Alan Dean Foster: 118 books

1991: Drei Jahre, nachdem ein unbekanntes Flugobjekt mit 300.000 versklavten Außerirdischen in der Mojave-Wüste gelandet ist, leben diese sogenannten Newcomer in Los Angeles. Matthew Sykes, ein Police-Officer, verliert seinen Partner Bill Tuggle während einer Schießerei: Die Detectives...

OUTLAND nennt man die Weiten des Sonnensystems jenseits der Mars-Bahn. In diesen dunklen Gebieten indes sind Erze zu finden, die von der Industrie der Erde dringend benötigt werden. Der Planetoiden-Gürtel wird durchkämmt, auf den Jupitermonden werden gewaltige Bergwerke errichtet. Die Investitionen...

Zwölf Mann, gefangen in der Antarktis. Elf entdecken den Eindringling. Zehn kämpfen gegen die fremde Kraft. Neun quälen sich mit der Antwort herum. Acht versuchen verzweifelt zu überleben. Sieben... werden einer nach dem anderen vernichtet. Sechs... fünf......

Durch sein meisterhaftes Spiel an einem Arcade-Spiel – Starfighter – zieht der 18-jährige Alex Rogan, ein Teenager aus einer Wohnwagen-Siedlung, die Aufmerksamkeit Außerirdischer auf sich. Er wird auf den Planeten Rylos entführt, wo man ihn zum Raumjäger-Piloten ausbildet. Mit seinem Raumschiff...

The call of the deep rings ever in our ears, from myth and legend to crime and mystery. Sea-people, mer and monster, immortals and reluctant heroes feature in this sea-worthy bundle. Table of Contents "The Women of Whale Rock" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch "We, the Ocean"...

“Foster is in top form here, entertainingly mixing politics, comedy, and intriguing alien anthropology.”—Booklist Abducted by aliens to be sold as pets in a more civilized part of the galaxy, earthlings Marcus Walker and a scruffy dog named George (speech-enhanced to increase his market...

A trapped cosmic creature may drive the whole world mad—unless the spellsinger can set it free: “Foster knows how to spin a yarn” (Starlog). It’s an ordinary day in the Bellwoods, save for the fact that Jon-Tom the spellsinger has awoken as a six-foot blue crab. He soon reverts to normal—as...

“A fast, fun read for fans of Foster’s fantastic alien worlds . . . Driven by political intrigue and wilderness adventure, this is SF of noble vintage.”—Booklist Fluva, the Drowning World, is a rain-drenched planet on the fringes of the Commonwealth whose indigenous species, the warlike...

Another tale of talking animals and misdirected magic in the #1 New York Times–bestselling author’s whimsical series: “Foster knows how to spin a yarn” (Starlog). Jon-Tom has been trapped in a strange land of talking owls and wizarding turtles for a year now, his sole consolation that...

Accompanied by his faithful minidrag Pip and a most troublesome alien called Abalamahalamatandra -- Ab for short -- Flinx set out for Alaspin, the ruggedly primitive homeworld of his flying snake. There he hoped to find the giant man with the gold earring who somehow held the key to Flinx's...

Flinx is the only one with any chance of stopping the evil colossus barreling in to destroy the Humanx Commonwealth (and everything else in the Milky Way). His efforts take him to the land of his mortal enemies, the bloodthirsty AAnn, where chances are excellent that Flinx may be executed. And he...

Could even the remarkable Flinx stop the deadly drug that was sweeping the galaxy? It caused instant addiction, followed by an excruciating slow death, and there was no known antidote. It was a killer. Supposedly the drug had been totally eradicated from the humanx galaxy years...

**A sweeping historical novel set in nineteenth-century New Zealand from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author. The only son of a poor British coal miner, Robert Coffin sets sail for the far ends of the Earth in search of his fortune, leaving his young bride and infant child behind in...

Demonic spirit-beings are stealing into our world in this fantasy adventure from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Damned Trilogy. Earth is being invaded by the shetani—-spirit creatures so small and stealthy that only one man knows about the increasing peril. The potential...