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Alan Dean Foster is an American author best known for ‘Star Wars: From The Adventures of Luke Skywalker.’ This was the original novelization of Star Wars. Many people do not realize that Foster wrote the book because the credit went to George Lucas.
Order of Pip & Flinx Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Tar-Aiym Krang | 1972 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Bloodhype | 1973 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The End of the Matter (Short Story) | 1977 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Orphan Star | 1977 | Description / Buy | |
5 | For Love of Mother-Not | 1983 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Flinx in Flux | 1988 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Mid-Flinx | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Reunion | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Flinx's Folly | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Sliding Scales | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Running from the Deity | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
12 | Trouble Magnet | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
13 | Patrimony | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
14 | Flinx Transcendent | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
15 | Strange Music | 2018 | Description / Buy |
Chronological Order of Pip & Flinx Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | For Love of Mother-Not | 1983 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Tar-Aiym Krang | 1972 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Orphan Star | 1977 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The End of the Matter (Short Story) | 1977 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Flinx in Flux | 1988 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Mid-Flinx | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Reunion | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Flinx's Folly | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Sliding Scales | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Running from the Deity | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Bloodhype | 1973 | Description / Buy | |
12 | Trouble Magnet | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
13 | Patrimony | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
14 | Flinx Transcendent | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
15 | Strange Music | 2018 | Description / Buy |
Order of Icerigger Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Icerigger | 1974 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Mission to Moulokin | 1979 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Deluge Drivers | 1987 | Description / Buy |
Order of Star Trek: The Animated Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Star Trek Log One | 1974 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Star Trek Log Two | 1974 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Star Trek Log Three | 1974 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Star Trek Log Four | 1975 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Star Trek Log Five | 1975 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Star Trek Log Six | 1976 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Star Trek Log Seven | 1976 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Star Trek Log Eight | 1976 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Star Trek Log Nine | 1977 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Star Trek Log Ten | 1978 | Description / Buy |
Order of Humanx Commonwealth Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Midworld | 1975 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Cachalot | 1980 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Nor Crystal Tears | 1982 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Voyage to the City of the Dead | 1984 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Sentenced to Prism | 1985 | Description / Buy | |
6 | The Howling Stones | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Drowning World | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Quofum | 2008 | Description / Buy |
Chronological Order of Humanx Commonwealth Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Nor Crystal Tears | 1982 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Voyage to the City of the Dead | 1984 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Midworld | 1975 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Drowning World | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Quofum | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
6 | The Howling Stones | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Sentenced to Prism | 1985 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Cachalot | 1980 | Description / Buy |
Order of Star Wars Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker | 1976 | Description / Buy |
Order of With Friends...Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | With Friends Like These... | 1977 | Description / Buy | |
2 | ...Who Needs Enemies? | 1984 | Description / Buy |
Order of Alien Movie Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Alien | 1979 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Aliens | 1986 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Alien³ | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Alien Resurrection | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Alien: Covenant | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Alien: Covenant Origins | 2017 | Description / Buy |
Order of Spellsinger Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Spellsinger | 1983 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Hour of the Gate | 1984 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Day of the Dissonance | 1984 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The Moment of the Magician | 1984 | Description / Buy | |
5 | The Paths of the Perambulator | 1985 | Description / Buy | |
6 | The Time of the Transference | 1986 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Son of Spellsinger | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Chorus Skating | 1994 | Description / Buy |
Order of The Damned Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | A Call to Arms | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The False Mirror (Short Story) | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Spoils of War | 1993 | Description / Buy |
Order of Angel Cardenas Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Montezuma Strip | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Mocking Program | 2002 | Description / Buy |
Order of Dinotopia Series with Peter David
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Dinotopia Audio Adventure | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Dinotopia: The World Beneath | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
4 | River Quest | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Dinotopia Lost | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Sabertooth Mountain (Short Story) | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
7 | The Maze | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
8 | The Hand of Dinotopia | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Dinotopia: First Flight (Short Story) | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Dolphin Watch (Short Story) | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Dinotopia: Journey to Chandara | 2007 | Description / Buy |
Order of Journeys of the Catechist Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Carnivores of Light and Darkness | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Into the Thinking Kingdoms | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
3 | A Triumph of Souls | 2000 | Description / Buy |
Order of Founding of the Commonwealth Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Phylogenesis | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Dirge | 2000 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Diuturnity's Dawn | 2002 | Description / Buy |
