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My Take
Alan Dean Foster occupies a corner of science fiction I deeply admire: the craftsman who writes both his own worlds and the film novelizations everyone else looks down on. Star Wars and Alien fans have lived in his prose without always knowing his name. With more than twenty original novels and several series of his own, he had every reason to guard his ego, yet he kept extending the movies we loved into books. That generosity of craft, turning a two-hour film into hours more of imagination, is undervalued. I think of him as a steady architect of other people's favorite universes.
Overview
Alan Dean Foster (born November 18, 1946) is an American writer of fantasy and science fiction. He has written several book series, more than 20 standalone novels, and many novelizations of film scripts.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Alan Dean Foster
- Name (Japanese)
- アラン・ディーン・フォスター
- Reading
- あらん・でぃーん・ふぉすたー
- Born
- November 18, 1946 (age 79)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Dog
- Origin
- New York City, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- writer / novelist / screenwriter / science fiction writer / docent
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of California, Los Angeles
Awards & achievements
- 2021 Aelita Prize
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | For Love of Mother-Not | — |
6. Links
Writer — see all → · Novelist — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.