Alan Dean Foster

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Alan Dean Foster (born November 18, 1946 in New York City ) is the author of science fiction and fantasy novels, but best known for his novel versions of well-known films.

Life

Foster studied at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he made a bachelor's degree in political science in 1968 and graduated with a master's degree in film studies in 1969. From 1969 to 1975 he served in the United States Army Reserve . From 1970 to 1971 he worked as a copywriter, after which he gave courses at UCLA and from 1972 to 1976 at Los Angeles City College .

In 1975 he married JoAnn Oxley. He lives in Prescott , Arizona .

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His first short story, Some Notes Concerning a Green Box , was published in August Derleth's Arkham Collector in 1971 . This was followed by other stories that were collected in With Friends Like These (1977, German Meine Galaktischen Freunde ). For his story Our Lady of the Machine (1994) Foster was awarded the Spanish Premio Ignotus in 1995.

His first novel The Tar-Aiym Krang was published in 1972 and laid the foundations for Foster's fictional universe of the Humanx Commonwealth (in the German Homanx Commonwealth ). This fictional interstellar federation is dominated by humans and the thranx, a highly intelligent race of insects. The novels and stories from the Humanx Commonwealth are more or less strongly linked together, including several related about their protagonists or locations novel cycles , whose most testers are the stories about Pip and Flinx. Flinx is an empathic young man named Philip Lynx (aka Flinx) and Pip is his idiosyncratic companion, an Alaspinian miniature dragon. Foster's first as well as his second novel Bloodhype (1973) belong to the stories about Pip and Flinx. Another cycle loosely linked to the Humanx Commonwealth is the trilogy about the ice sailors on the planet Tran-Ky-Ky.

The best known of Foster's fantasy novels is the Bannsänger cycle, the story of a law student who is placed in a parallel world.

With his third novel Luana (1974) Foster entered the field of novel versions for which he is best known today. The film on which this first adaptation work is based is hardly known, however, an Italian B-Picture about a kind of girl Tarzan, the German title is Luana - The Curse of White Gold . That should change, because in the same year the novel version of John Carpenter's Dark Star followed with Dark Star , today a cult film, at that time a neglected first film, at least Foster was able to show that he was able to meet the special demands placed on authors of novel versions. In 1976, the breakthrough came with the "book about the film" for George Lucas ' Star Wars .

This was followed by other novel versions of major science fiction films such as the first three alien films or the Star Trek films by JJ Abrams . In addition to novel versions, including the first novel version of a computer game, Forster also wrote a number of tie-ins , for example for the Star Trek series.

It can be considered Foster's merit to have given the writing of novel versions at least a certain reputation. Still he says:

"It's always amusing to me, you take a book, say, To Kill a Mockingbird, throw away three quarters of it and win an Academy Award for best adapted screenplay. But if you take a screenplay and add three quarters of original material to it - which is a much, much more difficult piece of writing - well, that's by definition 'hackwork.' "

“I always find it funny that you get an Oscar for the“ best adapted screenplay ”if you throw away three quarters of a book, for example“ Who disturbs the nightingale ”. But if you take a script and expand it threefold with something new - which is much more difficult, then it can only be considered a "work of art". "

John Clute remarks on Foster's adaptations that they were written "very professionally and without contempt for the genre."

Foster's interest in ecological topics, foreign countries and cultures is reflected in his works again and again when people are confronted with very strange worlds and environments and cultures that have adapted to them, for example with the whales of the water world of Cachalot , in the vegetation plains of the gigantic trees from Midworld (German "The Thinking Forests") or the arctic ice world of Tran-Ky-Ky.

bibliography

Humanx Commonwealth Universe / Homanx-Commonwealth

  • Midworld (1975)
The thinking forests. Heyne, 1979, translator Heinz Nagel, ISBN 3-453-30575-2 .
  • Cachalot (1980)
Cachalot. Heyne, 1983, translator Heinz Nagel, ISBN 3-453-30939-1 .
  • Nor Crystal Tears (1982)
No crystal tears either. Heyne, 1988, translator Heinz Nagel, ISBN 3-453-31115-9 .
  • Voyage to the City of the Dead (1984)
Journey to the city of the dead. Heyne, 1986, translator Heinz Nagel, ISBN 3-453-31306-2 .
  • Sentenced to Prism (1985)
Prism. Heyne, 1989, translator Michael Kubiak, ISBN 3-453-03887-8 .
  • The Howling Stones (1997)
  • Drowning World (2003)
  • Quofum (2008)
Quofum. Bastei-Lübbe, 2011, translator Kerstin Fricke, ISBN 3-404-20509-X .
The Founding of the Commonwealth / The early Homanx cycle

The theme of these three novels is the founding of the Homanx Commonwealth. Thematically, they continue the story of the much earlier Nor Crystal Tears . What they all have in common is that each story is closed.

