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Publication Order of Pip & Flinx Books

Chronological Order of Pip & Flinx Books

Publication Order of Icerigger Books

Icerigger(1974)Description / Buy at Amazon
Mission to Moulokin(1979)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Deluge Drivers(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Star Trek: The Animated Books

Star Trek Log One(1974)Description / Buy at Amazon
Star Trek Log Two(1974)Description / Buy at Amazon
Star Trek Log Three(1974)Description / Buy at Amazon
Star Trek Log Four(1975)Description / Buy at Amazon
Star Trek Log Five(1975)Description / Buy at Amazon
Star Trek Log Six(1976)Description / Buy at Amazon
Star Trek Log Seven(1976)Description / Buy at Amazon
Star Trek Log Eight(1976)Description / Buy at Amazon
Star Trek Log Nine(1977)Description / Buy at Amazon
Star Trek Log Ten(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Humanx Commonwealth Books

Midworld(1975)Description / Buy at Amazon
Cachalot(1980)Description / Buy at Amazon
Nor Crystal Tears(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon
Voyage to the City of the Dead(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon
Sentenced to Prism(1985)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Howling Stones(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon
Drowning World(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon
Quofum(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon

Chronological Order of Humanx Commonwealth Books

Nor Crystal Tears(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon
Voyage to the City of the Dead(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon
Midworld(1975)Description / Buy at Amazon
Drowning World(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon
Quofum(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Howling Stones(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon
Sentenced to Prism(1985)Description / Buy at Amazon
Cachalot(1980)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Star Wars Books

Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker(1976)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of With Friends...Books

With Friends Like These...(1977)Description / Buy at Amazon
...Who Needs Enemies?(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Alien Movie Books

Alien(1979)Description / Buy at Amazon
Aliens(1986)Description / Buy at Amazon
Alien³(1992)Description / Buy at Amazon
Alien Resurrection (By: A.C. Crispin)(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon
Alien: Covenant Origins(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
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Publication Order of Spellsinger Books

Spellsinger(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Hour of the Gate(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Day of the Dissonance(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Moment of the Magician(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Paths of the Perambulator(1985)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Time of the Transference(1986)Description / Buy at Amazon
Son of Spellsinger(1993)Description / Buy at Amazon
Chorus Skating(1994)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of The Damned Books

A Call to Arms(1991)Description / Buy at Amazon
The False Mirror(1992)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Spoils of War(1993)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Angel Cardenas Books

Montezuma Strip(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Mocking Program(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Dinotopia Books

Dinotopia Pop-Up Book (By: James Gurney)(1992)Description / Buy at Amazon
A Land Apart from Time (By: James Gurney)(1992)Description / Buy at Amazon
The World Beneath (By: James Gurney)(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon
River Quest (By: John Vornholt)(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon
Dinotopia Lost(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon
Sabertooth Mountain (By: John Vornholt)(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon
Lost City (By: Scott Ciencin)(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon
Thunder Falls (By: Scott Ciencin)(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon
Firestorm (By: Gene DeWeese)(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Maze (By: Peter David)(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Hand of Dinotopia(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon
Sky Dance (By: Scott Ciencin)(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon
First Flight (By: James Gurney)(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon
Chomper (By: Donald F. Glut)(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon
Return to Lost City (By: Scott Ciencin,Alice Alfonsi)(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Explorers (By: Scott Ciencin)(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon
Oasis (By: Catherine Hapka)(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon
Dolphin Watch (By: John Vornholt)(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon
Journey to Chandara (By: James Gurney)(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon
Dinotopia: Windchaser (By: Scott Ciencin)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon
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Publication Order of Journeys of the Catechist Books

Carnivores of Light and Darkness(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon
Into the Thinking Kingdoms(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon
A Triumph of Souls(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Founding of the Commonwealth Books

Publication Order of Taken Trilogy Books

Lost and Found(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Light-Years Beneath My Feet(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Candle of Distant Earth(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Transformers Books

Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon
Transformers(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon
Transformers: The Veiled Threat(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Star Trek Books

Publication Order of Tipping Point Books

The Human Blend(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon
Body, Inc.(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Sum of Her Parts(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Countless Worlds Books

