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Pip & Flinx #4
Pip & Flinx: The End of the Matter
Del Rey / Ballantine, 1981. 3rd printing stated. This is the fourth book in the "Pip & Flinx" series of adventures. Other book sin the series For Love of Mother-Not (1983); The Tar-Aiym Krang (1972); Orphan Star (1977); Flinx in Flux (1988); Mid-Flinx (1995); Reunion (2001); Flinx's Folly (2003); Sliding Scales (2004); Running from the Deity (2005); Bloodhype (1973); Trouble Magnet (2006); Patrimony (2007); Flinx Transcendent (2009).
246 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1977
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Alan Dean Foster
339 books2,025 followersBestselling science fiction writer Alan Dean Foster was born in New York City in 1946, but raised mainly in California. He received a B.A. in Political Science from UCLA in 1968, and a M.F.A. in 1969. Foster lives in Arizona with his wife, but he enjoys traveling because it gives him opportunities to meet new people and explore new places and cultures. This interest is carried over to his writing, but with a twist: the new places encountered in his books are likely to be on another planet, and the people may belong to an alien race.
Foster began his career as an author when a letter he sent to Arkham Collection was purchased by the editor and published in the magazine in 1968. His first novel, The Tar-Aiym Krang, introduced the Humanx Commonwealth, a galactic alliance between humans and an insectlike race called Thranx. Several other novels, including the Icerigger trilogy, are also set in the world of the Commonwealth. The Tar-Aiym Krang also marked the first appearance of Flinx, a young man with paranormal abilities, who reappears in other books, including Orphan Star, For Love of Mother-Not, and Flinx in Flux.
Foster has also written The Damned series and the Spellsinger series, which includes The Hour of the Gate, The Moment of the Magician, The Paths of the Perambulator, and Son of Spellsinger, among others. Other books include novelizations of science fiction movies and television shows such as Star Trek, The Black Hole, Starman, Star Wars, and the Alien movies. Splinter of the Mind's Eye, a bestselling novel based on the Star Wars movies, received the Galaxy Award in 1979. The book Cyber Way won the Southwest Book Award for Fiction in 1990. His novel Our Lady of the Machine won him the UPC Award (Spain) in 1993. He also won the Ignotus Award (Spain) in 1994 and the Stannik Award (Russia) in 2000.
Foster began his career as an author when a letter he sent to Arkham Collection was purchased by the editor and published in the magazine in 1968. His first novel, The Tar-Aiym Krang, introduced the Humanx Commonwealth, a galactic alliance between humans and an insectlike race called Thranx. Several other novels, including the Icerigger trilogy, are also set in the world of the Commonwealth. The Tar-Aiym Krang also marked the first appearance of Flinx, a young man with paranormal abilities, who reappears in other books, including Orphan Star, For Love of Mother-Not, and Flinx in Flux.
Foster has also written The Damned series and the Spellsinger series, which includes The Hour of the Gate, The Moment of the Magician, The Paths of the Perambulator, and Son of Spellsinger, among others. Other books include novelizations of science fiction movies and television shows such as Star Trek, The Black Hole, Starman, Star Wars, and the Alien movies. Splinter of the Mind's Eye, a bestselling novel based on the Star Wars movies, received the Galaxy Award in 1979. The book Cyber Way won the Southwest Book Award for Fiction in 1990. His novel Our Lady of the Machine won him the UPC Award (Spain) in 1993. He also won the Ignotus Award (Spain) in 1994 and the Stannik Award (Russia) in 2000.
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November 11, 2017
This one seems to have had fewer twists and turns than the previous one but that's perfectly okay. Instead, we have the continuing quest to find out just where Flinx came from. His mother, having been found in the previous volume, only leads to a missing father. Just how messed up could *that* quest get?
Pretty messed up.
