Other Books by
Alan Dean Foster:
Exceptions to Reality: Stories
Star Wars: Splinter of the Mind's Eye (Star Wars)
Running from the Deity: A Pip & Flinx Adventure (Adventures of Pip and Flinx)
Trouble Magnet: A Pip & Flinx Adventure (Pip and Flinx Novels)
Patrimony: A Pip & Flinx Adventure
Sliding Scales (A Pip & Flinx Adventure)
Sci-Fi Author Profile
Alan Dean Foster
Born in New York City in 1946, Foster was raised in Los Angeles. After receiving a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and a Master of Fine Arts in Cinema from UCLA, his writing career began when August Derleth bought a long Lovecraftian letter of Foster's in 1968 and published it as a short story in Derleth's bi-annual magazine The Arkham Collector. Since then, Foster's short fiction has appeared in all the major SF magazines as well as in original anthologies and several "Best of the Year" compendiums. Foster's work to date includes excursions into hard science-fiction, fantasy, horror, detective, western, historical, and contemporary fiction, including such well-known productions as Star Wars, the first three Alien films, Alien Nation, and The Chronicles of Riddick. Mr. Foster resides in Prescott in a house built of brick salvaged from a turn-of-the-century miners' brothel, along with assorted dogs, cats, fish, several hundred houseplants.
Website: www.alandeanfoster.com/
Book Review: Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday
Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday
by Alan Dean Foster
I’m not a big fan of Alan Dean Foster. I’ve read only a few books and Transformers was one of them. It’s likely I’ll remain a casual fan at best. There was no purpose for this book other than to ride the hype of the Transformer blockbuster movie and the franchise. I didn’t learn anymore in the book about transformers than what I saw in the movie or remember as a kid watching the television show. The book was predicable from the start and the plot had little purpose for the characters. It was just unbelievable and I didn’t really care for anyone in the story. If you’re in the bookstore, take a pass on this one and go see the movie instead.
AlienAlmanac.com 2008