Oshenerth(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Taste of Different Dimensions(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Flavors of Other Worlds(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Luana(1974)Description / Buy at Amazon
Dark Star(1974)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Black Hole(1979)Description / Buy at Amazon
Outland(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon
Clash of the Titans(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Thing(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Man Who Used the Universe(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon
Krull(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon
The I Inside(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon
Shadowkeep(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon
Starman(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Last Starfighter(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon
Slipt(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon
Pale Rider(1985)Description / Buy at Amazon
Into the Out of(1986)Description / Buy at Amazon
Glory Lane(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon
Maori(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon
Outer Heat(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon
To the Vanishing Point(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon
Codgerspace(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon
Quozl(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon
Cyber Way(1990)Description / Buy at Amazon
Cat-a-Lyst(1991)Description / Buy at Amazon
Greenthieves(1994)Description / Buy at Amazon
Design for Great-Day(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Dig(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon
Parallelities(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon
Life Form(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon
Voyage of the Basset(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon
Jed the Dead(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon
Kingdoms of Light(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon
Interlopers(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon
Primal Shadows(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Chronicles of Riddick(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon
Sagramanda(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon
Terminator Salvation(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Deavys(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
Relic(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
Madrenga(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
Prodigals(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon
Stuart(2024)Description / Buy at Amazon
Cat • A • Lyst(2024)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

The Metrognome and Other Stories(1990)Description / Buy at Amazon
Mad Amos(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon
Impossible Places(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon
Exceptions to Reality(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon
Resistance Front(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Compleat Mad Amos(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Graphic Novels

Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves (With: Robert Sheckley)(1991)Description / Buy at Amazon
Sir Charles Barkley and the Referee Murders(1993)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Animated Features and Silly Symphonies(1980)Description / Buy at Amazon
Predators I Have Known(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Phisher(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Director Should've Shot You: Memoirs of the Film Trade(2023)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Alien Books

Alien (By: Archie Goodwin)(1979)Description / Buy at Amazon
Alien StarSwarm (By: Robert Sheckley)(1991)Description / Buy at Amazon
Aliens: Colonial Marines Technical Manual (By: Lee Brimmicombe-Wood)(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon
Aliens: The Set Photography (By: Simon Ward)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
Aliens: Bug Hunt (By: Heather Graham,Jonathan Maberry,Yvonne Navarro)(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
Alien: Covenant(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
Alien: Covenant Origins - The Official Prequel to the Blockbuster Film (By: Titan Books)(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Cold Forge (By: Alex White)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
Echo (By: Mira Grant)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Making of Alien (By: J.W. Rinzler)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon
Isolation (By: Keith R.A. DeCandido)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon
Prototype (By: Tim Waggoner)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon
Phalanx (By: Scott Sigler)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
Into Charybdis (By: Alex White)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon
Infiltrator (By: Weston Ochse)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon
Alien: Colony War (By: David M. Barnett)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon
Alien - Inferno's Fall (By: Philippa Ballantine,Clara Carija)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon
Vasquez (By: V. Castro)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon
Alien: Enemy of My Enemy (By: Mary SanGiovanni)(2023)Description / Buy at Amazon
Aliens: Bishop (By: T.R. Napper)(2023)Description / Buy at Amazon
Alien: Seventh Circle (By: Philippa Ballantine,Clara Carija)(2025)Description / Buy at Amazon
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Publication Order of Star Wars: Movie Novelizations Books

A New Hope (With: George Lucas)(1976)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Empire Strikes Back (By: Donald F. Glut)(1980)Description / Buy at Amazon
Return of the Jedi (By: James Kahn)(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Phantom Menace (By: Terry Brooks,George Lucas)(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon
Attack of the Clones (By: R.A. Salvatore)(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon
Revenge of the Sith (By: Matthew Woodring Stover)(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Force Awakens(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
Rogue One (By: Alexander Freed)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Last Jedi (By: Jason Fry)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
Solo (By: Mur Lafferty)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Rise of Skywalker (By: Rae Carson)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
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Publication Order of Star Trek: Movie Novelization Books

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (By: Gene Roddenberry)(1979)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Wrath Of Khan (By: Vonda N. McIntyre)(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (By: Vonda N. McIntyre,Harve Bennett)(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Voyage Home (By: Vonda N. McIntyre,Leonard Nimoy)(1986)Description / Buy at Amazon
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (By: J.M. Dillard)(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (By: J.M. Dillard)(1992)Description / Buy at Amazon
Star Trek Movie Tie-In(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon
Star Trek Into Darkness(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon
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Publication Order of Alien Nation Books