  • Vol. 1: Phylogenesis (1999)
Volume 1: The Outsiders. Bastei-Lübbe, 2004, translator Ruggero Leò, ISBN 3-404-24327-7 .
  • Vol. 2: Dirge (2000)
Volume 2: Lament of the Stars. Bastei-Lübbe, 2005, translator Ruggero Leò, ISBN 3-404-24333-1 .
  • Vol. 3: Diuturnity's Dawn (2002)
Volume 3: The Dorn Project. Bastei-Lübbe, 2005, translator Beke Ritgen, ISBN 3-404-24340-4 .
Stories with Pip and Flinx
  • The Tar-Aiym Krang (1972)
The Tar-Aiym-Krang. Heyne, 1979, translator Heinz Nagel, ISBN 3-453-30553-1 .
  • Bloodhype (1973)
Commonwealth outpost. Moewig, 1982, translator Rosemarie Hundertmarck, ISBN 3-8118-3597-1 .
  • Orphan Star (1977)
The orphan star. Heyne, 1980, translator Heinz Nagel, ISBN 3-453-30627-9 .
  • The End of the Matter (1977)
The collapser. Heyne, 1980, translator Heinz Nagel, ISBN 3-453-30639-2 .
  • For Love of Mother-Not (1983)
Flinx. Heyne, 1985, translator Heinz Nagel, ISBN 3-453-31198-1 .
  • Flinx in Flux (1988)
Long tunnel. Heyne, 1990, translator Michael Kubiak, ISBN 3-453-03924-6 .
  • Mid-Flinx (1995)
The green death. Bastei-Lübbe, 2008, translator Michael Neuhaus, ISBN 3-404-24367-6 .
  • Reunion (2001)
The lizard world. Bastei-Lübbe, 2008, translator Michael Neuhaus, ISBN 3-404-24375-7 .
  • Flinx's Folly (2003)
The voice of nothing. Bastei-Lübbe, 2008, translator Angela Koonen, ISBN 3-404-24378-1 .
  • Sliding Scales (2004)
Escape into chaos. Bastei-Lübbe, 2009, translators Michael Kubiak and Kerstin Fricke, ISBN 3-404-24384-6 .
  • Running from the Deity (2005)
Star gods. Bastei-Lübbe, 2009, translator Kerstin Fricke, ISBN 3-404-24387-0 .
  • Trouble Magnet (2006)
Nothing but trouble. Bastei-Lübbe, 2010, translator Kerstin Fricke, ISBN 3-404-23347-6 .
  • Patrimony (2007)
Patrimony. Bastei-Lübbe, 2010, translator Kerstin Fricke, ISBN 3-404-24394-3 .
  • Flinx Transcendent (2009)
The trail of the Tar-Aiym. Bastei-Lübbe, translator Kerstin Fricke, 2011, ISBN 3-404-20077-2 .
  • Strange Music (2017)

The first three novels published by Heyne with Flinx as the main character ( Das Tar-Aiym-Krang , Der Waisenstern and Der Kollapsar ) have also been published as a collector's edition:

Homanx one. Heyne, 1985, ISBN 3-453-31199-X (3 TBs in a slipcase)

Because of the popularity of the Flinx novels, a special edition was even published which, in addition to the three novels mentioned above (the early Homanx trilogy ), also contains the novel Flinx :

Flinx's adventure. Heyne, 1992, ISBN 3-453-06193-4 .

Pip and Flinx-short stories: Snake Eyes ( snake eyes ) appeared in the short story collection Who Needs Enemies? , the Sideshow story in Impossible Places and the Growth story in Exceptions To Reality .

