Foster, Alan Dean
Entry updated 7 April 2025. Tagged: Author.

(1946- ) US author, raised in Los Angeles; interestingly, he has listed Carl Barks (1901-2000) – the creator (long unacknowledged by Disney) of the best Comic strips and Big Little Books in the Disney stable – as one of his formative influences, specifically on his depiction of older characters. Foster began publishing sf with "Some Notes Concerning a Green Box" for The Arkham Collector in 1971, and has collected short stories in With Friends Like These ... (coll 1977), its companion, ... Who Needs Enemies? (coll 1984), The Metrognome and Other Stories (coll 1990) and others, including Exceptions to Reality (coll 2007) Foster is best known, however, for his prolific, competent and long sustained output of novels and novelizations.
Several of his best books fit into a loose sequence of novels set in a multifarious Galaxy dominated by the Humanx Commonwealth, a venue well suited as an arena for Space Operas and encounters with Alien races. The central sequence follows the life of young Flinx, a seeming orphan with Psi Powers – in particular, Empathy – and the friendship of a highly potent pet alien named Pip, and beginning [in order of internal chronology; for chronology by publication, see Checklist] with For Love of Mother-Not (1983); a connected trilogy made up of Foster's first novel, The Tar-Aiym Krang (1972), Orphan Star (1977) and The End of the Matter (1977); Bloodhype (1973); and Flinx in Flux (1988); later volumes either infill or, like the superior Running from the Deity (2005) and Flinx Transcendent (2007), continue his long story. A second, looser sequence consists of Nor Crystal Tears (1982); Midworld (1975); a connected trilogy made up of Icerigger (1974), Mission to Moulokin (1979) and The Deluge Drivers (1987), the three comprising some of his best work to date; Voyage to the City of the Dead (1984); and Sentenced to Prism (1985). A further internal sequence, the Founding of the Commonwealth tales, comprises Founding of the Commonwealth 1: Phylogenesis (1999), Founding of the Commonwealth 2: Dirge (2000) and Founding of the Commonwealth 3: Diuturnity's Dawn (2001), and details the founding of the loosely knit, humane Commonwealth as humans and the Alien thranx edge gingerly towards partnership, while at the same time Flinx begins to suspect that his uncanny Empathy with an immensely powerful ancient Tar-Aiym weapon/artefact may suggest that he may himself be an artefact designed, it may be, to save the Galaxy. Strange Music: A Pip & Flinx Adventure (2017) is straightforward. Sometimes reminiscent of the earlier work of Poul Anderson, the sequence is expansive and colourful, though tending to melodrama and prone to the fable-like use of such sf and fantasy elements as ESP and dragons. A later series, like the Taken books beginning with Lost and Found (2004), tends to replicate, but at a lower energy level, Foster's skilful deploying of complicated plots in worlds and galaxies conceived in pleasing detail, as does The Tipping Point Trilogy, beginning with The Human Blend (2010), a new series featuring Genetic Engineering in a Near Future world on the verge of environmental collapse (Ecology).
Individual novels have tended more to a clear-headed commercial exploitation of various genre categories, though Cachalot (1980), whose whale-like aliens are of interest, The Man Who Used the Universe (1983) and Cyber Way (1990) perhaps stand out, and the series of Western tales assembled as Mad Amos (coll of linked stories 1996; exp vt Mad Amos Malone 2018) lightheartedly presents its giant protagonist with various crises. The much darker Sagramanda (2006) is set in a Near Future India very much less amenable to fixes than Foster's usual venues: a lack of science-fictional lightness reflected in the comparatively sombre mode of the telling.
Foster's numerous novelizations and other Ties are not of exceptional interest in the context of his autonomous work, but – as has been noted more than once – they are written at a high professional level, showing no contempt for the category; the first to reach a wide audience was the Star Trek Log sequence tied to the Star Trek universe and beginning with Star Trek Log One (coll 1974); among the more notable titles are Dark Star (1974), based on Dark Star (1974); Star Wars (1976), as by George Lucas, the director of Star Wars (1977); Alien (1979), based on Alien (1979), Aliens: A Novelization (1986), based on Aliens (1986), and Alien³ (1992), based on Alien³ (1992), all three assembled as The Complete Alien Omnibus (omni 1993); and The Chronicles of Riddick (2004). In 2003 he received the Grandmaster Scribe Award for career achievement in media Ties. [JC]
see also: Aelita Award; Car Wars; GURPS; Humour; Transportation; UFOs.