Alien Nation(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon
Dark Horizon (By: K.W. Jeter)(1993)Description / Buy at Amazon
Day of Descent (By: Judith Reeves-Stevens)(1993)Description / Buy at Amazon
Body and Soul (By: Peter David)(1993)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Change (By: Barry B. Longyear)(1994)Description / Buy at Amazon
Slag Like Me (By: Barry B. Longyear)(1994)Description / Buy at Amazon
Extreme Prejudice (By: L.A. Graf)(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon
Cross of Blood (By: K.W. Jeter)(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon
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Publication Order of Isaac Asimov's Anthology Books

Isaac Asimov's Worlds of Science Fiction (With: Isaac Asimov,Tanith Lee,Phyllis Eisenstein,Gene Wolfe,Barry B. Longyear,John M. Ford,Arnie Bateman,Martin Gardner,Randall Garrett,Rob Chilson,Ted Reynolds,George Scithers,Richard S. McEnroe,Jeff Duntemann,R.N. Bracewell,K.W. MacAnn,G. Richard Bozarth)(1980)Description / Buy at Amazon
Isaac Asimov's Near Futures and Far (By: Isaac Asimov,Frederik Pohl,Carter Scholz,Barry B. Longyear,John M. Ford,Jack Williamson,Darrell Schweitzer,John Brunner,Juleen Brantingham,Martin Gardner,Richard Wilson,Milton A. Rothman,Elizabeth Anne Hull,Sharon Webb,Somtow Sucharitkul,Lee Weinstein,Ted Reynolds,George Scithers,F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre,William Tuning,Francis E. Izzo,Paul David Novitski,Lee Russell,Seth S. Horowitz,Tol E. Rant,S. Dale,Julie Flores,Tony Sarowitz)(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon
Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own (By: Connie Willis,Ursula K. Le Guin,Pat Cadigan,Joan D. Vinge,Tanith Lee,Pamela Sargent,Lee Killough,Mary Gentle,Mildred Downey Broxon,Shawna McCarthy,Sharon Webb,Leigh Kennedy,Stephanie A. Smith,Cherie Wilkerson,Julie Stevens,Sydney J. Van Scyoc,Cyn Mason,P.A. Kagan,P.J. MacQuarrie,Janet O. Jeppson,Beverly Grant,Hope Athearn)(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon
Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! (By: Shawna McCarthy)(1985)Description / Buy at Amazon
Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! (By: Connie Willis,George R.R. Martin,Ron Goulart,John Kessel,George Alec Effinger,Robert Thurston,Tanith Lee,Lucius Shepard,Scott Baker,Lillian Carl,Juleen Brantingham,Lee Killough,Ian McDowell,Daphne Castell,Sharon N. Farber,Richard Kearns,Shawna McCarthy,Leigh Kennedy,Gregg Keizer,Kristi Olesen)(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon
Isaac Asimov's Aliens (By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois)(1991)Description / Buy at Amazon
Isaac Asimov's Robots (By: Isaac Asimov,Rob Chilson)(1991)Description / Buy at Amazon
Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite (By: Isaac Asimov,John M. Ford)(1993)Description / Buy at Amazon
Isaac Asimov's War (By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois)(1993)Description / Buy at Amazon
Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams (By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois)(1994)Description / Buy at Amazon
Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep (By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois)(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon
Isaac Asimov's Ghosts (By: Isaac Asimov,Terry Bisson)(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon
Isaac Asimov's Christmas (By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois)(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon
Isaac Asimov's Camelot (By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois,Eleanor Arnason)(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon
Isaac Asimov's Detectives (By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois)(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon
Isaac Asimov's Werewolves (By: Isaac Asimov,Suzy McKee Charnas,Gardner Dozois)(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon
Isaac Asimov's Solar System (By: Gardner Dozois)(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon
Isaac Asimov's Utopias (By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois)(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon
Isaac Asimov's Father Day (By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois)(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon
Isaac Asimov's Halloween (By: Isaac Asimov)(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon
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Publication Order of Star Wars Legends Books