Ice sailing trilogy

This trilogy takes place in parallel with the books The Tar-Aiym Krang , Orphan Star and For Love of Mother-Not . The connections remain limited to a video conversation between Ethan Frome Fortune and his boss Maxim Malaika in The Deluge Drivers , with Flinx being mentioned briefly, although not by name. Also, following the events of this trilogy, Skua September travels to Alaspin, where he meets Flinx in The End of the Matter .

  • Icerigger (1974)
The ice sailors of Tran-Ky-Ky. Heyne, 1978, translator Heinz Nagel, ISBN 3-453-30497-7 .
  • Mission to Moulokin (1979)
The Moulokin Mission. Heyne, 1981, translator Heinz Nagel, ISBN 3-453-30678-3 .
  • The Deluge Drivers (1987)
The ride of the Slanderscree. Heyne, 1989, translator Ralph Tegtmeier, ISBN 3-453-03489-9 .

The trilogy has also been published as an anthology:

Ice sailors. Heyne, 1996, ISBN 3-453-09468-9 .

Romance cycles

Spellsinger / spell singer
  • Vol. 1: Spellsinger (1981)
Volume 1: Bannsänger. Heyne, 1986, translator Leo P. Kreysfeld, ISBN 3-453-31273-2 .
  • Vol. 2: The Hour of the Gate (1984)
Volume 2: The Hour of the Gate. Heyne, 1986, translator Leo P. Kreysfeld, ISBN 3-453-31274-0 .
  • Vol. 3: The Day of the Dissonance (1984)
Volume 3: The Day of Dissonance. Heyne, 1986, translators Leo P. Kreysfeld and Ralph Tegtmeier, ISBN 3-453-31275-9 .
  • Vol. 4: The Moment of the Magician (1984)
Volume 4: The Magician's Moment. Heyne, 1986, translator Ralph Tegtmeier, ISBN 3-453-31327-5 .
  • Vol. 5: The Paths of the Perambulator (1985)
Volume 5: The Wanderer's Paths. Heyne, 1988, translator Ralph Tegtmeier, ISBN 3-453-02762-0 .
  • Vol. 6: The Time of the Transference (1987)
Volume 6: The time to return home. Heyne, 1988, translator Ralph Tegtmeier, ISBN 3-453-02763-9 .
  • Vol. 7: Son of Spellsinger (1993)
Volume 7: The spell singer's son. Heyne, 1996, translator Norbert Stöbe, ISBN 3-453-09477-8 .
  • Vol. 8: Chorus Skating (1994)
Volume 8: The Abduction of Music. Heyne, 1996, translator Barbara Ostrop, ISBN 3-453-09478-6 .

The first two novels were also published as an anthology:

Volume 1 + 2: Bannsänger / The Hour of the Gate. Bertelsmann Boulevard, 1998

The first six novels of the cycle have now been published as bound books in two anthologies:

Volume 1–3: Bannsänger. Area, 2005, ISBN 3-89996-439-X .
Volumes 4-6: Bannsänger II. Area, 2006, ISBN 3-89996-395-4 .
The Damned
  • Vol. 1: A Call to Arms (1991)
  • Vol. 2: The False Mirror (1992)
  • Vol. 3: The Spoils of War (1993)
Dinotopia
  • Dinotopia Lost (1996)
Dinotopia - The Conquerors. Heyne, 1997, translator Bärbel Deninger, ISBN 3-453-12464-2 .
The conquest of Dinotopia. vgs, 2002, translator Bärbel Deninger, ISBN 3-8025-2982-0 .
  • The Hand of Dinotopia (1997)
The Companions of Dinotopia. vgs, 2002, translator Florian F. Marzin, ISBN 3-8025-2981-2 .
Journeys of the Catechist / Catechist Trilogy
  • Vol. 1: Carnivores of Light and Darkness (1998)
Volume 1: The Spirit of the Spear. Heyne, 2001, translator Siglinde Müller, ISBN 3-453-19623-6 .
  • Vol. 2: Into the Thinking Kingdoms (1999)
Volume 2: The Trapped Time. Heyne, 2002, translator Siglinde Müller, ISBN 3-453-19640-6 .
  • Vol. 3: A Triumph of Souls (2000)
Volume 3: The Coldness of the Sword. Heyne, 2002, translator Siglinde Müller, ISBN 3-453-19649-X .
Taken Trilogy / The Adventures of Marcus Walker
  • Vol. 1: Lost and Found (2004)
Volume 1: Safari. Bastei-Lübbe, 2006, translator Axel Franken, ISBN 3-404-24350-1 .
  • Vol. 2: The Light-Years Beneath My Feet (2005)
Volume 2: Council of War. Bastei-Lübbe, 2007, translator Axel Franken, ISBN 3-404-24356-0 .
  • Vol. 3: The Candle of Distant Earth (2005)
Volume 3: Hunt for prey. Bastei-Lübbe, 2007, translator Axel Franken, ISBN 3-404-24359-5 .
The Tipping Point trilogy
  • Vol. 1: The Human Blend (2010)
Volume 1: Genome. Bastei-Lübbe, translator Kerstin Fricke, 2012, ISBN 3-404-20706-8 .
  • Vol. 2: Body, Inc. (2012)
Volume 2: Human. Bastei-Lübbe, 2013, translator Kerstin Fricke, ISBN 3-404-20714-9 .
  • Vol. 3: The Sum Of Her Parts (2012)
Volume 3: Signal. Bastei-Lübbe, December 2013, translator Kerstin Fricke, ISBN 978-3-404-20733-6 .

