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| Rune* Quote | Reply | | Alan Dean Foster posted on: 8/3/2005 1:19:28 PM I've read some of this authors fantasy books. BUt not read any of his sci-fi works. Has anyone else? ANd what did you think of them? |
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IceDrake
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Alan Dean Foster
replied on: 8/3/2005 5:25:32 PM I tried reading Spellsinger, but I couldn't get into it. His Pip and Flinx books look fun though. 
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Princess_Ivy
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Alan Dean Foster
replied on: 8/4/2005 11:48:45 PM I've read a few of the spellsingers, and really enjoyed them. however i picked up a sci-fi/futuristic one last month and just couldn't get into it. i must admit though, i was extrememly impressed by a very small detail in the work. he discusses future schools, in this novel, the children study at home, there is just to much knowledge out there to fit it into a ciriculum. the children therefor study what interests them. at 12/13 they go to 'school' where they learn the practicalities of society. ie: how to get married/divorced/set up a gas bill/draw up a budget/behave on public transport/use public transport. in other words all of the things that it is accepted that children learn from their parents, and often don't. |
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Rune*
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Alan Dean Foster
replied on: 8/12/2005 5:45:59 PM I really enjoyed his spellsinger series, but have shyed away from the Sci-Fi books because I dont seem to be able to get into them. Are they heavy going the sci-fi ones and very technical? |
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Princess_Ivy
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Alan Dean Foster
replied on: 8/15/2005 6:11:24 PM the one i had was just dull. |
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Rune*
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Alan Dean Foster
replied on: 8/15/2005 7:14:38 PM That does sound promising. |
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Princess_Ivy
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Alan Dean Foster
replied on: 8/15/2005 9:51:32 PM unfortunatly not, although i will give another one a try if i find it. you never know... |
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IceDrake
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Alan Dean Foster
replied on: 10/12/2005 11:08:15 PM Bio for Foster Here |
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Rune*
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Alan Dean Foster
replied on: 10/16/2005 10:22:42 AM Thanks for the bio, got plenty of books written there 
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Rune*
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Alan Dean Foster
replied on: 11/15/2005 10:43:15 AM Has anyone read The Light-years Beneath My Feet |
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steve12553
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Alan Dean Foster
replied on: 5/6/2006 3:06:40 PM I read his original "Pip and Flinx " book, the name escapes me right now, and enjoyed it. I think I have 2 more in various formats. I originally remember him as the writer of novelizations of at least 2 or three movies. He was kind of a decent fall back author if you were looking for something comfortable and not too challenging at the time. (Sometimes I like to keep my mind on "idle".) |
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Rune*
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Alan Dean Foster
replied on: 5/7/2006 8:01:22 AM Have you tried his fanasy series Steve? |
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steve12553
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Alan Dean Foster
replied on: 5/7/2006 2:21:27 PM I found 9 of his books in my collection but they're all Science Fiction. My goal to read read every book ever written and to continue trying until I'm dead or senseless. |
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warmbeachbrat
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Alan Dean Foster
replied on: 7/19/2006 8:31:49 PM Alan Dean Foster is one of my favorite authors. I couldn't get into the Spellsinger series, though. I like his Pip/Flinx novels best, but my favorite of his books is "Nor Crystal Tears"--a first contact novel. I've been in college for the last five years and I'm a bit out of it as far as newer books. I didn't realize he had a new series started (the Taken series; "Lost and Found" is the first book, "The Light-Years Beneath My Feet" is the second) but they look intriguing and I've put them on my list to get. |
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