He wrote books based on numerous movies, including star wars as a ghostwriter for george lucas, the alien series, and many others. Like his character flinx, who has an empathic ability of understanding others emotions, alan dean foster himself has a knack of working his magic on the readers by his prolific ability of novelization of movies. With friends like these short story alan dean foster. Some of the published credits of alan dean foster include into the thinking kingdoms. As is evident in his many thrilling novels, alan dean foster is a master at creating other worlds in an array of genres. Stuff like why johnny cant speed is just brilliant, wolfstroker is a dark fantasy twist, and the title story is an utter gem.
About the author 1984 bestselling science fiction writer alan dean foster was born in new york city in 1946, but raised mainly in california. Alan dean foster and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Alan dean foster is a published author of childrens books and young adult books. Terra uber alles, as alan aptly if not quite correctly puts it. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. With friends like these short story by alan dean foster. Id also recommend what i consider to be the companion story to with friends like these, which has to be tom godwins mother of invention, assuming youre sorta sentimental about your celestial bodies. It is on this journey that the powers of his musical magic are. The story after which this volume is named, with friends like these. Willie whitehorse could have been just another boozedup. The book is chronologically the first in the pip and flinx series, though it was written fourth, as a prequel to help flesh out flinxs early history. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers.
American science fiction, science fiction, american. I was introduced to alan dean foster s science fiction and writing style by this volume leaving aside his ventures into the film arena. Alan dean foster ebooks epub and pdf downloads ebookmall. He is the creator of the humanx commonwealth universe and spellsinger series. Wrote a 10volume series of novelizations based upon episodes of. Alan dean foster is a prolific american author of fantasy and science fiction. Alan dean foster is an american author of fantasy and science fiction. The thing by alan dean foster and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options.
He was born in new york city but was raised mainly in california. Digital rights management drm the publisher has supplied this book in encrypted form, which means that you need to install free software in order to unlock and read it. Download the thing novel alan dean foster pdf backupdear. Alan dean foster books, biography, contact information. Alan dean foster is one of the best science fictionfantasy writers whose work ive ever read. Id also recommend what i consider to be the companion story to with friends like these, which has to be tom godwins mother of invention, assuming. With friends like these, appeared in the june, 1971 issue of analog. With friends like these alan dean foster, with friends like these ebook alan dean foster download from publishers weekly foster improves on the scenario he created in a call. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. Go to the editions section to read or download ebooks. He currently resides in prescott, arizona, with his wife, and is also known for his novelizations of film scripts. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Log in or sign up for facebook to connect with friends, family and people you know. A standalone novel by alan dean foster, this book takes three unlikely charactersan outdoorgear saleswoman, an fbi agent, and a maasai elderand puts them together to save the world from the shetanimonsters from another dimension.
Join our community of taste explorers to save your discoveries, create inspiring lists, get personalized recommendations, and follow interesting people. Aliens was okay, it had the stuff that was reinstated for the directors cut but removed much of the sweary gungho dialogue which i enjoyed another good one was the thing, the novelisation. An american author of fantasy and science fiction, he wrote several popular series, including. I was introduced to alan dean fosters science fiction and writing style by this volume leaving aside his ventures into the film arena. Confronted by the immediacy of destruction, technology is the first thing that flees. April 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message. Cynicism and somewhere in the middle of the mohs scale of sci. Lafferty 2015 introduction the flavors of other worlds 2018 introduction mad amos malone. Foster is also known for writing novelizations and movie tieins for films and film series such as star wars, star trek, alien, transformers, the thing and many others. Its amazing how one man could have so many beautiful melodies swirling around in his head. For the most part, the tales featured are examples of his early work. Readalikes for alan dean foster if you like alan dean foster try these authors. He is the author of the new york times bestseller star wars.
Now he turns his imagination to the short story in these spectacular tales of outer space, cyberspace, ancient gods, modern demon. The official movie novelization by alan dean foster i seven dreamers. Alan dean foster born november 18, 1946 is an american writer of fantasy and science fiction, who has written several book series, more than 20 standalone novels and many novelizations of film scripts. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading with friends like these with friends. It is refreshing and shows that even in 1977 foster was a master of his craft. Alan dean foster is an american author of fantasy and science fiction novels, who has to his credit a long list of hit novels. Readalikes for alan dean foster if you like alan dean. With friends like these by alan dean foster abebooks. Alan dean foster born november 18, 1946 is an american writer of fantasy and science. Alan dean foster audio books at simply audiobooks simply. Alan dean fo ster born november 18, 1946 is an american writer of fantasy and science fiction, who has written several book series, more than 20 standalone novels and many novelizations of film scripts. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page.
Alan dean foster has written dozens of novels and short stories, most of them scifi, often with a decent helping of space opera. Alan dean foster bio, facts, family famous birthdays. Flinx had never seen the sea, so the reference remained. With friends like these ebook free download ebooks pdf. For love of mothernot is a science fiction novel by american writer alan dean foster, first published in 1983. Foster enjoys traveling because it gives him opportunities to meet new people and explore new places and cultures. Author alan dean fosters complete list of books and series in order, with the latest releases, covers, descriptions and availability. Furthermore, foster also has audio visual works in the star trek and the marexx. Foster has written some really good novelisations, alien being the best i think, it really added to the depth of the story, as did alien 3, which contained plot elements completely excised from the film. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Instead, i want to explain why alien is a great novel even without the alien universe that it is tied to.
Accompanied by his faithful minidrag pip and a most troublesome alien called abalamahalamatandra ab for short flinx set out for alaspin, the ruggedly. Editions for with friends like these 0345323904 mass market paperback published in 1977, 0345257014 paperback published in 1977, 0345311892 mass. Hunting for a short story about earth having been isolated from the. See actions taken by the people who manage and post content. The day of dissonance continues alan dean fosters epoch fantasy set in a strange world where magic, beauty and violence challenge jon thomas meriweather, the spellsinger in this enchanting sequel to spellsinger and the hour of the gate the wizard clothahump sends the spellsinger on a perilous and adventurefilled quest. Alan dean foster is an american author of science fiction and fantasy novels. With friends like these by alan dean foster fictiondb. Alan dean foster ebooks epub and pdf format alan dean foster ebooks. All about with friends like these short story by alan dean foster. You must understand that they were not professional dreamers. Letter from alan dean foster nominating lafferty for the arrell gibson life achievement award 2015 letter from alan dean foster to r.
A very nice soap opera short, a little hyperbole of course. Showing all 11 items prolific science fiction author with many original novels to his credit, as well as many novelizations and original works based upon movies and tv series. Alan dean foster has written in a variety of genres, including hard science fiction, fantasy, horror, detective, western, historical, and contemporary fiction. Buy a cheap copy of the end of the matter book by alan dean foster.
The age of the dealers, like the age of the attendees, skewed noticeably older. His aliens tend more towards starfish aliens than human aliens, and his settings tend to be beautiful, alien, and deadly. Willie whitehorse could have been just another boozedup guitarist, if it hadnt been for his songs. Somehow they were different they reached out and grabbed. He has written in a variety of genres, including hard science fiction, fantasy, horror, detective, western, historical, and contemporary fiction. Writing a book based on a computer game should be nothing special for him. Bestselling science fiction writer alan dean foster was born in new york city in 1946, but raised mainly in california. His work usually falls on the idealistic side of the sliding scale of idealism vs.