Splinter of the Mind's Eye(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Han Solo Adventures (By: Brian Daley)(1979)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Adventures of Lando Calrissian (By: L. Neil Smith)(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Courtship of Princess Leia (By: Dave Wolverton)(1994)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Truce at Bakura (By: Kathy Tyers)(1994)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Crystal Star (By: Vonda N. McIntyre)(1994)Description / Buy at Amazon
Children of the Jedi (By: Barbara Hambly)(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon
We Don't Do Weddings (By: Kathy Tyers)(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon
Darksaber (By: Kevin J. Anderson)(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon
The New Rebellion (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch)(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon
Planet of Twilight (By: Barbara Hambly)(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon
I, Jedi (By: Michael A. Stackpole)(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon
Star Wars Junior: Podrace! (By: Lara Bergen)(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon
Star Wars Junior: General Jar Jar (By: Lara Bergen)(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon
Star Wars Junior: Obi-Wan's Bongo Adventure (By: Gail Herman)(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (By: John Whitman)(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon
Star Wars Junior: Save Naboo! (By: Gail Herman)(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon
Rogue Planet (By: Greg Bear)(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon
Star Wars Junior: Sith Attack (By: Lara Bergen)(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon
Star Wars Junior: Droid to the Rescue (By: Gail Herman)(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon
Star Wars: Episode I - Queen in Disguise (By: Monica Kulling)(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon
Cloak of Deception (By: James Luceno)(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon
Darth Maul Shadow Hunter (By: Michael Reaves)(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Approaching Storm(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon
A Forest Apart (By: Troy Denning)(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon
Tatooine Ghost (By: Troy Denning)(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon
Shatterpoint (By: Matthew Woodring Stover)(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Ruins of Dantooine (By: Voronica Whitney-Robinson,W. Haden Blackman)(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Cestus Deception (By: Steven Barnes)(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon
Survivor's Quest (By: Timothy Zahn)(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon
Fool's Bargain (By: Timothy Zahn)(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon
Jedi Trial (By: David Sherman,Dan Cragg)(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon
Yoda: Dark Rendezvous (By: Sean Stewart)(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon
Labyrinth of Evil (By: James Luceno)(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon
Outbound Flight (By: Timothy Zahn)(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon
Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader (By: James Luceno)(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon
Allegiance (By: Timothy Zahn)(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon
Death Star (By: Steve Perry,Michael Reaves)(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon
Millennium Falcon (By: James Luceno)(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon
Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor (By: Matthew Woodring Stover)(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon
Death Troopers (By: Joe Schreiber)(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon
Crosscurrent (By: Paul S. Kemp)(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon
Red Harvest (By: Joe Schreiber)(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon
Choices of One (By: Timothy Zahn)(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon
Shadow Games (By: Michael Reaves,Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff)(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon
Riptide (By: Paul S. Kemp)(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon
Knight Errant (By: John Jackson Miller)(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon
Shadows of the Empire (By: Steve Perry)(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon
Lost Tribe of the Sith (By: John Jackson Miller)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
Winner Lose All (By: Timothy Zahn)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
Scourge (By: Jeff Grubb)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
Maul: Lockdown (By: Joe Schreiber)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
Darth Plagueis (By: James Luceno)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
Scoundrels (By: Timothy Zahn)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon
Kenobi (By: John Jackson Miller)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon
Crucible (By: Troy Denning)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon
Into the Void: Dawn of the Jedi (By: Tim Lebbon)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon
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Publication Order of Star Trek Fotonovel Books

Amok Time (By: Theodore Sturgeon)(1967)Description / Buy at Amazon
The City on the Edge of Forever (By: Harlan Ellison)(1977)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Trouble with Tribbles (By: David Gerrold)(1977)Description / Buy at Amazon
All Our Yesterdays (By: Jean Lissette Aroeste)(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon
A Taste of Armageddon (By: Robert Hamner,Gene L. Coon)(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon
Metamorphosis (By: Gene L. Coon)(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Galileo 7 (By: Oliver Crawford,S. Bar-David)(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon
A Piece of the Action (By: Gene L. Coon,David P. Harmon)(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon
Day of the Dove (By: Jerome Bixby)(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (With: Harold Livingston,Richard J. Anobile)(1980)Description / Buy at Amazon
Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan (By: Richard J. Anobile)(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon
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Publication Order of Anthologies

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Alan Dean Foster is an American author of fantasy and science fiction novels , who has to his credit a long list of hit novels. He was born in New York City but was raised mainly in California. He received hi B.A. in Political Science from UCLA in 1968 and got his Master of Fine Arts degree from University of California, Los Angeles in 1969. He currently lives in Arizona with his wife JoAnn Oxley and loves to travel, explore new places and meet new people. This can be seen in his books where you are most likely to meet new creatures or end up trudging the terrain of a new planet. He is best known for his work in the series “Humanx Commonwealth Universe”, “Icerigger” and his prolific abilitiy of novelization. His career began when August Derleth bought Alan’s letter and published it in his bi-annual magazine- The Arkham Collector. Sales of the magazines followed , Alan’s career took off and then there was no turning back for the man who was to challenge and redefine his reader’s imagination in a way that it left them wanting for more. Such has been the impact that along with various other awards such as the Ignotus Award in Spain in 1994 and the Stannik Award in 2000 in Russia, he has also won the 2008 Grand Master Award from the Association of Media Tie-in Writers.