Single novels

  • The Man Who Used the Universe (1983)
Dark mission. Knaur, 1984, translator Andreas Brandhorst, ISBN 3-426-05789-1 .
  • The I Inside (1984)
Colligatarch. Heyne, 1986, translator Heinz Nagel, ISBN 3-453-31350-X .
  • Slip (1984)
El Magico. Heyne, 1986, translator Heinz Nagel, ISBN 3-453-31362-3 .
  • Into the Out Of (1986)
Africa's dark heart. Heyne, 1989, translator Ralph Tegtmeier, ISBN 3-453-03159-8 .
  • Glory Lane (1987)
Paths of Glory. Heyne, 1988, translator Ralph Tegtmeier, ISBN 3-453-03123-7 .
  • Maori (1988)
  • To the Vanishing Point (1988)
The highway to nowhere. Heyne, 1995, translator Alfons Winkelmann, ISBN 3-453-08570-1 .
  • Quozl (1989)
  • Cyber ​​Way (1990)
The cyber way. Heyne, 1993, translator Hilde Linnert, ISBN 3-453-06603-0 .
  • Cat-a-lyst (1991)
Cat game. Heyne, 1998, translator Ulrike Ziegra, ISBN 3-453-13329-3 .
  • Codgerspace (1992)
  • Greenthieves (1994)
  • Life Form (1995)
  • Design for Great-Day , with Eric Frank Russell , 1995
  • Jed the Dead (1997)
  • Parallelities (1998)
  • Interlopers (2001)
Lord of the Plagues. Bastei-Lübbe, 2004, translator Ruggero Leò, ISBN 3-404-24323-4 .
  • Kingdoms of Light (2001)
At the end of the rainbow. Bastei-Lübbe, 2002, translator Ruggero Leò, ISBN 3-404-20443-3 .
  • Primal Shadows (2001)
  • The Mocking Program (2002)
  • Sagramanda (2006)
  • Oshenerth (2015)
  • Relic (2018)

