Alan Dean Foster
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FOSTER, ALAN DEAN, born 1946

Alan Dean Foster

American fiction writer.

Books
34
Editions tracked
59
First editions
31
Nationality
United States

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Earliest first editionThe Tar-Aiym KrangBallantine Books, 1972 Most editions trackedA Call to Arms2 editions
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  1. 1972The Tar-Aiym KrangBallantine Books
  2. 1973BloodhypeBallantine Books
  3. 1974Star Trek - Log TwoBallantine Books
  4. 1974Log OneBallantine Books
  5. 1974Log ThreeBallantine Books
  6. 1975MidworldDoubleday
  7. 1975Star TrekBallantine Books
  8. 1977The End of the MatterBallantine Books
  9. 1977Orphan StarBallantine Books
  10. 1978Splinter of the Mind's EyeSphere
  11. 1979AlienFutura
  12. 1980CachalotBallantine Books
  13. 1981SpellsingerWarner Books
  14. 1981Clash of the TitansMacdonald
  15. 1982Nor Crystal TearsBallantine Books
  16. 1983Spellsinger at the GatePhantasia Press
  17. 1983For Love of Mother-NotDel Rey
  18. 1983KrullWarner Books
  19. 1985Sentenced to PrismBallantine Books
  20. 1986AliensFutura
  21. 1988Flinx in FluxBallantine Books
  22. 1991A Call to ArmsBallantine Books
  23. 1992Alien 3Little, Brown
  24. 1995Mid-FlinxBallantine Books
  25. 1995The DigAspect
  26. 2001ReunionDel Rey
  27. 2002The Approaching StormBCA
  28. 2007TRANSFORMERSDel Rey
  29. 2009Flinx TranscendentDel Rey/Ballantine Books
  30. 2009Star TrekPocket Books
  31. 2015Star WarsPenguin Random House
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Alan Dean Foster was born in 1946.

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We track 34 books by Alan Dean Foster across 59 editions, 31 of them first editions.

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