Alan Dean Foster
born New York: 18 November 1946
works
series
Humanx Commonwealth
Listed in order of publication:
- The Tar-Aiym Krang (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1972) [Humanx Commonwealth: pb/Dean Ellis]
- Bloodhype (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1973) [Humanx Commonwealth: pb/Jerome Podwil]
- Midworld (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1975) [Humanx Commonwealth: pb/Richard V Corben]
- Orphan Star (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1977) [Humanx Commonwealth: pb/Darrell K Sweet]
- The End of the Matter (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1977) [Humanx Commonwealth: pb/Darrell K Sweet]
- Cachalot (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1980) [Humanx Commonwealth: pb/Darrell K Sweet]
- Nor Crystal Tears (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1982) [Humanx Commonwealth: pb/Michael Whelan]
- For Love of Mother-Not (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1983) [Humanx Commonwealth: pb/Michael Whelan]
- Flinx of the Commonwealth (New York: Science Fiction Book Club, 2007) [omni of the above plus The Tar-Aiym Krang and Orphan Star above: Humanx Commonwealth: hb/Bob Eggleton]
- Voyage to the City of the Dead (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1984) [Humanx Commonwealth: pb/Barclay Shaw]
- Sentenced to Prism (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1985) [Humanx Commonwealth: pb/Barclay Shaw]
- Flinx in Flux (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1988) [Humanx Commonwealth: pb/Darrell K Sweet]
- Mid-Flinx (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1995) [Humanx Commonwealth: hb/Bob Eggleton]
- The Howling Stones (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1997) [Humanx Commonwealth: hb/Bob Eggleton]
- Reunion (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 2001) [Humanx Commonwealth: hb/Robert Hunt]
- Drowning World (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 2003) [Humanx Commonwealth: hb/Mark Harrison]
- Flinx's Folly (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 2003) [Humanx Commonwealth: hb/Robert Hunt]
- Sliding Scales (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 2004) [Humanx Commonwealth: hb/Robert Hunt]
- Running from the Deity (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 2005) [Humanx Commonwealth: hb/Robert Hunt]
- Trouble Magnet (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 2006) [Humanx Commonwealth: hb/Robert Hunt]
- Patrimony (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 2007) [Humanx Commonwealth: hb/Robert Hunt]
- Quofum (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 2008) [Humanx Commonwealth: hb/Todd Lockwood]
- Flinx Transcendent (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 2008) [Humanx Commonwealth: hb/Robert Hunt]
- Strange Music: A Pip & Flinx Adventure (New York: Del Rey, 2017) [Humanx Commonwealth: hb/Cletus Adams]
Humanx Commonwealth: Icerigger
- Icerigger (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1974) [Humanx Commonwealth: Icerigger: pb/Dean Ellis]
- Mission to Moulokin (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1979) [Humanx Commonwealth: Icerigger: pb/Michael Herring]
- The Deluge Drivers (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1987) [Humanx Commonwealth: Icerigger: pb/Michael Herring]
Humanx Commonwealth: Founding of the Commonwealth
- Founding of the Commonwealth 1: Phylogenesis (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1999) [Humanx Commonwealth: Founding of the Commonwealth: hb/Mark Harrison]
- Founding of the Commonwealth 2: Dirge (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 2000) [Humanx Commonwealth: Founding of the Commonwealth: hb/Mark Harrison]
- Founding of the Commonwealth 3: Diuturnity's Dawn (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 2002) [Humanx Commonwealth: Founding of the Commonwealth: hb/Mark Harrison]
