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Alan Dean Foster (born 1946) is an American author whose work spans science fiction, fantasy, horror, detective fiction, westerns, historical fiction, contemporary fiction, memoir, and travel and film nonfiction. His original fiction includes the Humanx Commonwealth, Pip & Flinx, Spellsinger, The Damned, Journeys of the Catechist, The Taken Trilogy, The Tipping Point, and Countless Worlds. He has also written novelizations and tie-in novels for Star Wars, Star Trek, Alien, Transformers, The Black Hole, Outland, The Thing, Krull, The Last Starfighter, and other films and franchises.
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For Love of Mother-Not
The chronological opening of the Pip & Flinx novels.
Icerigger
A self-contained opening to one of Foster's major Humanx Commonwealth trilogies.
Spellsinger
The opening novel of Foster's best-known fantasy series.
A Call to Arms
The first book of a complete science-fiction trilogy.
The Man Who Used the Universe
A standalone original science-fiction novel.
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Books by series
shared-universe · ongoing
Humanx Commonwealth Universe
A shared science-fiction universe involving humanity, the insectoid Thranx, and other interstellar civilizations.
series · ongoing
Humanx Commonwealth
Standalone Humanx Commonwealth novels outside the Pip & Flinx, Icerigger, and Founding of the Commonwealth subseries.
- 1
Nor Crystal TearsAmazon ↗Book 1 · novel · 1982
- 2 Voyage to the City of the DeadAmazon ↗
Book 2 · novel · 1984
- 3
MidworldAmazon ↗Book 3 · novel · 1975
- 4
Drowning WorldAmazon ↗Book 4 · novel · 2003
- 5
QuofumAmazon ↗Book 5 · novel · 2008
- 6
The Howling StonesAmazon ↗Book 6 · novel · 1997
- 7
Sentenced to PrismAmazon ↗Book 7 · novel · 1985
- 8
CachalotAmazon ↗Book 8 · novel · 1980
series · complete
Pip & Flinx
The Humanx Commonwealth novels featuring Flinx and his empathic minidrag Pip.
- 1 For Love of Mother-NotAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novel · 1983
- 2
The Tar-Aiym KrangAmazon ↗Book 2 · novel · 1972
- 3
Orphan StarAmazon ↗Book 3 · novel · 1977
- 4
The End of the MatterAmazon ↗Book 4 · novel · 1977
- 5
Flinx in FluxAmazon ↗Book 5 · novel · 1988
- 6
Mid-FlinxAmazon ↗Book 6 · novel · 1995
- 7
ReunionAmazon ↗Book 7 · novel · 2001
- 8
Flinx's FollyAmazon ↗Book 8 · novel · 2003
- 9
Sliding ScalesAmazon ↗Book 9 · novel · 2004
- 10
Running from the DeityAmazon ↗Book 10 · novel · 2005
- 11
BloodhypeAmazon ↗Book 11 · novel · 1973
- 12 Trouble MagnetAmazon ↗
Book 12 · novel · 2006
- 13
PatrimonyAmazon ↗Book 13 · novel · 2007
- 14
Flinx TranscendentAmazon ↗Book 14 · novel · 2009
- 15
Strange MusicAmazon ↗Book 15 · novel · 2017
trilogy · complete
Icerigger Trilogy
A Humanx Commonwealth trilogy set on the frozen world Tran-ky-ky.
trilogy · complete
Founding of the Commonwealth
A trilogy chronicling the early history of the Humanx Commonwealth.
series · complete
Spellsinger
A fantasy series about Jon-Tom, a musician whose songs become magic in a world of intelligent animals.
- 1 SpellsingerAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novel · 1983
- 2
The Hour of the GateAmazon ↗Book 2 · novel · 1984
- 3
The Day of the DissonanceAmazon ↗Book 3 · novel · 1984
- 4
The Moment of the MagicianAmazon ↗Book 4 · novel · 1984
- 5 The Paths of the PerambulatorAmazon ↗
Book 5 · novel · 1985
- 6
The Time of the TransferenceAmazon ↗Book 6 · novel · 1986
- 7 Son of SpellsingerAmazon ↗
Book 7 · novel · 1993
- 8 Chorus SkatingAmazon ↗
Book 8 · novel · 1994
trilogy · complete
The Damned
A completed science-fiction trilogy about humanity's involvement in an interstellar war.
trilogy · complete
Journeys of the Catechist
A fantasy trilogy following the catechist once known as Etjole Ehroh.
trilogy · complete
The Taken Trilogy
A completed science-fiction trilogy about humanity's encounter with mysterious powers and beings beyond Earth.
trilogy · complete
The Tipping Point
A completed near-future science-fiction trilogy about biotechnology, identity, and social transformation.
series · ongoing
Countless Worlds
A loosely connected set of works exploring strange worlds and alternate dimensions.
shared-universe · ongoing
Star Trek
Alan Dean Foster's Star Trek novelizations and original franchise novels.
