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Review “One of the most consistently inventive and fertile writers of science fiction and fantasy.” — The Times “Alan Dean Foster is a master of creating alien worlds.” — SFRevu “Foster knows how to spin a yarn.” — Starlog “Foster does a fine job with his misfit heroes and even with his minor characters.” — Publishers Weekly About the Author 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 (1968, l969) he spent two years as a copywriter for a small Studio City, Calif. advertising and public relations firm. His writing career began when August Derleth bought a long Lovecraftian letter of Foster's in 1968 and much to Foster's surprise, published it as a short story in Derleth's bi-annual magazine The Arkham Collector. Sales of short fiction to other magazines followed. His first attempt at a novel, The Tar-Aiym Krang, was bought by Betty Ballantine and published by Ballantine Books in 1972. It incorporates a number of suggestions from famed SF editor John W. Campbell. Since then, Foster's sometimes humorous, occasionally poignant, but always entertaining short fict

Author
Foster, Alan Dean
Publisher
Orbit / Futura
Published
1984
Language
EN
ISBN
9780932096302

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