- The Founding of the Commonwealth (New York: Science Fiction Book Club, 2002) [omni of the above three: Humanx Commonwealth: Founding of the Commonwealth: hb/Alan Pollack]
Spellsinger
- Spellsinger at the Gate (Huntington Woods, Michigan: Phantasia Press, 1983) [Spellsinger: hb/Kevin Eugene Johnson]
- Spellsinger (New York: Warner Books, 1983) [rev vt comprising the first half of the above: Spellsinger: pb/Carl Lundgren]
- The Hour of the Gate (New York: Warner Books, 1984) [rev vt comprising the second half of the above: Spellsinger: pb/Carl Lundgren]
- The Day of the Dissonance (Huntington Woods, Michigan: Phantasia Press, 1984) [Spellsinger: hb/Kirk Reinert]
- Season of the Spellsong (Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday, 1985) [omni of the above two: Spellsinger: hb/Steve Ferris]
- The Moment of the Magician (Huntington Woods, Michigan: Phantasia Press, 1984) [Spellsinger: hb/Romas Kukalis]
- The Paths of the Perambulator (Huntington Woods, Michigan: Phantasia Press, 1985) [Spellsinger: hb/Kevin Eugene Johnson]
- The Time of the Transference (Huntington Woods, Michigan: Phantasia Press, 1986) [Spellsinger: hb/Kevin Eugene Johnson]
- Spellsinger's Scherzo (Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday, 1987) [omni of the above three: Spellsinger: hb/Tom Kidd]
- Son of Spellsinger (New York: Warner Questar, 1993) [Spellsinger: pb/Tim Hildebrandt]
- Chorus Skating (New York: Warner Questar, 1994) [Spellsinger: pb/Tim Hildebrandt]
The Damned
- A Call to Arms (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1991) [The Damned: hb/Syd Dutton]
- The False Mirror (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1992) [The Damned: hb/Barclay Shaw]
- The Spoils of War (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1993) [The Damned: hb/Barclay Shaw]
- The Damned Trilogy (place not given: Open Road, 2017) [omni of the above three: ebook: na/]
Montezuma Strip
- Montezuma Strip (New York: Warner Aspect, 1995) [coll of linked stories: four of the five stories originally appeared as by James Lawson: Montezuma Strip: hb/Colorspace]
- The Mocking Program (New York: Warner Aspect, 2002) [Montezuma Strip: hb/John Blackford]
Journeys of the Catechist
- Carnivores of Light and Darkness (New York: Warner Aspect, 1998) [Journeys of the Catechist: hb/Keith Parkinson]
- Into the Thinking Kingdoms (New York: Warner Aspect, 1999) [Journeys of the Catechist: hb/Keith Parkinson]
- A Triumph of Souls (New York: Warner Aspect, 2000) [Journeys of the Catechist: hb/Keith Parkinson]
- Journeys of the Catechist (New York: Science Fiction Book Club, 2000) [omni of the above three: Journeys of the Catechist: hb/Jon Sullivan]
Taken
- Lost and Found (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 2004) [Taken: hb/David Stevenson]
- The Light-Years Beneath my Feet (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 2005) [Taken: hb/David Stevenson]
- The Candle of Distant Earth (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 2006) [Taken: hb/David Stevenson]
- The Taken Trilogy (New York: Science Fiction Book Club, 2006) [omni of the above three: Taken: hb/Julie Bell]
The Tipping Point Trilogy
- The Human Blend (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 2010) [Tipping Point Trilogy: hb/David Stevenson]
- Body, Inc (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 2012) [Tipping Point Trilogy: pb/Carl Galian]
- The Sum of Her Parts (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 2012) [Tipping Point Trilogy: pb/David Stevenson]
individual titles
- The Man Who Used the Universe (New York: Warner Books, 1983) [pb/Jill Bauman]
- Slipt (New York: Berkley Books, 1984) [pb/Don Brautigam]
- The I Inside (New York: Warner Books, 1984) [pb/Paul Alexander]
- Into the Out Of (New York: Warner Books, 1986) [hb/Jim Gurney]
- Glory Lane (New York: Ace Books, 1987) [pb/Jim Gurney]
