Alan Dean Foster

Author

Alan Dean Foster

121 books18 series

Alan Dean Foster (born 1946) is a prolific American author of fantasy and science fiction.

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AUTHOR CAREER

Publication timeline

Published and upcoming books by publication year. Undated TBA titles are excluded.

1972–2018121 cataloged publications

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THE AUTHOR’S WRITING

Writing profile

Genres are based on books catalogued in Risingshadow’s English-language database. A book may belong to multiple genres.

Main classification

Fantasy23 (19%)
Science Fiction95 (79%)
Horror1 (1%)
Other2 (2%)

Each book counts once. Multiple primary genres use the shared presentation order; books without a primary genre are Other.

Genres and themes

Science Fiction95 / 121 books
Fantasy25 / 121 books
Space Opera16 / 121 books
Horror9 / 121 books
Young Adult3 / 121 books
Thriller2 / 121 books
Mainstream1 / 121 books

THE AUTHOR’S WORLDS

Book series

Alien Universe2 books in this catalog2017 Completed series Star Trek1 books in this catalog2013 Completed series Terminator Universe1 books in this catalog2009 Transformers4 books in this catalog2007–2009 The Taken trilogy3 books in this catalog2004–2006 Founding of the Commonwealth3 books in this catalog1999–2002 Journeys of the Catechist3 books in this catalog1998–2000 Dinotopia2 books in this catalog1996–1997 Voyage of the Basset1 books in this catalog1996 The Damned3 books in this catalog1991–1993 Spellsinger8 books in this catalog1983–1994 Alien trilogy4 books in this catalog1979–1993 With Friends...2 books in this catalog1977–1984 Star Wars4 books in this catalog1976–2016 Humanx Commonwealth8 books in this catalog1975–2008 Icerigger Trilogy3 books in this catalog1974–1987 Star Trek: The Animated Series / Star Trek Logs10 books in this catalog1974–1978 Pip and Flinx15 books in this catalog1972–2017