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Bret Nelson

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Bret Nelson is a writer, director, and author whose career spans television, film, games, and fiction. He has worked extensively in children’s entertainment, including the Jim Henson Company productions Sid the Science Kid, Splash and Bubbles, and Word Party. He is an Emmy Award-winning creator who has worked with characters ranging from Kermit the Frog and Buzz Lightyear to Conan the Cimmerian.

As an author, Nelson specializes in the weird, pulpy, and cinematic. His work includes novelizations of Manborg, Deathstalker, and Ed Wood’s legendary Plan 9 from Outer Space. His short fiction has appeared in more than a dozen anthologies and magazines, establishing a body of work that mixes horror, humor, fantasy, and the wonderfully bizarre.

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	Plan 9 From Outer Space: The Novelization (Encyclopocalypse Movie Tie-In Series) by Bret Nelson (Goodreads Author), Dana Gould (foreword) 4.17 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2024 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Encyclopocalypse of Legends and Lore: Volume One by Janine Pipe (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Stephanie Ellis (Goodreads Author), Ross Jeffery (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Manborg: The Novelization 3.95 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2022 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mad Science: Bits and Pieces by Dave Freer (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Malory, Z.M. Renick 4.25 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2026 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder Garden / Bog Fiends: An Encyclopocalypse Double Tap 3.71 avg rating — 14 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Part Mart by Bret Nelson (Goodreads Author), Pete Mitchell (illustrator) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2024 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Betrayal and Black Lace: A Forge Your Freaky Fate Book by Bret Nelson (Goodreads Author), Steven Kostanski (Foreword) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Doctor Schock's Carnival / Giganticus!: An Encyclopocalypse Double Tap it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lumber and Other Tales 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deathstalker: The Novelization by Bret Nelson (Goodreads Author), Patton Oswalt (Foreword) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2026 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Tanna caught the last glimpse of Jupiter through the dome above. “If only they could see from here,” she said. “Their sole point of view is from the surface of their world. That limited perspective creates arrogance. For them, the land and waters of Earth are everything. So, having climbed their highest mountains and crossed their widest seas, they think themselves kings.”
“You’re right,” said Eros. “The view from space makes it clear; your entire world is a tiny place. You stand on one of billions of planets, surrounded by emptiness. You are living on a spec, drifting in a vast cosmic sea. Insignificant.”
“Space makes one humble,” said Tanna. “Should this trifling world be allowed to destroy everything? The question itself is foolish. Almost as foolish as the Earth people who have forced us to ask it.”
― Bret Nelson, Plan 9 From Outer Space: The Novelization

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“Despite the best efforts of concerned beings across the universe, just twelve bellenchuffs remained. And now they had to kill one.”
― Bret Nelson, Lumber and Other Tales

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“At some point in their lives, everyone in the world has murder cross their minds,” said Chandler. “Your mum, the Vicar, everyone. Passes quickly, for most. But for some, a tiny number, the idea sticks. Keeps them up at night. And a tiny number of those people go and do it. Some in the moment, some plan it out. Doesn’t matter. They all get caught. The get caught because they’ve all got the same problem once it’s done - the victim. A big, dead receipt for your transaction. And if there’s a body, there’s going to be an investigation. No matter how careful you thought you were, there will be something that leads the investigators right to you. But it’s near impossible to prove there was a murder without a corpse.”
― Bret Nelson, Murder Garden / Bog Fiends: An Encyclopocalypse Double Tap

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