- To the Vanishing Point (New York: Warner Books, 1988) [hb/Gary Ruddell]
- Maori (New York: Ace Books/Berkley, 1988) [pb/Jim Gurney]
- Quozl (New York: Ace Books, 1989) [pb/Jim Gurney]
- Cyber Way (New York: Ace Books, 1990) [pb/Jim Gurney]
- Cat-A-Lyst (New York: Ace Books, 1991) [pb/Keith Parkinson]
- Codgerspace (New York: Ace Books, 1992) [pb/David Mattingly]
- Greenthieves (New York: Ace Books, 1994) [pb/David Mattingly]
- Life Form (New York: Ace Books, 1995) [pb/Linda Messier]
- Design for Great-Day (New York: Tor, 1995) with Eric Frank Russell [exp from Russell's "Design for Great-Day" (January 1953 Planet Stories; vt "The Ultimate Invader" in The Ultimate Invader and Other Science-Fiction, anth 1954 dos, ed Donald A Wollheim): hb/Gary Ruddell]
- The Voyage of the Basset (New York: The Greenwich Workshop/Artisan, 1996) with James C Christensen and Renwick St James [illus/hb/James C Christensen]
- Jed the Dead (New York: Ace Books, 1997) [pb/Gary Ruddell]
- Parallelities (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1998) [pb/Bruce Jensen]
- Kingdoms of Light (New York: Warner Books, 2001) [hb/Don Maitz]
- Interlopers (New York: Ace Books, 2001) [pb/Jerry Vanderstelt]
- Primal Shadows (New York: Tor/Forge, 2001) [hb/Cliff Nielsen]
- Sagramanda (Amherst, New York: Prometheus/Pyr, 2006) [hb/John Picacio]
- Oshenerth (Monument, Colorado: WordFire Press, 2015) [pb/Rob Caswell]
- The Deavys (New York: Open Road Integrated Media, 2016) [pb/Jesse Hayes]
- Relic (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 2018) [hb/Jeremy Wilson]
- Madrenga (Monument, Colorado: WordFire Press, 2020) [pb/]
- The Moaning Words (New York: Hippocampus Press, 2024) [pb/Daniel Sauer]
collections and stories
- With Friends Like These ... (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1977) [coll: pb/Michael Whelan]
- The Horror on the Beach: A Tale in the Cthulhu Mythos (San Diego, California: Valcour and Krueger, 1978) [story: chap: Cthulhu Mythos: pb/Stephen C Garris]
- ... Who Needs Enemies? (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1984) [coll: pb/Barclay Shaw]
- The Metrognome and Other Stories (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1990) [coll: pb/Barclay Shaw]
- Mad Amos (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1996) [coll of linked stories: pb/Peter Bollinger]
- Mad Amos Malone: The Complete Stories (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 2018) [coll: exp of the above: pb/David Stevenson]
- Impossible Places (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 2002) [coll: pb/Robert Hunt]
- Exceptions to Reality (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 2008) [coll: pb/]
- The Horror on the Beach: A Tale in the Cthulhu Mythos (San Diego, California: Valcour and Krueger, 1978) [story: chap: book cover has subtitle as A Tale in the Cthlulhu Mythos: Cthulhu Mythos: pb/Stephen C Garris]
novelizations and other ties
Star Trek
Star Trek: Star Trek Log
- Star Trek Log One (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1974) [coll: tie to Star Trek: Star Trek Log: pb/Filmation Associates]
- Star Trek Log Two (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1974) [coll: tie to Star Trek: Star Trek Log: pb/Filmation Associates]
- Star Trek: Log One, Log Two (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1996) [omni of the above two: tie to Star Trek: Star Trek Log: pb/]
- Star Trek: Logs One and Two (New York: Del Rey Ballantine, 2006) [tie to Star Trek: rev vt of the above: Star Trek Log: pb/]
- Star Trek: Log One, Log Two (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1996) [omni of the above two: tie to Star Trek: Star Trek Log: pb/]
- Star Trek Log Three (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1975) [coll: tie to Star Trek: Star Trek Log: pb/Filmation Associates]
- Star Trek: Log One, Log Two, Log Three (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1993) [omni of the above three: tie to Star Trek: Star Trek Log: pb/David Mattingly]
