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Alan Dean Foster

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born
in New York, New York, The United States
November 18, 1946

gender
male

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genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Literature & Fiction, Horror


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Bestselling science fiction writer Alan Dean Foster was born in New York City in 1946, but raised mainly in California. He received a B.A. in Political Science from UCLA in 1968, and a M.F.A. in 1969. Foster lives in Arizona with his wife, but he enjoys traveling because it gives him opportunities to meet new people and explore new places and cultures. This interest is carried over to his writing, but with a twist: the new places encountered in his books are likely to be on another planet, and the people may belong to an alien race.

Foster began his career as an author when a letter he sent to Arkham Collection was purchased by the editor and published in the magazine in 1968. His first novel, The Tar-Aiym Krang, introduced the Humanx Common...more


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Alan Dean Foster's Books

Average rating: 3.70 · 73,250 ratings · 2,545 reviews · 229 distinct works · Similar authors
Alien
3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 4,289 ratings — published 1979 — 23 editions
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Splinter of the Mind's Eye
3.2 of 5 stars 3.20 avg rating — 4,473 ratings — published 1978 — 19 editions
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Spellsinger (Spellsinger, #1)
3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 2,602 ratings — published 1983 — 20 editions
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For Love of Mother-Not (Pip...
3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 1,864 ratings — published 1983 — 17 editions
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The Tar-Aiym Krang (Pip & F...
3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 1,882 ratings — published 1972 — 21 editions
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The Hour of the Gate (Spell...
3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 1,754 ratings — published 1984 — 15 editions
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3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 1,691 ratings — published 1984 — 13 editions
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The Approaching Storm
3.38 of 5 stars 3.38 avg rating — 1,785 ratings — published 2002 — 16 editions
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3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 1,259 ratings — published 1988 — 9 editions
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Aliens
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 1,204 ratings — published 1986 — 8 editions
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Series by Alan Dean Foster

The Tar-Aiym Krang Orphan Star The End of the Matter Flinx in Flux Mid-Flinx Reunion Flinx's Folly
Pip & Flinx Adventures (13 books)
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3.7965903270651937 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 13,667 ratings
Midworld Cachalot Nor Crystal Tears Voyage to the City of the Dead Sentenced to Prism Howling Stones Icerigger
Humanx Commonwealth (12 books)
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3.8158762131477753 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 10,922 ratings
Spellsinger The Hour of the Gate The Day of the Dissonance The Moment of the Magician The Paths of the Perambulator The Time of the Transference Son of Spellsinger
Spellsinger (8 books)
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3.713776836430153 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 10,387 ratings
Alien Aliens Alien 3
Alien (4 books)
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3.9162813738441216 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 6,056 ratings
Star Trek: Log One Star Trek: Log Three Star Trek: Log Four Star Trek: Log Five Star Trek: Log Six Star Trek: Log Seven
Star Trek: Log (10 books)
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3.543996871333594 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 2,557 ratings
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“The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.”
― Alan Dean Foster
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“Freedom is just chaos with better lighting”
― Alan Dean Foster, To the Vanishing Point
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“If you're crazy, there's two things you can do to make yourself feel better: One is to get yourself cured. The other is to make everyone you have to deal with crazy.”
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