It is said that it takes just one masterstroke for the world to know of the genius it beholds. For Alan Dean Foster the masterstroke came with his creation of the character Philip Lynx ( Flinx ) in the “Humanx Commonwealth” . For Love of Mother Not- is the first book chronologically in the series,though is was written fourth, to describe Flinx’s early history. Flinx is an empathetic young man who finds himself amidst a series of events on which the survival of the entire Galaxy depends upon. Born to aprostitute Rud Anasage Lynx in Allahabad, India, it was observed that Flinx had unusalactivity in his brain at birth which indicated a potential for supernaturaltalent. Flinx was raised as an experiment by the group known as Meliorare Society, who relocated him from time to time, moving him from place to place in order to avoid authorities who used to deterengineers and reclaim the children. Flinx was as normal and deposited in a slaver market where he was adopted by Mother Mastiff and was thereafter raised on the lowerDrallar on the planet Moth. Mother Mastiff did a bundle of scams and Flinx followed her footsteps. With an uncontrollable and erratic empathic ability Flinx as a character, along with his closest companion- a minidragon who he names Pip, takes the readers through a journey that tends to leave its imprints deep into the readers’ mind.

The gripping journey of the characters leave the readers in the awe of the author’s imagination for transforming an almost surreal dream into an imaginative reality. The second in the series is the book- “The Tar Aiym Krang”. It is Foster’s first published novel and describes the journey of Flinx, an orphan and a thief, as he steals a starmap from a dead body that leads to a strange alien artifact on the abandoned word and the galactic alliance between the humans and an insectlike race called Thranx. This adventure snowballs into a journey of self discovery for Flinx and lays the foundation for the series that follows.To take his reader’s imagination a step further and challenge the boundaries of it, he not only gives a vivid description of the creatures but goes a step ahead by creating a series of Maps to imbibe reality into his characters. True to his nature, he seems to have no qualms about experimenting with the surreal making it a treat for the readers who can almost always be certain to be left amazed by the unknown. You can expect the unexpected when you read a Alan Dean Foster’s novel and it is this mindset that has helped Alan become a well established and an unique figure in the realms of writing. Apart from the novels and series, Alan is also the author of some very successful standalone commonwealth novels such as “Midworld” and “Quofum”. Furthermore, Foster also has audio visual works in the Star Trek and The Marexx.

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. Think of any Sci-Fi movie you would have wanted to read in a novel and there is Alan with a book the captures the epitome of the movie in a way that none other can. Star Wars, Transformers, Terminator Salvation and The Clash of the Titans are some his best works. He has also authored some notable collections such as “With Friends Like These” and “Impossible Places”.

What most people don’t know is that Alan is unique not only as an author but also as a person. The Fosters reside in Arizona with hundreds of houseplants, eagles, dogs ,cats and a host of other animals. Interestingly, Alan used to practice Karate with Aaron and Chuck Norris before Chuck decided to quit teaching for a Career in Acting. A member of the Science-Fiction Writers of America and the Author’s Guild of America, Alan has also been on the planning and zoning commission for his home town Prescott, Arizona for two years.Alan has also taught screenwriting and literature at UCLA and has lectured at various universities and conferences around the globe. Adventurous by nature, Alan has transversed the entire length and breadth of Namibia driving solo and crossed the Andes by car. His filmed footage of the Great White sharks feeding in Australia appeared both on the American Television and the BBC.It is rare to find people who work hard to carve a niche of there own in a world which runs on copies. Unique in his own ways, Alan Dean Foster, is and will be one of the most iconic author of our times.

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3 Responses to “Alan Dean Foster”

  1. Raymond Paltoo: 11 months ago

    One of my favorite authors. I still own over forty of his novels. Just finished Madrenga which was fantastically imaginative. Never would have guessed the ending. Read it. I have some small ability as a writer having published one novel but I revere this Master. His imagination and Narrative form are way beyond what I can do.

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  2. Frances Jessup: 1 year ago

    I not only love his books, his imagination, but also am amazed at his vocabulary. I wish I owned every book he has written.

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  3. Michael G. Branham: 2 years ago

    Incredible.author.

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