Buy a cheap copy of sentenced to prism book by alan dean foster. The company had a big problem, it was illegally exploiting a fabulously rich planet named prism, a world where even the tiniest creatures were living jewels. Like many of his books, foster creates an extraordinary world that he tries to make unlike anything ever seen by his readers by creating a primarily siliconbased planet with almost everything seeming to be made from crystals, glass, and reflective surfaces. See all books authored by alan dean foster, including the force awakens, and splinter of the minds eye, and more on.
His novel cyber way won the southwest book award for fiction in 1990, the first science fiction work ever to do so. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Alan dean foster is an american author of fantasy and science fiction novels, who has to his credit a long list of hit novels. Sentenced to prism mass market paperback august 12, 1985 by alan dean foster author. Internet archive contributor internet archive language english a del rey book. Its in the older style, yes, but that lent a certain measure of charm. Original painting by peter elson, science fiction illustrator and artist. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. Sentenced to prism is a science fiction novel by american writer alan dean foster, a standalone entry in his humanx commonwealth series of books. Sentenced to prism by peter elson, science fiction illustrator.
Sentenced to prism humanx commonwealth book 5 ebook. Sentenced to prism paperback import, 1988 by alan dean foster author. While hard scifi isnt usually my cup of tea, i did enjoy this book and the fascinating little layers of science and world it built. I just read prism, which the op recommended, and while it had some interesting ideas, i wasnt terribly impressed by fosters writing. Sentenced to prism humanx commonwealth book 5 kindle edition by alan dean foster author format. Alan dean foster books list of books by author alan dean. Sentenced to prism is a book about a man evan who is sent to investigate the sudden disappearance of a research station on the newly discovered planet called prism the planet itself is threw to its name covered in fractalite life forms but in the start, evan is put down on the planet in a suit that defends against all the stuff on the planet. Sentenced to prism humanx commonwealth, book 5 by alan dean foster book cover, description, publication history.
I read sentenced to prism on the recommendation of a good friend. He was born in new york city but was raised mainly in california. 7 out of 5 stars 36 ratings see all 4 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Sentenced to prism humanx commonwealth, book 5 by alan. Sentenced to prism by foster, alan dean and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Buy sentenced to prism reissue by alan dean foster isbn. Foster and his wife, joann oxley, live in prescott, arizona, in a house built of brick that was salvaged from an earlytwentiethcentury minersa tm brothel. Sentenced to prism by alan dean foster librarything.