- Star Trek Log Four (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1975) [coll: tie to Star Trek: Star Trek Log: pb/Filmation Associates]
- Star Trek: Log Three, Log Four (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1996) [omni of the above two: tie to Star Trek: Star Trek Log: pb/]
- Star Trek: Logs Three and Four (New York: Del Rey Ballantine, 2006) [tie to Star Trek: rev vt of the above: Star Trek Log: pb/]
- Star Trek: Log Three, Log Four (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1996) [omni of the above two: tie to Star Trek: Star Trek Log: pb/]
- Star Trek Log Five (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1975) [coll: tie to Star Trek: Star Trek Log: pb/Filmation Associates]
- Star Trek Log Six (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1976) [coll: tie to Star Trek: Star Trek Log: pb/Filmation Associates]
- Star Trek: Log Four, Log Five, Log Six (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1993) [omni of the above three: tie to Star Trek: Star Trek Log: pb/David Mattingly]
- Star Trek: Log Five, Log Six (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1996) [omni of the above two: tie to Star Trek: Star Trek Log: pb/]
- Star Trek: Logs Five and Six (New York: Del Rey Ballantine, 2006) [tie to Star Trek: rev vt of the above: Star Trek Log: pb/]
- Star Trek Log Seven (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1976) [coll: tie to Star Trek: Star Trek Log: pb/Filmation Associates]
- Star Trek Log Eight (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1976) [coll: tie to Star Trek: Star Trek Log: pb/Stanislaw Fernandes]
- Star Trek: Log Seven, Log Eight (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1996) [omni of the above two: tie to Star Trek: Star Trek Log: pb/]
- Star Trek: Logs Seven and Eight (New York: Del Rey Ballantine, 2006) [tie to Star Trek: rev vt of the above: Star Trek Log: pb/]
- Star Trek: Log Seven, Log Eight (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1996) [omni of the above two: tie to Star Trek: Star Trek Log: pb/]
- Star Trek Log Nine (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1977) [coll: tie to Star Trek: Star Trek Log: pb/Stanislaw Fernandes]
- Star Trek: Log Seven, Log Eight, Log Nine (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1993) [omni of the above three: tie to Star Trek: Star Trek Log: pb/David Mattingly]
- Star Trek Log Ten (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1978) [tie to Star Trek: Star Trek Log: pb/Stanislaw Fernandes]
- Star Trek: Log Seven, Log Eight, Log Nine, Log Ten (London: Pocket UK, 1995) [omni of the above four: tie to Star Trek: Star Trek Log: pb/David Mattingly]
- Star Trek: Log Nine, Log Ten (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1996) [omni of the above two: tie to Star Trek: Star Trek Log: pb/]
- Star Trek: Logs Nine and Ten (New York: Del Rey Ballantine, 2006) [tie to Star Trek: rev vt of the above: Star Trek Log: pb/]
Star Trek
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture: The Photostory (New York: Bantam Books, 1980) with Harold Livingston [tie to the Star Trek universe: Star Trek Fotonovel: illus/pb/uncredited]
- Star Trek (New York: Pocket Books, 2009) [tie to the film: Star Trek: pb/]
- Star Trek: Into Darkness (New York: Simon and Schuster/Gallery Books, 2013) [tie to the film: Star Trek: pb/]
- Star Trek: The Unsettling Stars (New York: Simon and Schuster/Gallery Books, 2020) [tie to the film: Star Trek: pb/Alan Dingman]
Star Wars
- Star Wars (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1976) as by George Lucas [tie to the movie Star Wars (1977): Star Wars: pb/Ralph McQuarrie]
- Splinter of the Mind's Eye: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1978) [tie to Star Wars: Star Wars: hb/Ralph McQuarrie]
