Some knowledge of the background would be necessary to figure out all of the nuances of what's going on in the novel, but he provides enough summary to make it possible to follow the story. Midworld is one of Foster's most intriguing planets, a really fascinating ecological construct, and it's fun to revisit, especially through the eyes of Pip and Flinx. I won't provide any spoilers, but I have to say that I was really surprised a time or two. He ends up on Midworld, and then things get really exciting. Flinx, who is twenty years old, runs afoul of a crazy man on a backwater planet who wants to acquire Pip for his private zoo, and to avoid complications and trouble, he instructs his super, secret, private starship Teacher to take him away somewhere safe, secluded, and unknown. Somehow, I missed this one which first appeared in 1995, and I'm glad to have corrected that at last. Flinx, who is twenty years old, runs afoul of a crazy man on a backwater planet who wants to acquire Pip for his private zoo, and to avoid complications and trouble, he instructs his s Wow, it doesn't seem like a half-century has passed since I first started following the adventures of Pip and Flinx and Bran Tse-Mallory and Truzenzuzex and all of the other inhabitants of the Humanx Commonwealth. Wow, it doesn't seem like a half-century has passed since I first started following the adventures of Pip and Flinx and Bran Tse-Mallory and Truzenzuzex and all of the other inhabitants of the Humanx Commonwealth. Their hiding place was in danger of discovery, and their only hope lay with this bizarre and untamed planet. They found more than they bargained for when they landed on Midworld, a verdant planet covered by an immense jungle, hosting an incredible variety of plant and animal life-all of it unknown and all of it deadly. Now an evil rich man was out to kidnap the minidrag for his personal zoo, and Flinx and Pip were on the run again-this time into uncharted space, on a random course they hoped would foil their pursuers. Where Flinx and his flying minidrag Pip went, trouble always followed-that law had governed their lives through years of unsought danger and galactic intrigue.
Now an evil rich man was out to kidnap the minidrag for his personal zoo, and Flinx and Pip were on the run again-this time into uncharted space, on a random course they hoped would foi Pip and Flinx meet Midworld! BUT it's decent and fun and I sure as hell want to see what the big thing is.Pip and Flinx meet Midworld! Where Flinx and his flying minidrag Pip went, trouble always followed-that law had governed their lives through years of unsought danger and galactic intrigue.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER BOOKS MID FLINX SERIES
A desire to put a minidrag in a zoo and look at this weak-looking kid here with one now kind of guy.įast forward to a few space hops, some soul searching and visions about a great evil on the other side of the galaxy that only Flinx (and a few artifacts) can fix, and a ginormous man-eating jungle.Ĭhase, chase, chase, horrible deaths, chase, interesting humanoid aliens, chase, love interest, chase, and eventually a few new surprises along the way.įlinx sure as hell can get into some interesting fixes!Īside from a few over-story developments that really seems to make this series hold together in a really BIG and COOL way, this is still just a pretty decent adventure novel in strange locations while meeting strange people.
He just happens to be doing his own thing when jerks appear. Not really a searching-for-oneself thing, either. As light adventure goes with a young man (now 20) who only desires to be left alone and far from civilization thanks to the bad side-effects of his empathic-telepathy, the whole novel has the feel of a side-quest.
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