First of all, Flinx has an amazing talent for killing random people for good reasons at extremely unfortunate times. We could blame most of that on Pip, but Flinx is always putting himself in unwelcome positions. Enter assassins. Multi-world, organized, extremely powerful assassins. Add an idea where to find the mysterious personage who tried and failed to purchase the kid he was on the slave block, a weird-ass alien who is the main target for said assassins, and we've got a cool recipe for adventure. Again. I'm surprised it works as well as it does. Or maybe not. Maybe I should just trust ADF from now on. :)
So yeah, an ancient civilization or two, lots of ruins and a jungle, an armada of dangerous and deadly aliens, and a rogue black hole ravaging tons of systems. That also happens. And spoilers aside... Woah. Hell yeah. Woah. COOL, MAN. :)
So sure, we can call this YA but it's pretty awesome for us SF freaks, too. Good astrophysics, great backstory, lots of worldbuilding, and great characters and baseline story that tends to go nuts with even bigger things happening all around him. Can we blame Flinx?
No. Really, we can't. He just happens to have a preternatural talent for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. He has his own goals. They just happen to have AMAZING unintended consequences. Yay! ADVENTURE. :)
Pretty messed up.
First of all, Flinx has an amazing talent for killing random people for good reasons at extremely unfortunate times. We could blame most of that on Pip, but Flinx is always putting himself in unwelcome positions. Enter assassins. Multi-world, organized, extremely powerful assassins. Add an idea where to find the mysterious personage who tried and failed to purchase the kid he was on the slave block, a weird-ass alien who is the main target for said assassins, and we've got a cool recipe for adventure. Again. I'm surprised it works as well as it does. Or maybe not. Maybe I should just trust ADF from now on. :)
So yeah, an ancient civilization or two, lots of ruins and a jungle, an armada of dangerous and deadly aliens, and a rogue black hole ravaging tons of systems. That also happens. And spoilers aside... Woah. Hell yeah. Woah. COOL, MAN. :)
So sure, we can call this YA but it's pretty awesome for us SF freaks, too. Good astrophysics, great backstory, lots of worldbuilding, and great characters and baseline story that tends to go nuts with even bigger things happening all around him. Can we blame Flinx?
No. Really, we can't. He just happens to have a preternatural talent for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. He has his own goals. They just happen to have AMAZING unintended consequences. Yay! ADVENTURE. :)
January 19, 2016
It's very difficult to review this book without spoilers, as pivotal events and discoveries are made thick and fast. With this in mind, this review will be brief.
Suffice it to say that Flinx, having found his biological mother and discovered a half-sister he didn't know he had, is now searching for clues as to the identity of his biological father.
This search takes him to the home planet of his minidrag companion, Pip, which is really nice as we haven't visited this world before in this series. What he doesn't know (at first) is that he is being pursued by assassins... and other interested parties. Flinx also has no way of knowing that he's going to have to try to save two entire worlds from a rogue collapsar before he gets any answers. Shouldn't be too difficult, then.
The action never really lets up in this book; the pace never slows and there are at least three great plot twists along the way. Flinx makes new friends, one of whom in particular is very entertaining (although I can see how some people might find him annoying). Also, some familiar faces from previous volumes turn up, most unexpectedly, which had me grinning from ear to ear.
For those of you who are new to this series, I wouldn't recommend starting with this book. Foster is pretty good at the skilful, non-laboured recap, but I still think anyone trying to dive into the series here would be confused as to what's going on. For those of us who have read the previous volumes, though, this is a really strong entry in the series and is an extremely entertaining romp through the galaxy... with some astrophysics thrown in for good measure.
Suffice it to say that Flinx, having found his biological mother and discovered a half-sister he didn't know he had, is now searching for clues as to the identity of his biological father.
This search takes him to the home planet of his minidrag companion, Pip, which is really nice as we haven't visited this world before in this series. What he doesn't know (at first) is that he is being pursued by assassins... and other interested parties. Flinx also has no way of knowing that he's going to have to try to save two entire worlds from a rogue collapsar before he gets any answers. Shouldn't be too difficult, then.
