Glory Lane [Paperback]

Alan Dean Foster (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 295 pages
• Publisher: Ace (August 3, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0441516645
• ISBN-13: 978-0441516643
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #514,895 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Alan Dean Foster's work to date includes excursions into hard science-fiction, fantasy, horror, detective, western, historical, and contemporary fiction. He has also written numerous non-fiction articles on film, science, and scuba diving, as well as having produced the novel versions of many films, including such well-known productions as "Star Wars", the first three "Alien" films, "Alien Nation", and "The Chronicles of Riddick". Other works include scripts for talking records, radio, computer games, and the story for the first "Star Trek" movie. His novel "Shadowkeep" was the first ever book adapation of an original computer game. In addition to publication in English his work has been translated into more than fifty languages and has won awards in Spain and Russia. His novel "Cyber Way" won the Southwest Book Award for Fiction in 1990, the first work of science-fiction ever to do so.

Foster's sometimes humorous, occasionally poignant, but always entertaining short fiction has appeared in all the major SF magazines as well as in original anthologies and several "Best of the Year" compendiums. His published oeuvre includes more than 100 books.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hysterical and outstanding, November 7, 1999

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Carl A. Lund "copeknight" (Wichita, KS United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Glory Lane (Paperback)

One of Foster's greatest works, Glory Lane, equally enjoyable for adults or YAs, has a wonderfully retro sense of wonder to it. The colorful aliens and majestic backdrop of a densely settled space mesh nicely with well drawn, yet easily identifiable, almost stock, characters. It's a joy to read and re-read.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfully Delightful book about humanity, March 22, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Glory Lane (Hardcover)

I bought this book many years ago when I was a teanager. It is still realevent to me today. The chacters in this book show us all sides our own humanity. Seeth the angry punk is our own anger at what is wrong in the world. The nerd Kerwin is our desire to fit in and find our place. Miranda our princess is just that our vanity and desires. Even Rail the lawn colored alien is us in the sense that we some times get caught in situations that just grow out of control. And finally there is little Izmir who is alot more than he or we seem. I highly recomend this book to anyone who has ever looked up at the night sky and wonder if there is more out there than we think.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So fun & funny I had to find it again!, October 14, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Glory Lane (Paperback)

My best friend gave me this book years ago and I loved it so much I wore it out! I lost it recently and had to get a new copy. You will enjoy this hilarious romp through the universe. It was everything I'd want in a science fiction novel!