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Name and location of repository
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Collection
Title
Alan Dean Foster Collection
Date(s)
- 1977 (Creation)
Extent
1 box
Name of creator
Biographical history
Alan Dean Foster was born November 18, 1946, in New York. Foster has a degree in Political Science and a Master of Fine Arts in Cinema. His writing career began in 1968, with his first novel appearing in 1972. Foster received the Galaxy Award in 1979 and the Southwest Book Award for Fiction in 1990. A collection of Foster materials and manuscripts is held by Special Collections, Arizona State University, Tempe.
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Scope and content
This collection contains a 286-page unproofed typed copy of Foster's 1977 novel The End of the Matter.
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Physical access
These materials are stored offsite and require additional time for retrieval.
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Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Languages of the material
- English
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