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Alan Dean Foster

Alan Dean Foster is an American author of fantasy and science fiction. He currently resides in Prescott, Arizona, with his wife, and is also known for his novelizations of film scripts. He holds a bachelor's degree in political science and a MFA from the University of California, Los Angeles. (Source)

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American fiction writer

Born 18 November 1946

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  • Cover of: The Time of the Transference
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    Cover of edition timeoftransferen0000fost First published in 1986 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Voyage to the City of the Dead
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    Cover of edition voyagetocityofde0000fost First published in 1984 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: With friends like these ...
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    Cover of edition meinegalaktische00fost First published in 1977 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Krull: a novel
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    Cover of edition krull0000fost First published in 1983 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: A triumph of souls
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    First published in 2000 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Asimov's Near Futures and Far
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    Cover of edition isaacasimovsnear0000unse Cover of edition asimovnearfuture0000unse First published in 1981 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Mission to Moulokin
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  • Cover of: Carnivores of light and darkness
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    First published in 1998 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Quozl
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    First published in 1989 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The spoils of war
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    Cover of edition spoilsofwar00fost First published in 1993 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Into the thinking kingdoms
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  • Cover of: Log Seven: Star Trek
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    Cover of edition startreklogseven0000fost First published in 1974 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Kingdoms of light
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    First published in 2001 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Star Trek: Logs One and Two
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    First published in 1996 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Horrors
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  • Cover of: Sagramanda: a novel of near-future India
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    First published in 2006 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Greenthieves
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    First published in 1994 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The I Inside
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  • Cover of: Star Trek Log Ten (Star Trek Logs)
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    First published in 1977 — 3 editions
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American fiction writer

Born 18 November 1946

Subjects

Fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, American Science fiction, Science fiction, Fiction, general, Fiction, fantasy, general, Fantasy, collectionID:STnov, Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure, Interplanetary voyages, Life on other planets, Humanx Commonwealth (Imaginary organization), Fiction in English, Films, Motion Pictures, Movies, Novelization, Fiction, media tie-in, Ripley (fictitious character), fiction, Sci-Fi, Science fiction, American, American Fantasy fiction, English Science fiction, Fantasy fiction, Fiction, action & adventure

Places

Los Angeles (Calif.), California, India, Los Angeles, Mount Olympus, Nevada, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Prism, Texas, Tran-ky-ky, east L.A., oil refinery

People

Amos Culligan, Betsy Moriarty, Beulah McCaffery, Bill Shelburn, Buncan, Charlie Silverman, Clothahump, Colette Shelburn, Daisy, Dennis Shelburn, Ethan Fortune, Evan Orgell, Hal Shelburn, Ida, Johnny McCabe, Jonathan-Thomas Meriweather, Leonard White, Milly, Monkey, Mr. Shelburn, Mrs. Shelburn, Mrs. Stukey, Mudge, Petey Shelburn, Sally Tremont

Time

Far future, Futuristic, Set on an ocean planet in the future, circa 1980, technologically advanced humans trying to take over planet

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Alternative names

  • Alan-Dean Foster
  • Alan D. Foster
  • ALAN DEAN FOSTER
  • Alan Dean Foster
  • alan dean foster
  • Foster, Alan Dean
  • Foster Dean Alan

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