Movie books

Destination: Eternity. Bastei-Lübbe, 1977, Translator Jürgen Perkeo, ISBN 3-404-00613-5 .
( John Carpenters ) Dark Star. Bastei-Lübbe, 1980, ISBN 3-404-24005-7 .
Alien - The uncanny creature from a strange world Heyne, 1979, translator Heinz Nagel, ISBN 3-453-30625-2 .
Alien 2 - The Return. Heyne, 1986, translator Irene Holicki, ISBN 3-453-02456-7 .
Alien 3. Heyne, 1992, translator Thomas Hag, ISBN 3-453-05615-9 .
The black hole. Schneider, 1980, translator Heinz Nagel, ISBN 3-505-08090-X .
Battle of the titans. Heyne, 1981, translator Krista Herkenrath, ISBN 3-453-30715-1 .
Outland. Heyne, 1981, Translator Peter Pape, ISBN 3-453-30770-4 .
The thing from another world. Heyne, translator Heinz Nagel, 1982, ISBN 3-453-01630-0 .
Krull. Heyne, 1983, translator Hilde Linnert, ISBN 3-453-01831-1 .
Starfight. Knaur, 1984, translator Ulrich Mihr, ISBN 3-426-01218-9 .
(John Carpenters) Starman. Heyne, 1985, translator Eva Malsch, ISBN 3-453-02186-X .
Shadowkeep - the dark land. Heyne, 1987, Translator Malte Heim, ISBN 3-453-00412-4 .
Pale Rider - the nameless rider. Heyne, 1985, translator Joachim Honnef, ISBN 3-453-02275-0 .
Spacecop LA 1991. Heyne, 1989, translator Norbert Stresau, ISBN 3-453-02864-3 .
  • The Dig (1995, based on a computer game)
The Dig - The mystery of Cocytus. vgs, 1996, translators Torsten Dewi and Susanne Menzel, ISBN 3-8025-2436-5 .
Terminator: Salvation. Heyne, 2009, translator Ralph Sander, ISBN 978-3-453-52603-7 .
Star Trek. Cross Cult, 2009, translator Susanne Döpke, ISBN 978-3-941248-05-2 .
Alien: Covenant. Lucifer Verlag , 2017, translator Peter Mehler, ISBN 978-3-95835-222-3 .
Spaceship Enterprise - The New Adventure
  • Star Trek Log One (1974)
Volume 1: Dead Zone Galaxy. Goldmann, 1993, translator Lore Straßl , ISBN 3-442-23660-6 .
  • Star Trek Log Two (1974)
Volume 2: The Survivor. Goldmann, 1993, translator Lore Straßl, ISBN 3-442-23661-4 .
  • Star Trek Log Three (1975)
Volume 3: The Venus Factor. Goldmann, 1993, translator Hermann Martlreiter, ISBN 3-442-23662-2 .
  • Star Trek Log Four (1975)
Volume 4: Danger in the Delta Triangle. Goldmann, 1993, translator Hermann Martlreiter, ISBN 3-442-23663-0 .
  • Star Trek Log Five (1975)
Volume 5: About bare life. Goldmann, 1993, translator Lore Straßl, ISBN 3-442-23664-9 .
  • Star Trek Log Six (1976)
Volume 6: McCoy's murderous matter. Goldmann, 1994, translator Lore Straßl, ISBN 3-442-23665-7 .
  • Star Trek Log Seven (1976)
Volume 7: In the shadow of black stars. Goldmann, 1994, translator Hermann Martlreiter, ISBN 3-442-23666-5 .
  • Star Trek Log Eight (1976)
Volume 8: Assumption Command. Goldmann, 1994, translator Hermann Martlreiter, ISBN 3-442-23667-3 .
  • Star Trek Log Nine (1977)
Volume 9: A fatal mistake. Goldmann, 1994, translator Lore Straßl, ISBN 3-442-23668-1 .
  • Star Trek Log Ten (1978)
Volume 10: The Final Mission. Goldmann, 1995, translator Lore Straßl, ISBN 3-442-23670-3 .
Starwars
  • Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker , as George Lucas , 1976 (expansion of the script Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope to the novel)
War of stars. Goldmann, 1976, translator Tony Westermayr, ISBN 3-442-03633-X .
  • Splinter of the Mind's Eye (1978)
The New Adventures of Luke Skywalker (Alternative Title: Skywalker's Return ) Goldmann, 1978, Translator Tony Westermayr, ISBN 3-442-03696-8 .
  • The Approaching Storm (2002)
A storm is coming. Goldmann, 2008, translator Michael Nagula, ISBN 978-3-442-37093-1 .
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Penhaligon Verlag, 2016, translator Michaela Link, ISBN 978-3-7645-3156-0 .

