avellone and Colin McComb.

* November: Raymond Benson releases his final James Bond novel, a novelization of the film Die Another Day, bringing to a close an uninterrupted series of novels based upon Ian Fleming's character that started in 1981.

A novelization based on the original Metal Gear Solid was written by Raymond Benson and published by Del Rey.

There was a subsequent novelization of the film by Alan Dean Foster, as well as a video game based on the production.

A novelization by Hank Searls, based on an earlier draft of the screenplay by Sackler and Tristan, was released, as well as Ray Loynd's The Jaws 2 Log, an account of the film's production.

Other times, however, a novelization of the film based on the story may be published, such as Total Recall.

A novelization written by Piers Anthony was published instead of a tie-in book containing the story that the film was based on, Dick's " We Can Remember It for You Wholesale ".

For example, a novelization might be done of a video game, which was based on a television show, based on a movie, based on a comic book which was the original media property.

In several cases, a novelization has been released based on a movie which was in turn adapted from an original novel.

Bantam Books obtained the rights for a paperback novelization based on the screenplay and approached Isaac Asimov to write it.

This book was a novelization of the original T1-4 adventure, and featured characters based on those that Reid and his friends had developed while playing the module as part of a Greyhawk campaign in college.

The Kingdom Come story, in which the Blue Beetle took part, has been adapted as an audio drama by John Whitman, based on the story by Mark Waid and Alex Ross and the novelization by Elliot S. Maggin ( Time Warner Audio Books, 1998 ).

In the second novelization in an abortive trilogy based on the film, Blair adopts the call sign " Pilgrim " in an acknowledgment of his ethnic roots.

The novelization based on the film took Pa's fanaticism even further -- to " keep out evil spirits ," Pa had sewn shut his ears, eyes, and mouth.

The scene appears in the first chapter of John Jakes ' novelization of the movie, and in the Marvel Comics adaption of the film in the early 1970s, both of which were probably based directly on the screenplay and not on the final edit of the actual film.

While the movie itself is based on Salten's The Hound of Florence, a novelization of the movie published by Scholastic eight years later in 1967 made some interesting changes to the plot.