Order of Alan Dean Foster Books
Alan Dean Foster is an American author of science fiction and fantasy novels. He is the creator of the Humanx Commonwealth universe and Spellsinger series. Foster is also known for writing novelizations and movie tie-ins for films and film series such as Star Wars, Star Trek, Alien, Transformers, The Thing and many others. Foster lives in Prescott, Arizona with his wife.
Alan Dean Foster became a published author in 1972 with the novel The Tar-Aiym Krang, beginning his Pip & Flinx series (part of the Humanx Commonwealth universe). Below is a list of Alan Dean Foster’s books in order of when they were originally released:
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Publication Order of Pip & Flinx Books
| The Tar-Aiym Krang | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Bloodhype | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The End of the Matter | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Orphan Star | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| For Love of Mother-Not | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Flinx in Flux | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mid-Flinx | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Reunion | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Flinx's Folly | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sliding Scales | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Running from the Deity | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Trouble Magnet | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Patrimony | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Flinx Transcendent | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Strange Music | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Chronological Order of Pip & Flinx Books
| For Love of Mother-Not | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Tar-Aiym Krang | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Orphan Star | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The End of the Matter | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Flinx in Flux | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mid-Flinx | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Reunion | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Flinx's Folly | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sliding Scales | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Running from the Deity | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Bloodhype | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Trouble Magnet | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Patrimony | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Flinx Transcendent | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Strange Music | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Icerigger Books
| Icerigger | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mission to Moulokin | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Deluge Drivers | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Star Trek: The Animated Books
| Star Trek Log One | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Star Trek Log Two | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Star Trek Log Three | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Star Trek Log Four | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Star Trek Log Five | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Star Trek Log Six | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Star Trek Log Seven | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Star Trek Log Eight | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Star Trek Log Nine | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Star Trek Log Ten | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Humanx Commonwealth Books
| Midworld | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Cachalot | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Nor Crystal Tears | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Voyage to the City of the Dead | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sentenced to Prism | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Howling Stones | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Drowning World | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Quofum | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Chronological Order of Humanx Commonwealth Books
| Nor Crystal Tears | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Voyage to the City of the Dead | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Midworld | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Drowning World | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Quofum | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Howling Stones | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sentenced to Prism | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Cachalot | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Star Wars Books
| Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of With Friends...Books
| With Friends Like These... | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| ...Who Needs Enemies? | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Alien Movie Books
| Alien | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Aliens | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Alien³ | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Alien Resurrection | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Alien: Covenant Origins | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Spellsinger Books
| Spellsinger | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Hour of the Gate | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Day of the Dissonance | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Moment of the Magician | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Paths of the Perambulator | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Time of the Transference | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Son of Spellsinger | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Chorus Skating | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of The Damned Books
| A Call to Arms | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The False Mirror | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Spoils of War | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Angel Cardenas Books
| Montezuma Strip | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mocking Program | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Dinotopia Books
Publication Order of Journeys of the Catechist Books
| Carnivores of Light and Darkness | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Into the Thinking Kingdoms | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Triumph of Souls | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Founding of the Commonwealth Books
| Phylogenesis | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dirge | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Diuturnity's Dawn | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Taken Trilogy Books
| Lost and Found | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Light-Years Beneath My Feet | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Candle of Distant Earth | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Transformers Books
| Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Transformers | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Transformers: The Veiled Threat | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Star Trek Books
| Star Trek | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Unsettling Stars | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Tipping Point Books
| The Human Blend | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Body, Inc. | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Sum of Her Parts | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Countless Worlds Books
| Oshenerth | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Taste of Different Dimensions | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Flavors of Other Worlds | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Polonaise | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Horror on the Beach | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Box of Oxen | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| The Metrognome and Other Stories | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mad Amos | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Impossible Places | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Exceptions to Reality | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Resistance Front | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Compleat Mad Amos | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Graphic Novels
| Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sir Charles Barkley and the Referee Murders | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Animated Features and Silly Symphonies | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Predators I Have Known | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Phisher | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Director Should've Shot You: Memoirs of the Film Trade | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Laksa Anthology: Speculative Fiction Books
| Strangers Among Us | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Sum Of Us | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Where the Stars Rise | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Shades Within Us | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Seasons Between Us | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Unidentified Funny Objects Annual Anthology Books
| Unidentified Funny Objects | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Unidentified Funny Objects 2 | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Unidentified Funny Objects 3 | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Funny Science Fiction | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Unidentified Funny Objects 4 | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Funny Fantasy | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Unidentified Funny Objects 5 | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Funny Horror | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Unidentified Funny Objects 6 | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Unidentified Funny Objects 7 | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Unidentified Funny Objects 8 | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Unidentified Funny Objects 9 | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Alien Books
Publication Order of Star Wars: Movie Novelizations Books
| A New Hope | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Empire Strikes Back | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Return of the Jedi | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Phantom Menace | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Attack of the Clones | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Revenge of the Sith | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Force Awakens | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Rogue One | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Last Jedi | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Solo | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Rise of Skywalker | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Star Trek: Movie Novelization Books
| Star Trek: The Motion Picture | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Wrath Of Khan | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Voyage Home | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Star Trek V: The Final Frontier | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Star Trek Movie Tie-In | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Star Trek Into Darkness | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Alien Nation Books
| Alien Nation | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Dark Horizon | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Day of Descent | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Body and Soul | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Change | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Slag Like Me | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Extreme Prejudice | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Cross of Blood | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Isaac Asimov's Anthology Books
| Isaac Asimov's Worlds of Science Fiction | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Near Futures and Far | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Aliens | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Robots | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's War | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Ghosts | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Christmas | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Camelot | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Detectives | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Werewolves | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Solar System | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Utopias | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Father Day | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Isaac Asimov's Halloween | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Star Wars Legends Books
Publication Order of Star Trek Fotonovel Books
| Amok Time | (1967) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The City on the Edge of Forever | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Trouble with Tribbles | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| All Our Yesterdays | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| A Taste of Armageddon | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Metamorphosis | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Galileo 7 | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| A Piece of the Action | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Day of the Dove | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Star Trek: The Motion Picture | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Anthologies
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Notes: Voyage of the Basset is by James C. Christensen with collaborations from Foster and Renwick St. James. Design for Great-Day was co-authored by Eric Frank Russell. Star Wars was ghostwritten by Foster, credited to Star Wars creator George Lucas. Betcha Can’t Read Just One was co-edited with Martin H. Greenberg. The Phisher was co-authored by Alex Sam.
Untold Adventures: Dungeons & Dragons also contains contributions from Kevin J. Anderson, Jay Lake, Mike Resnick, Mark Sehestedt, John Shirley and Lisa Smedman. Resistance Front, Vol. 1 also includes stories by R.J. Astruc, Miles Cressman, Harlan Ellison, Keri Knutson, Laurie Laliberte, Douglas Lane, Mike Lewis, James Conroyd Martin, Dwaipayan Regmi, Richard Roberts, Bernard Schaffer, Joshua Unruh and Natasha Whearity.
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