- Star Wars: The Approaching Storm (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 2002) [tie to Star Wars: Star Wars: hb/Steven D Anderson]
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens (New York: Del Rey, 2015) [tie to the series universe: Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (2015): hb/]
Alien
- Alien (New York: Warner Books, 1979) [tie to the movie Alien: Alien: pb/]
- Aliens: A Novelization (New York: Warner Books, 1986) [tie to the movie Aliens: Alien: pb/]
- Alien³ (New York: Warner Books, 1992) [tie to the movie Alien³: Alien: pb/]
- The Complete Alien Omnibus (London: Warner UK, 1993) [omni of the above three: pb/]
- Alien: Covenant (New York: Titan Books, 2017) [tie to the movie Alien: Covenant: Alien: pb/]
- Alien: Covenant – Origins (New York: Titan Books, 2017) [tie to the movie Alien: Covenant: Alien: pb/]
Dinotopia
- Dinotopia Lost: A Novel (Atlanta, Georgia: Turner, 1996) [tie: hb/James Gurney]
- The Hand of Dinotopia (New York: HarperCollins, 1999) [tie: hb/James Gurney]
Transformers
- Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 2007) [tie: prequel to the film Transformers – The Movie (2007): pb/]
- Transformers (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 2007) [tie to the film: pb/]
- Transformers: The Veiled Threat (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 2007) [tie to the film: pb/]
- Transformers: The Revenge of the Fallen (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 2009) [tie to the film: pb/]
individual tie titles
- Luana (New York: Ballantine Books, 1974) [tie to the movie: pb/Frank Frazetta]
- Dark Star (New York: Ballantine Books, 1974) [tie to the movie Dark Star: pb/Robert Grossman]
- The Black Hole (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1979) [tie to the movie The Black Hole: pb/]
- Clash of the Titans (New York: Warner Books, 1981) [tie to the movie Clash of the Titans (1981): pb/Dan Gouzee]
- Outland (New York: Warner Books, 1981) [tie to the movie Outland: pb/]
- The Thing (New York: Bantam Books, 1982) [tie to the movie The Thing: pb/]
- Krull (New York: Warner Books, 1983) [tie to the movie Krull (1983): pb/]
- The Last Starfighter (New York: Berkley Books, 1984) [tie to the movie The Last Starfighter: pb/]
- Starman (New York: Warner Books, 1984) [tie to the movie Starman: pb/]
- Shadowkeep (New York: Warner Books, 1984) [tie to the computer Adventure game: pb/Victoria Poyser]
- Pale Rider (New York: Warner Books, 1985) [tie to the movie Pale Rider (1985): pb/]
- Alien Nation (New York: Warner Books, 1988) [tie to the movie Alien Nation: Alien: pb/]
- The Dig (New York: Warner Books, 1996) [tie to the computer game The Dig: pb/Bill Eaken]
- The Chronicles of Riddick (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 2004) [tie to the movie The Chronicles of Riddick: pb/]
- Terminator Salvation: The Official Movie Novelization (London: Titan Books, 2009) [tie to the film: Terminator Salvation: pb/]
nonfiction
- The Director Should've Shot You: Memoirs of the Film Trade (Lakewood, Colorado: Centipede Press, 2021) [nonfiction: hb/David Ho]
- Predators I Have Known (place not given: Open Road Integrated Media, 2011) [nonfiction: biography: pb/Jim Tierney]
works as editor
- Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves (New York: Ace Books, 1991) with Martin H Greenberg [anth: pb/Robert Grace]
- Betcha Can't Read Just One (New York: Ace Books, 1993) with Martin H Greenberg [anth: pb/John Steven Gurney]
- Short Stories from Small Islands: Tales Shared in Palau (Nouméa, New Caledonia: Cultural Affairs Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, 2005) [anth: chap: hb/Jipé Le-Bars]
about the author
- Robert Teague and Michael Goodwin. A Guide to the Commonwealth: The Official Guide to Alan Dean Foster's Humanx Commonwealth Universe (Roy, Utah: Galagraphics Press, 1985) [nonfiction: chap: with introduction by Foster: illus/hb/Michael Goodwin]
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