Ronald Shusett (born June 1935) is an American motion picture screenwriter and producer, usually in the science fiction genre. He wrote the original story for '' Alien'' (1979) with Dan O'Bannon and later '' Alien vs. Predator'' (2004). In 1974, he was the first to option the Philip K. Dick short story, "

We Can Remember It for You Wholesale "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" is a science fiction novelette by American writer Philip K. Dick, first published in ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' in April 1966. It features a melding of reality, false memory, and real m ...

", that became the basis of the film '' Total Recall''.Ronald Shusett – IMDB Biography
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