The action never really lets up in this book; the pace never slows and there are at least three great plot twists along the way. Flinx makes new friends, one of whom in particular is very entertaining (although I can see how some people might find him annoying). Also, some familiar faces from previous volumes turn up, most unexpectedly, which had me grinning from ear to ear.
For those of you who are new to this series, I wouldn't recommend starting with this book. Foster is pretty good at the skilful, non-laboured recap, but I still think anyone trying to dive into the series here would be confused as to what's going on. For those of us who have read the previous volumes, though, this is a really strong entry in the series and is an extremely entertaining romp through the galaxy... with some astrophysics thrown in for good measure.
February 25, 2011
I liked this novel on so many levels. First was the appearance of Skua September. If you like this character, he reappears in Icerigger and its sequel Mission to Moulikin.
As people who have followed the story of Flinx, Flinx is a mutant, who was being hunted by a specific group of scientists who had modified his DNA in the womb. The scientists want a success story or want to dissect Flinx to see what works. He is also being hunted by the government who want to "fix" him. He discovered in Orphan Star, the prior novel in this initial trilogy, who his mother was and her fate. This novel is both about his hunt for his father and also a looming disaster in the galaxy.
At the beginning of this novel a robot drone flying through space comes across the death of a star caused by a collapser which is moving through space and is heading for Commonwealth space (the human-Thranx led space world of ADF). Three planets are in the path of this massive moving blackhole and within 100 years the suns of all three planets will be destroyed with the loss of countless lives and economic might.
Flinx finds clues that a man seen when he was purchased as a slave by Mother Mastiff, the woman who raised him -- (see For Love of Mother Not and The Tar-Aiym Krang for further info) had a mini-drag like Flinx. Shortly before he leaves to go to Alaspin, to see if he can learn clues to the man's identity, he sees a show where an odd alien of four multicolor legs and 4 arms in the shape of a pineapple with alternating bands of green and blue is entertaining people. Flinx's talent reveals that the Quarm are hunting the alien -- the Quarm are an Assassin clan with a nasty reputation. When Flinx mentions the clan, the animal trainer is so frightened that he gives the alien, named Ab, to Flinx to take care of.
It comes to pass that FLinx ends up killing a pair of Quarm seeking to kill Ab, and now besides the others seeking Flinx, he is also being sought by the QUarm.
Flinx travels to Alaspin and after another confrontation with the Quarm at a cool bar scene, he goes out in the jungle with some info about the man he seeks and accompanied by a prospector who knows of the man that Flink is seeking.
Alaspin is the home to a native alien race which has a mean streak and a habit of removing the eyes of any human stupid enough to be killed by one of their arrows or darts.
Flinx and his prospector colleague are attacked by the natives, and in the ensuing battle, FLinx is temporarily saved by the man he is seeking -- Skua September (see Icerigger and Mission to Moulikin for more of Septembers adventures and then a ferocious battle ensues and ultimately Flinx and September meet up with some colleagues of Flinx from the first book -- Bran Tse Mallory and a scientist Thranx.
Amazingly enough the odd alien that was with Flinx is important -- but you will need to read this good book to understand how both Flinx search for his parents is at an end and how the "matter" is also ended.
I found this book fun fun fun.
As people who have followed the story of Flinx, Flinx is a mutant, who was being hunted by a specific group of scientists who had modified his DNA in the womb. The scientists want a success story or want to dissect Flinx to see what works. He is also being hunted by the government who want to "fix" him. He discovered in Orphan Star, the prior novel in this initial trilogy, who his mother was and her fate. This novel is both about his hunt for his father and also a looming disaster in the galaxy.
At the beginning of this novel a robot drone flying through space comes across the death of a star caused by a collapser which is moving through space and is heading for Commonwealth space (the human-Thranx led space world of ADF). Three planets are in the path of this massive moving blackhole and within 100 years the suns of all three planets will be destroyed with the loss of countless lives and economic might.