- 1
Star Trek Log OneAmazon ↗Book 1 · novelization · 1974
- 2
Star Trek Log TwoAmazon ↗Book 2 · novelization · 1974
- 3 Star Trek Log ThreeAmazon ↗
Book 3 · novelization · 1975
- 4
Star Trek Log FourAmazon ↗Book 4 · novelization · 1975
- 5
Star Trek Log FiveAmazon ↗Book 5 · novelization · 1975
- 6 Star Trek Log SixAmazon ↗
Book 6 · novelization · 1976
- 7 Star Trek Log SevenAmazon ↗
Book 7 · novelization · 1976
- 8
Star Trek Log EightAmazon ↗Book 8 · novelization · 1976
- 9
Star Trek Log NineAmazon ↗Book 9 · novelization · 1977
- 10
Star Trek Log TenAmazon ↗Book 10 · novelization · 1978
series · ongoing
Star Trek Films
Foster's Star Trek feature-film novelizations and original film-universe novel.
shared-universe · ongoing
Star Wars
Foster's Star Wars novelization and original Star Wars-universe novels.
shared-universe · ongoing
Transformers
Foster's original prequel, film novelizations, and sequel novels set in the Transformers universe.
series · ongoing
Voyage of the Basset
A young-adult fantasy series beginning with a magical voyage from Victorian London.
- 1 The Voyage of the BassetAmazon ↗
Book 1 · illustrated-novel · 1996
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (49)
- LuanaAmazon ↗
novelization · 1974
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Dark StarAmazon ↗novelization · 1974
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The Horror on the BeachAmazon ↗novella · 1978
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The Black HoleAmazon ↗novelization · 1979
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OutlandAmazon ↗novelization · 1981
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Clash of the TitansAmazon ↗novelization · 1981
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The ThingAmazon ↗novelization · 1982
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KrullAmazon ↗novelization · 1983
- The Man Who Used the UniverseAmazon ↗
novel · 1983
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SliptAmazon ↗novel · 1984
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The Last StarfighterAmazon ↗novelization · 1984
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The I InsideAmazon ↗novel · 1984
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StarmanAmazon ↗novelization · 1984
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ShadowkeepAmazon ↗video-game-novelization · 1984
- Pale RiderAmazon ↗
novelization · 1985
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Into the Out OfAmazon ↗novel · 1986
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Glory LaneAmazon ↗novel · 1987
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MaoriAmazon ↗novel · 1988
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Alien NationAmazon ↗novelization · 1988
- Outer HeatAmazon ↗
novel · 1988
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To the Vanishing PointAmazon ↗novel · 1988
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QuozlAmazon ↗novel · 1989
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Cyber WayAmazon ↗novel · 1990
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Cat-A-LystAmazon ↗novel · 1991
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CodgerspaceAmazon ↗novel · 1992
- Sir Charles Barkley and the Referee MurdersAmazon ↗
graphic-novel · 1993
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GreenthievesAmazon ↗novel · 1994
- Life FormAmazon ↗
novel · 1995
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Design for Great-DayAmazon ↗novel · 1995
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The DigAmazon ↗video-game-novelization · 1996
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Jed the DeadAmazon ↗novel · 1997
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ParallelitiesAmazon ↗novel · 1998
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Kingdoms of LightAmazon ↗novel · 2001
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InterlopersAmazon ↗novel · 2001
- Primal ShadowsAmazon ↗
novel · 2001
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The Mocking ProgramAmazon ↗novel · 2002
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The Chronicles of RiddickAmazon ↗novelization · 2004
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SagramandaAmazon ↗novel · 2006
- Terminator SalvationAmazon ↗
novelization · 2009
- Predators I Have KnownAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2011
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Box of OxenAmazon ↗novella · 2011
- The PhisherAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2012
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The DeavysAmazon ↗novel · 2016
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RelicAmazon ↗novel · 2018
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MadrengaAmazon ↗novel · 2020
- If You Shoot the Breeze, Are You Murdering the Weather?Amazon ↗
nonfiction · 2022
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ProdigalsAmazon ↗novel · 2022
- The Moaning Words: A Novella of Lovecraftian TerrorAmazon ↗
novella · 2024
- StuartAmazon ↗
novel · 2024
Nonfiction (1)
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The Director Should've Shot You: Memoirs of the Film TradeAmazon ↗memoir · 2020
Short fiction (8)
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With Friends Like These...Amazon ↗short-story-collection · 1977
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...Who Needs Enemies?Amazon ↗short-story-collection · 1984
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The Metrognome and Other StoriesAmazon ↗short-story-collection · 1990
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Montezuma StripAmazon ↗short-story-collection · 1995
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Mad AmosAmazon ↗short-story-collection · 1996
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Impossible PlacesAmazon ↗short-story-collection · 2002
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Exceptions to RealityAmazon ↗short-story-collection · 2008
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Mad Amos Malone: The Complete StoriesAmazon ↗short-story-collection · 2018
Other (1)
- The Last Starfighter StorybookAmazon ↗
illustrated-book · 1984