Collections

  • With Friends Like These (1977)
My galactic friends. Heyne, 1984, translator Heinz Nagel, ISBN 3-453-30992-8 .
  • The Metrognome and Other Stories (1990)
The metrognom. Heyne, 1998, translators Ralf Hlawatsch & Silvia Jettkant, ISBN 3-453-13969-0 .
  • Who Needs Enemies? (1984)
Snake eyes. Heyne, 1977, translator Susanne Walter, ISBN 3-453-12651-3 .
  • Montezuma Strip (1995)
  • Mad Amos (1996)
  • Impossible Places (2002)
  • Exceptions To Reality (2008)

Short stories

  • Some Notes Concerning a Green Box (1971)
Some notes on a green box. In: My galactic friends. Heyne, 1984.
  • With Friends Like These ... (1971)
My galactic friends. In: My galactic friends. Heyne, 1984.
  • Why Johnny Can't Speed (1971)
California Freeway. In: My galactic friends. Heyne, 1984.
California Highway. In: Josh Pachter (ed.): Top Science Fiction. Heyne SF&F # 4352, 1987, ISBN 3-453-00431-0 .
  • The Emoman (1972)
The emo man. In: My galactic friends. Heyne, 1984.
  • Space Opera (1973)
Space opera. In: My galactic friends. Heyne, 1984.
  • The Empire of T'ang Lang (1973)
The realm of the T'ang Lang. In: My galactic friends. Heyne, 1984.
  • Pipe Dream (1973)
Pipe dreams. In: The Metrognom. Heyne, 1998.
  • Dream Done Green (1974, also as Dream Gone Green , 1977)
Forgotten dreams. In: My galactic friends. Heyne, 1984.
  • Beyond the Farthest Star (1974)
Beyond the most distant star. In: Spaceship Enterprise - The New Adventure 1: Dead Zone Galaxy. 1993.
  • One of Our Planets Is Missing (1974)
Planet in danger. In: Spaceship Enterprise - The New Adventure 1: Dead Zone Galaxy. 1993.
  • Yesteryear (1974)
The deception. In: Spaceship Enterprise - The New Adventure 1: Dead Zone Galaxy. 1993.
  • A Miracle of Small Fishes (1974)
The sardine miracle. In: My galactic friends. Heyne, 1984.
  • The Infinite Vulcan (1974)
Spock times x. In: Spaceship Enterprise - The New Adventure 2: The Survivor. 1993.
  • The Lorelei Signal (1974)
Planet of the Amazons. In: Spaceship Enterprise - The New Adventure 2: The Survivor. 1993.
  • The Survivor (1974)
The survivor. In: Spaceship Enterprise - The New Adventure 2: The Survivor. 1993.
  • In Vino Veritas (1975)
  • Passage To Moauv (1975)
  • The Crier In Emptiness (1975)
  • Mudd's Passion (1975)
The Venus Factor. In: Spaceship Enterprise - The New Adventure 3: The Venus Factor. 1993.
  • Once Upon a Planet (1975)
Once upon a time on a planet .... In: Spaceship Enterprise - The New Adventure 3: The Venus Factor. 1993.
  • The Magicks of Megas-Tu (1975)
The wizards of Megas-tu. In: Spaceship Enterprise - The New Adventure 3: The Venus Factor. 1993.
  • More Tribbles, More Troubles (1975)
And worry again with Tribbles. In: Spaceship Enterprise: The New Adventure 4: Danger in the Delta Triangle. 1993.
  • The Terratin Incident (1975)
Incident on Terratin. In: Spaceship Enterprise: The New Adventure 4: Danger in the Delta Triangle. 1993.
  • Time Trap (1975)
Danger in the delta triangle. In: Spaceship Enterprise: The New Adventure 4: Danger in the Delta Triangle. 1993.
  • Jihad (1975)
Jihad. In: Spaceship Enterprise - The New Adventure 5: For Bare Life. 1993.
  • The Ambergris Element (1975)
The Aquaner. In: Spaceship Enterprise - The New Adventure 5: For Bare Life. 1993.
  • The Pirates of Orion (1975)
The pirates of Orion. In: Spaceship Enterprise - The New Adventure 5: For Bare Life. 1993.
  • Swamp Planet Christmas (1976)
Christmas on the swampy planet. In: snake eyes. Heyne, 1997.
  • The Horror on the Beach (1976)
  • Albatross (1976)
The accusation. In: Spaceship Enterprise - The New Adventure 6: Mordache McCoy. Heyne, 1994.
  • How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth (1976)
More painful than a snake's tooth .... In: Spaceship Enterprise - The new adventure 6: McCoy's murderous matter. Heyne, 1994.
  • The Practical Joker (1976)
The prankster. In: Spaceship Enterprise - The New Adventure 6: Mordache McCoy. Heyne, 1994.
  • He (1976)
He. In: My galactic friends. Heyne, 1984.
  • Polonaise (1976)
Polonaise. In: My galactic friends. Heyne, 1984.
  • Ye Who Would Sing (1976)
The bell trees. In: My galactic friends. Heyne, 1984.
  • Wolfstroker (1977)
Wolf music. In: My galactic friends. Heyne, 1984.
  • Bystander (1978)
The Observer. In: snake eyes. Heyne, 1997.
  • Snake Eyes (1978)
Snake eyes. In: snake eyes. Heyne, 1997.
  • The Chair (1979, with Jane Cozart)
The chair. In: The Metrognom. Heyne, 1998.
  • Gift of a Useless Man (1979)
The gift of a good-for-nothing. In: Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine 9th episode. Heyne, 1981.