Flinx finds clues that a man seen when he was purchased as a slave by Mother Mastiff, the woman who raised him -- (see For Love of Mother Not and The Tar-Aiym Krang for further info) had a mini-drag like Flinx. Shortly before he leaves to go to Alaspin, to see if he can learn clues to the man's identity, he sees a show where an odd alien of four multicolor legs and 4 arms in the shape of a pineapple with alternating bands of green and blue is entertaining people. Flinx's talent reveals that the Quarm are hunting the alien -- the Quarm are an Assassin clan with a nasty reputation. When Flinx mentions the clan, the animal trainer is so frightened that he gives the alien, named Ab, to Flinx to take care of.
It comes to pass that FLinx ends up killing a pair of Quarm seeking to kill Ab, and now besides the others seeking Flinx, he is also being sought by the QUarm.
Flinx travels to Alaspin and after another confrontation with the Quarm at a cool bar scene, he goes out in the jungle with some info about the man he seeks and accompanied by a prospector who knows of the man that Flink is seeking.
Alaspin is the home to a native alien race which has a mean streak and a habit of removing the eyes of any human stupid enough to be killed by one of their arrows or darts.
Flinx and his prospector colleague are attacked by the natives, and in the ensuing battle, FLinx is temporarily saved by the man he is seeking -- Skua September (see Icerigger and Mission to Moulikin for more of Septembers adventures and then a ferocious battle ensues and ultimately Flinx and September meet up with some colleagues of Flinx from the first book -- Bran Tse Mallory and a scientist Thranx.
Amazingly enough the odd alien that was with Flinx is important -- but you will need to read this good book to understand how both Flinx search for his parents is at an end and how the "matter" is also ended.
I found this book fun fun fun.
July 12, 2021
This is another excellent adventure with Pip and Flinx, with the added bonus of the participation of my other favorite Foster character, Skua September from Icerigger. Having solved the secret of the maternal side of his origin, Flinx's quest for his father takes him to Alaspin, Pip's home planet. They encounter fascinating aliens, lost civilizations, and have some very captivating adventures. The title is a little misleading because the series goes on for quite a few more volumes, but it is a pivotal point in Flinx's career, and a really fun book to boot.
November 5, 2024
The 4th in the series and my fav thus far. Really cool that Skua September from Icerigger shows up. A pretty good story and not as choppy as Orphan Star or Krang (sic). A cool Pip twist in the end put a smile on my face. The "science" behind the final didn't make a lot of sense...looking forward to the next installment.
May 4, 2017
Alan Dean Foster's "The End of the Matter (Adventures of Pip & Flinx Book 5)" slightly reverses the downward spiral of the previous books. The cringe-inducing, almost childish (not YA, but childish), elements of the previous book ("Orphan Star (Adventures of Pip & Flinx Book 4)" are mostly missing. What we're left with here is an adequate Young Adult book with some fairly big logic/plot problems. To wit:
- Much of the plot revolves around the behavior of a clan of Commonwealth-feared assassins. Unfortunately, this group is very badly done. First, they're all physically distinctive and wear the same clothes (essentially, a uniform). Yet, the government does nothing about them. Second, they're ridiculously incompetent: they perform assassinations in front of witnesses, they're as graceful and as subtle as a brick, and they leave collateral damage (i.e., innocent dead people) all over the place.
- Adding to the assassins' incompetence, they suffer huge damage at the hands of a couple of old guys. But, story-wise, that's not the worst part. The worst part is who those old guys are and their background. They shouldn't be able to do that.
- Also, these assassins (and the old guys) pop up where they could not possibly be.
- Then, Pip takes a while to recognize the old guys even though they played a pivotal role in one of the most important events in his life just a year or two ago (story time).
