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From: jsw@hogpc.UUCP
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Subject: M.A. Foster
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Date: Mon, 7-Nov-83 11:35:46 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov  7 11:35:46 1983
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I have read several books (all Daw, I think) by M.A. Foster, including
The Gameplayers of Zan, The Warriors of Dawn, Waves, The Morphodite,
and Transformer, and highly recommend them. I would appreciate any
comments on the following:
1) Does anyone know where I might obtain a copy of The Day of the Klesh,
the third book in the Gameplayers-Warriors sequence, although it was
supposedly written first. I tried the publisher and it is out of print.
2) Does anyone know of any other works by M.A. Foster, including short
stories, etc. in magazines ?
3) Does anyone know anything about who M.A. Foster is ? Nowhere in, on,
or about any of the books does it say what M.A. stands for or give any
biographical information about the author. I had the impression while
reading The Gameplayers of Zan that the author is female. Its hard to
describe exactly why, but the character development and portrayal of
female characters was uncommonly good. It occurred to me that M.A. Foster
may by either a pen-name or just an attempt to conceal the sex of the
first name from borderline-sexist SF readers who won't always pick up
a book by an unknown female author. Does anyone know the facts ?
                                  - John Soltes, ...hogpc!jsw