Order of Taken Trilogy Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Lost and Found | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Light-Years Beneath My Feet | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Candle of Distant Earth | 2006 | Description / Buy |
Order of Transformers Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Transformers | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Transformers: The Veiled Threat | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | 2009 | Description / Buy |
Order of Star Trek Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Star Trek | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Star Trek Into Darkness | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Unsettling Stars | 2020 | Description / Buy |
Order of Tipping Point Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Human Blend | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Body, Inc. | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Sum of Her Parts | 2012 | Description / Buy |
Order of Countless Worlds Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Oshenerth | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Taste of Different Dimensions | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Flavors of Other Worlds | 2019 | Description / Buy |
Order of Alan Dean Foster Standalone Novels
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Luana | 1974 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Dark Star | 1974 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Black Hole | 1979 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Outland | 1981 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Clash of the Titans | 1981 | Description / Buy | |
6 | The Thing | 1982 | Description / Buy | |
7 | The Man Who Used the Universe | 1983 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Krull | 1983 | Description / Buy | |
9 | The I Inside | 1984 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Shadowkeep | 1984 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Starman | 1984 | Description / Buy | |
12 | The Last Starfighter | 1984 | Description / Buy | |
13 | Slipt (Short Story) | 1984 | Description / Buy | |
14 | Pale Rider | 1985 | Description / Buy | |
15 | Into the Out of | 1986 | Description / Buy | |
16 | Glory Lane | 1987 | Description / Buy | |
17 | Maori | 1988 | Description / Buy | |
18 | Outer Heat | 1988 | Description / Buy | |
19 | To the Vanishing Point | 1988 | Description / Buy | |
20 | Alien Nation | 1988 | Description / Buy | |
21 | Codgerspace | 1989 | Description / Buy | |
22 | Quozl | 1989 | Description / Buy | |
23 | Cyber Way | 1990 | Description / Buy | |
24 | Cat-a-Lyst | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
25 | Greenthieves | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
26 | Design for Great-Day | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
27 | The Dig | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
28 | Parallelities | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
29 | Life Form | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
30 | Voyage of the Basset | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
31 | Jed the Dead | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
32 | Kingdoms of Light | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
33 | Interlopers | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
34 | Primal Shadows | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
35 | The Chronicles of Riddick | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
36 | Sagramanda | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
37 | Terminator Salvation | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
38 | The Deavys | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
39 | Relic | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
40 | Madrenga | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
41 | Prodigals | 2022 | Description / Buy |
Order of Alan Dean Foster Short Stories/Novellas
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Horror on the Beach | 1978 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Box of Oxen (Short Story) | 2011 | Description / Buy |
Order of Alan Dean Foster Short Story Collections
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Metrognome and Other Stories | 1990 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Mad Amos | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Impossible Places | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Exceptions to Reality | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Resistance Front | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
6 | The Compleat Mad Amos | 2018 | Description / Buy |
Order of Alan Dean Foster Graphic Novels
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Sir Charles Barkley and the Referee Murders (Short Story) | 1993 | Description / Buy |
Order of Alan Dean Foster Non-Fiction
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Animated Features and Silly Symphonies | 1980 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Predators I Have Known | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Phisher (Short Story) | 2012 | Description / Buy |
Order of Star Wars: Novelizations Series with Terry Brooks, Matthew Woodring Stover
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | A New Hope | 1976 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Phantom Menace | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Revenge of the Sith | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The Force Awakens | 2015 | Description / Buy |
Order of Star Wars Legends Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | A New Hope Novelization | 1976 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Splinter of the Mind's Eye | 1978 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Courtship of Princess Leia | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The Truce at Bakura | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
5 | The Lando Calrissian Adventures | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Children of the Jedi | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Darksaber | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
9 | The New Rebellion | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Planet of Twilight | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Tales from the Empire | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
12 | I, Jedi | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
13 | Tales from the New Republic | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
14 | Rogue Planet | 2000 | Description / Buy | |
15 | The Approaching Storm | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
16 | Cloak of Deception | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
17 | The Dangerous Games | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
18 | A Forest Apart (Short Story) | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
19 | Tatooine Ghost | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
20 | Jango Fett vs. the Razor Eaters (Short Story) | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
21 | Legacy of the Jedi | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
22 | The Ruins of Dantooine | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
23 | Survivor's Quest | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
24 | Labyrinth of Evil | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
25 | Outbound Flight | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
26 | Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
27 | Allegiance | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
28 | Death Star | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
29 | The Life and Legend of Obi-Wan Kenobi | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
30 | The Life of Luke Skywalker | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
31 | Millennium Falcon | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
32 | Crisis on Coruscant , #4) | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
33 | Crosscurrent | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
34 | Fire Ring Race (Short Story) | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
35 | Shinbone Showdown (Short Story) | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
