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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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    First published in 2008 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Design for Great-Day
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    First published in 2015 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The Taste of Different Dimensions: 15 Fantasy Tales from a Master Storyteller

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  • Cover of: Flavors of Other Worlds: 13 Science Fiction Tales from a Master Storyteller

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  • Cover of: MOMENT OF THE MAGICIAN (SPELLSINGER S.)
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  • Cover of: Time of the Transference (Spellsinger, No 6)
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    Cover of edition isbn_9781439194874 First published in 2009 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Season of the spellsong
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American fiction writer

Born 18 November 1946

Subjects

Fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, Science fiction, American Science fiction, Science Fiction, Humanx Commonwealth (Imaginary organization), Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure, Fiction, general, Life on other planets, Fiction, fantasy, general, collectionID:STnov, Fiction, science fiction, space opera, Flinx (Fictitious character), Flinx of the commonwealth (fictitious character), fiction, Pip (Fictitious character : Foster), Interplanetary voyages, Fantasy, Fiction in English, Human-alien encounters, Fiction, media tie-in, Fantasy fiction, Space warfare, Kirk, james t. (fictitious character), fiction, Alien abduction, Films

Places

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

People

Alan Dean Foster (1946-), James T. Kirk (2233-2371), Spock Mr, Amos Culligan, Betsy Moriarty, Beulah McCaffery, Bill O’Niel, Bill Shelburn, Buncan, Charlie Silverman, Clothahump, Colette Shelburn, Daisy, Dennis Shelburn, Ethan Fortune, Evan Orgell, Hal Shelburn, Ida, James T. Kirk, James T. Kirk (Fictitious character) (2233-2371), Johnny McCabe, Jonathan-Thomas Meriweather, Leonard White, Milly, Monkey

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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