Into the Out of [Paperback]

Alan Dean Foster (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1987

Small, dark beings of awesome power are invading our world and only one man sees the danger. It's up to him and two others to defeat the Shetani before it destroys the very fabric of reality. From the bestselling author of the Spellsinger series.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

In many ways this fantasy adventure seems a follow-up to Foster's novelization of the film Alien. The monsters at loose on an unsuspecting world are grotesque gargoyles, all teeth, claws and malevolence. Standing against them is a small band with varied backgrounds: an FBI agent, a Seattle saleswoman, a wizened Maasai elder and a seven-foot Maasai warrior. The elder has recruited the two Americans to help him contain the evil shetani by closing the entrance to the "Out Of," the Maasai designation for the source of all things, both earthly and demonic. During the long, slow buildup to the final confrontation (itself a letdown), readers are likely to wonder how the protagonists survive any of their encounters with these walking nightmares. Aside from the sudden, memorable bursts of violence and an interesting African travelogue, this is one of Foster's weaker books.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 376 pages
• Publisher: Warner Books; Warner Books Ed edition (July 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446345598
• ISBN-13: 978-0446345590
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,549,439 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

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Splendid supernatural story from Washington to Africa, October 20, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Into the Out of (Hardcover)

This is excellent reading from an author who has covered a broad range of topics. An African Massai Laibon (leader) goes to America to find two special people and bring them back to Africa to stop an evil force from coming through to our world. Fantastic imagery, wonderful and believable characters and an African myth brought to life and you'll NEVER look at tire rubber on the side of the road the same again! ;) Full of twists, frights, humor and great interactions. It's out of print... it's worth finding!!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Eerie and Suspenseful - His Best Work Ever !, May 27, 2004

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Michael B. Massa "mbm9000" (Thornton, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Into the Out of (Hardcover)

I read this book some years back and I have been recommending it to others who can track it down. What a great read - sometimes suspenseful, mysterious, and creepy. This is Alan's best work and it would make one hell of a movie. Give it a shot - you will not be sorry.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars And another one, January 4, 2001

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"wyrminarrd" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Into the Out of (Paperback)

Alan Dean Foster just does not fail, it's has simple has that. I was look through a book collection at the local flee market when I thought my eyes where playing tricks on me and I saw an ADF novel. Naturally I grapped it, pay'd for it, and whent home to read it. This book simply rocks!! It has an original plot (A norm for ADF) that holds you until you have finished reading the book. The plot in a nut shell is that the border between reak and unreal is weakning and a Massai wise guy goes out and finds two americans to fight with him against them. Filled with desciptions of horrid monsters and filty beings this is a must for every one and mandatory buy for all ADF fans!!