36 | Death Troopers | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
37 | Choices of One | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
38 | Shadow Games | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
39 | Riptide | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
40 | Knight Errant | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
41 | Shadows of the Empire | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
42 | Lost Tribe of the Sith | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
43 | Winner Lose All (Short Story) | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
44 | Scourge | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
45 | The Wrath of Darth Maul | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
46 | Darth Plagueis | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
47 | Red Harvest | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
48 | Darth Plagueis | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
49 | Scoundrels | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
50 | The Last Jedi | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
51 | Kenobi | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
52 | Crucible | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
53 | Dawn of the Jedi | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
54 | Lockdown: Star Wars Legends | 2015 | Description / Buy |
Order of Isaac Asimov's Anthology Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Isaac Asimov's Masters of Science Fiction | 1978 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Isaac Asimov's Marvels of Science Fiction | 1979 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Isaac Asimov's Worlds of Science Fiction | 1980 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Isaac Asimov's Near Futures and Far | 1981 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own | 1983 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Isaac Asimov's Aliens & Outworlders | 1983 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! | 1985 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! | 1989 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Isaac Asimov's Aliens | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Isaac Asimov's Robots | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
12 | Isaac Asimov's War | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
13 | Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
14 | Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
15 | Isaac Asimov's Ghosts (Short Story) | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
16 | Isaac Asimov's Christmas | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
17 | Isaac Asimov's Camelot | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
18 | Isaac Asimov's Detectives | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
19 | Isaac Asimov's Valentines | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
20 | Isaac Asimov's Werewolves | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
21 | Isaac Asimov's Solar System | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
22 | Isaac Asimov's Utopias | 2000 | Description / Buy | |
23 | Isaac Asimov's Father Day | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
24 | Isaac Asimov's Halloween | 2001 | Description / Buy |
Order of Alien Nation Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Alien Nation | 1988 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Dark Horizon | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Body and Soul | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The Change | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Slag Like Me | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Extreme Prejudice | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Cross of Blood | 1995 | Description / Buy |
Order of Infinite Stars Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Infinite Stars | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Infinite Stars: Dark Frontiers | 2019 | Description / Buy |
Order of UFO Anthology Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Unidentified Funny Objects | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Unidentified Funny Objects 2 | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Unidentified Funny Objects 3 | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Funny Science Fiction | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Unidentified Funny Objects 4 | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Funny Fantasy | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Unidentified Funny Objects 5 | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Funny Horror | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Unidentified Funny Objects 6 | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Unidentified Funny Objects 7 | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Unidentified Funny Objects 8 | 2020 | Description / Buy |
Order of Alien Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Alien StarSwarm (Short Story) | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Alien: The Cold Forge | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Alien: Echo | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Alien: Isolation | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Alien: Prototype | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Aliens: Phalanx | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Into Charybdis | 2021 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Aliens: Infiltrator | 2021 | Description / Buy |
Order of Laksa Anthology Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Strangers Among Us: Tales of the Underdogs and Outcasts | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Sum of Us: Tales of the Bonded and Bound | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Where the Stars Rise: Asian Science Fiction and Fantasy | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Shades Within Us: Tales of Migrations and Fractured Borders | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Seasons Between Us: Tales of Identities and Memories | 2021 | Description / Buy |
Order of Star Trek Fotonovel Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The City on the Edge of Forever | 1977 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Trouble with Tribbles | 1977 | Description / Buy | |
3 | All Our Yesterdays | 1978 | Description / Buy | |
4 | A Taste of Armageddon | 1978 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Metamorphosis | 1978 | Description / Buy | |
6 | The Galileo 7 | 1978 | Description / Buy | |
7 | A Piece of the Action | 1978 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Day of the Dove | 1978 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Amok Time | 1978 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Star Trek: The Motion Picture | 1980 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan | 1982 | Description / Buy |
Alan Dean Foster Anthologies
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Destination Unknown | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1992 | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Betcha Can't Read Just One | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Superheroes | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
6 | The Book of Kings | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
7 | The Children of Cthulhu: Chilling New Tales Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Untold Adventures | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Dead Man's Hand | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Here Be Merfolk | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Infinite Stars: Dark Frontiers | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
12 | Short Things | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
13 | Gilded Glass: Twisted Myths and Shattered Fairy Tales | 2022 | Description / Buy |
But Foster doesn’t mind. In interviews, he has acknowledged that the novel he wrote was based on ideas that Lucas created. He simply expanded the concepts. As such, the author is not bothered by the fact that his name did not appear on the novel’s cover.