A useless man's gift. In: snake eyes. Heyne, 1997.
  • The Metrognome (1979)
The metrognom. In: The Metrognom. Heyne, 1998.
  • Thrust (1979)
Thrust. In: The Metrognom. Heyne, 1998.
  • Why Johnny Can't Speed (1979) [graphic format]
  • What Do the Simple Folk Do ...? (1979)
What do the common people do? In: snake eyes. Heyne, 1997.
  • The Inheritance (1981)
The Heritage. In: The Metrognom. Heyne, 1998.
  • Communication (1981)
  • The Dark Light Girl (1981)
The radiant beauty. In: Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, 16th episode. Heyne, 1982.
  • Surfeit (1982)
The monster. In: Isaac Asimov, Alice Laurance (ed.): Speculations. Heyne SF&F # 4274, 1986, ISBN 3-453-31254-6 .
Monstrous. In: snake eyes. Heyne, 1997.
  • The Last Run (1982)
The last race. In: snake eyes. Heyne, 1997.
  • Wu-Ling's Folly (1982)
Wu-Ling's folly. In: Josh Pachter (ed.): Top Fantasy. Heyne SF&F # 4353, 1987, ISBN 3-453-00433-7 .
  • Instant With Loud Voices (1982)
  • Village of the Chosen (1983)
City of the Chosen. In: snake eyes. Heyne, 1997.
  • Witchen Woes (1983)
  • Running (1983)
To run. In: The Metrognom. Heyne, 1998.
  • Thunder Mother (1983, also as Mother Thunder , 1983)
Mother thunder. In: The Metrognom. Heyne, 1998.
  • Operator Assisted Calls Are Charged at a Higher Rate (1983)
Hand-switched telephone connections are subject to higher fees. In: The Metrognom. Heyne, 1998.
  • Unamusing (1984)
Boring. In: The Metrognom. Heyne, 1998.
  • Ferrohippus (1984)
  • Collectible (1985)
Collection. In: The Metrognom. Heyne, 1998.
  • Batrachian (1985)
Frog. In: The Metrognom. Heyne, 1998.
  • Pleistosport (1986)
Pleistosport. In: The Metrognom. Heyne, 1998.
  • The Thunderer (1987)
The thunderer. In: The Metrognom. Heyne, 1998.
  • Norg Gleeble Gop (1987)
Norg glieble gop. In: The Metrognom. Heyne, 1998.
  • Sanctuary (1988, as James Lawson)
  • Dance on a Forgotten Shore (1988, with Sally McBride)
Dance on a lonely beach. Ronald M. Hahn (Ed.): In Video Veritas. Heyne SF&F # 4621, 1989, ISBN 3-453-03492-9 .
  • Jackalope (1989)
  • The Chrome Comanche (1990)
  • The Tessellated Tetrahexahedral Yellow Rose of Texas (1990)
The tessellated terahexahedral yellow rose of Texas. In: The Metrognom. Heyne, 1998.
  • Diesel Dream (1991)
  • Agrarian Deform (1991)
  • Heartwired (1992, as James Lawson)
  • Lay Your Head on My Pilose (1992)
  • Having Words (1992)
  • Lethal Perspective (1992)
  • What You See ... (1992)
  • Gagrito (1993, as James Lawson)
  • Laying Veneer (1993)
  • We Three Kings (1993)
  • Hellado (1993, as James Lawson)
  • Betcha Can't Eat Just One (1993)
  • Our Lady of the Machine (1994, also as NASA Sending Addicts to Mars!, 1994)
  • The Kiss (1995)
  • Empowered (1995)
  • The Purl of the Pacific (1995)
  • The Impossible Place (1996)
  • Neither a Borrower Be ... (1996)
  • Silent Songs in Stone (1997)
  • The Boy Who Was a Sea (1997)
  • Undying Iron (1997)
  • The Kindness of Strangers (1998)
  • The Question (1998)
  • Procrastinator (1998)
  • Longpela Telimpon (1999)
  • Suzy Q (1999)
  • The Little Bits That Count (1999)
  • The Muffin Migration (2000)
  • Chauna (2000)
  • At Sea (2000)
  • The Short, Labored Breath of Time (2001)
  • The Killing of Bad Bull (2001)
  • Wait-a-While (2001)
  • A Fatal Exception Has Occurred At ... (2002)
  • Fitting Time (2002)
  • Sideshow (2002)
  • Basted (2002)
  • The White Hotel (2004)
  • Redundancy (2004)
  • Appendix: Historians' Note on Pre-Necroism (2004)
  • Panhandler (2004)
  • Serenade (2004)
  • Two Cents Worth (2004)
  • The Frog and the Mantas (2005)
  • Ali Babette (2005)
  • The Last Akialoa (2005)
  • The Man Who Knew Too Much (2006)
  • Perception (2006)
  • Venting (2006)
  • Chilling (2006)
  • Mid-Death (2006)
  • Mr. Death Goes to Washington (2006)
  • Food Fight (2006)
  • The Eccentric (2007)
  • Unnatural (2007)
  • Dark Blue (2007)
  • Consigned (2007)
  • Overcast (2008)
  • Growth (2008)
  • Rate of Exchange (2008)
  • Ah, Yehz (2008)
  • Cold Fire (2008)
  • Pardon Our Conquest (2009)
  • Free Elections (2010)
  • Pike's Peak (2011)
  • Ghost Wind (2011)
  • Box of Oxen (2011)
  • That Creeping Sensation (2011)
  • The Steel Princess (2011)
  • Claim Blame (2012)
  • Rural Singularity (2013)
  • Kabu Kabu (2013, with Nnedi Okorafor)
  • Seasoning (2014)
  • Holy Jingle: A Mad Amos Malone Tale (2014)
  • Green They Were, and Golden-Eyed (2014)
  • Bait (2015)
  • Castleweep (2016)
  • Our Specialty Is Xenogeology (2017)
  • The Treefold Problem (2017)
  • A Mountain Man and a Cat Walk into a Bar (2017)
  • Ten and Ten (2018)

