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The last
installment of the Taken trilogy (after
The Light-years Beneath My Feet,
2005 ).
"Fans .... will enjoy this slyly
humorous saga, in which the good guys
have plenty of human weaknesses and the
villains aren't too evil." - PW.
"Readers... will revel in this book's
skillful blend of amusing cultural
misunderstandings and edge-of-the-seat
suspense and enjoy a satisfying
conclusion." - Booklist.
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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, 1969) 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 ...
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