He also wrote ‘Splinter of the Mind’s Eye.’ The novel stands out because it was written before the original Star Wars became a blockbuster hit. At the time, no one knew how well the movie would perform.
When Foster wrote ‘Splinter of the Mind’s Eye,’ he was convinced that it would become a low-budget sequel to the original Star Wars film, but only if the original Star Wars was unsuccessful.
But Lucas’ gamble paid off, and ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ was made in place of ‘Splinter of the Mind’s Eye.’ Lucas ignored the book because it used concepts and ideas he had long since abandoned.
But Foster’s role in the Star Wars franchise did not end here. He wrote a novelization for ‘The Force Awakens’ as well as a prequel-era story. Sci-Fi fans that don’t care for Star Wars probably know him for the many Star Trek books he wrote, not to mention novelizations for Terminator, The Chronicles of Riddick, Transformers, and more.
Born in New York City in 1946, Foster attended UCLA (Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and a Master of Fine Art in Cinema). The author got his big break when August Derleth discovered a Lovecraftian letter he had written in 1968.
August decided to publish the letter as a short story in ‘The Arkham Collector.’ In the years that followed, Foster made a name for himself as a prolific author of short fiction.
His fans loved his work because Foster was so diverse, writing everything from fantasy and horror to hard Sci-Fi, historical fiction, westerns, and so much more.
Even with all the books he writes, Foster always finds the time to travel. He loves the great outdoors. He has been to Europe, Asia, and the Pacific. His travels have taken him to Tanzania, Kenya, the Peruvian Jungle, and Western Australia, to mention but a few. Foster has photographed army ants, eaten piranhas, rappelled into the Lechuguilla Cave in New Mexico, crossed the Andes, and more.
When he can’t travel, you will find the author listening to classical and heavy metal music. He has gone so far as to write orchestral music. He will squeeze hiking, body surfing, and scuba diving into his schedule if he has the time. Foster is a man of many talents.
Alan Dean Foster Awards
Foster has received the IAMTW Lifetime Achievement Award, Galaxy Award, Ignotus Award (Spain), UPC Award (Spain), Stannik Award (Russia), and the Southwest Book Award.
Best Alan Dean Foster Books
The author is a member of the Science Fiction Writers of America. He had the opportunity to study karate with Chuck Norris. That was back before Norris decided to dedicate his life to acting. Foster’s best books include:
Alien: ‘Alien’ tells the story of the Nostromo, a spaceship whose crew has just woken from cryogenic sleep in response to a distress signal from a mysterious planet. In the process of exploring an alien craft, they are attacked. They escape, unaware of the horror that has returned with them.
‘Alien’ is a novelization of the movie ‘Alien.’ For the most part, it stays true to the original film. But it provides a lot of details and deleted scenes.
The Force Awakens: ‘The Force Awakens’ takes place several years after ‘Return of the Jedi.’ Even though Luke, Leia, and Han defeated the Empire and saved the galaxy, evil is not dead.
The First Order has emerged from the ashes of the Empire. Led by a mysterious figure, they won’t stop until they destroy the New Republic. The New Republic’s only hope is Luke Skywalker, the galaxy’s most powerful Jedi.
But Luke vanished a long time ago. The only clue to his whereabouts is a map hidden within a resistance droid.
When Does The Next Alan Dean Foster book come out?
Alan Dean Foster doesn't seem to have an upcoming book. Their newest book is Prodigals and was released on July, 31st 2022.