literature

Essays
  • Michael C. Goodwin: Alan Dean Foster's Homanx Universe. The Commonwealth Concordance. In: Wolfgang Jeschke (Ed.): Das Science Fiction Magazin # 12 , Heyne, Munich 1985, ISBN 3-453-31125-6 , pp. 171-251.
  • Jens H. Altmann: In the end everything fits together. A conversation with Alan Dean Foster, In: Wolfgang Jeschke (Ed.): Das Science Fiction Jahr 1998 , Heyne, Munich, ISBN 3-453-13313-7 , pp. 565-573.
  • Uwe Neuhold: Genome. In: The Science Fiction Year 2013. Edited by Sascha Mamczak , Sebastian Pirling and Wolfgang Jeschke. Heyne, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-453-53444-5 , pp. 376–378.
Lexicons

Web links

Commons : Alan Dean Foster  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Quoted from IMDb entry .
  2. ↑ […] written at a high professional level, showing no contempt for the category . In: John Clute: Foster, Alan Dean. In: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction . 3rd edition (online edition), version dated December 31, 2017.
  3. ↑ See John I. Lawson: Foster, Alan Dean . In: Noelle Watson, Paul E. Schellinger: Twentieth-Century Science-Fiction Writers. Chicago 1991, pp. 288 f.
personal data
SURNAME Foster, Alan Dean
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Foster, AD (alternative spelling); Foster, Allan Dean (alternative spelling); Lawson, James (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American SF and fantasy writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 18, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , New York