- And finally (in regard to the assassins), they just drop out of the story after a bit.
- As an example of some of the more minor issues, twice while being attacked, Flinx contemplates running back to a skimmer to escape. Yet, that skimmer is 2 days behind him (plus, they just abandon it without thought, later).
The rest of the problems with the book are mostly acceptable in a Young Adult book. So, in this case, I'm bringing my rating for this book up a star from what I rated the previous book: an OK 3 stars out of 5.
Note: as with the previous book, the Alan Dean Foster wiki page for this series lists this book as one earlier than what Amazon does. IOW, it lists it as book 4 in the series, while Amazon lists it as book 5.
- Much of the plot revolves around the behavior of a clan of Commonwealth-feared assassins. Unfortunately, this group is very badly done. First, they're all physically distinctive and wear the same clothes (essentially, a uniform). Yet, the government does nothing about them. Second, they're ridiculously incompetent: they perform assassinations in front of witnesses, they're as graceful and as subtle as a brick, and they leave collateral damage (i.e., innocent dead people) all over the place.
- Adding to the assassins' incompetence, they suffer huge damage at the hands of a couple of old guys. But, story-wise, that's not the worst part. The worst part is who those old guys are and their background. They shouldn't be able to do that.
- Also, these assassins (and the old guys) pop up where they could not possibly be.
- Then, Pip takes a while to recognize the old guys even though they played a pivotal role in one of the most important events in his life just a year or two ago (story time).
- And finally (in regard to the assassins), they just drop out of the story after a bit.
- As an example of some of the more minor issues, twice while being attacked, Flinx contemplates running back to a skimmer to escape. Yet, that skimmer is 2 days behind him (plus, they just abandon it without thought, later).
The rest of the problems with the book are mostly acceptable in a Young Adult book. So, in this case, I'm bringing my rating for this book up a star from what I rated the previous book: an OK 3 stars out of 5.
Note: as with the previous book, the Alan Dean Foster wiki page for this series lists this book as one earlier than what Amazon does. IOW, it lists it as book 4 in the series, while Amazon lists it as book 5.
July 17, 2009
This Audible Frontiers edition was charming and enjoyable. The narrator moves the story right along and manages to give all characters distinct voices. Take the plunge and join Audible if you haven't already. You'll be glad you did.
November 10, 2022
While I enjoy the characters ADF created, this one felt lacking for purpose, stretched out for effect (no real good reason to delay the personal plot line for the anticlimactic story plot- which it kept doing), and had an underwhelming main plot.
Mildly happy to read about Alaspinport, Pip having an interaction (play date), and more meager details about Flinx's upbring, but the offered backstory didn't light any fuses of further interest for me.
The black hole/white hole theoretical idea is notional at best, but why in this story?
And why build Flinx's story only to abandon it for this segway?
Does Flinx have any real powers or talent? One couldn't tell by this story. Heck, we all have some form of spidey-sense, whether we choose to use it or not.
New characters: Ab is an entertaining potential character addition, more so than Isili or September, but will they appear in future books? Would have liked to learn more about Pocomchi, Habib, and their mini-drags (alas not to be).
And what is with the Qwarm, assassins extraordinaire, but can be killed arbitrarily on every other age?! However, murder and mayhem through a forced intervention, and without remorse or consequence, doesn't seem coherent for this story arc either.
So beside the "Who are my folks?" plot through line, this story is just filler as just another sci-fi tale.
All I can say is... it was.
Thanks for reading.
Mildly happy to read about Alaspinport, Pip having an interaction (play date), and more meager details about Flinx's upbring, but the offered backstory didn't light any fuses of further interest for me.
The black hole/white hole theoretical idea is notional at best, but why in this story?
And why build Flinx's story only to abandon it for this segway?
Does Flinx have any real powers or talent? One couldn't tell by this story. Heck, we all have some form of spidey-sense, whether we choose to use it or not.
New characters: Ab is an entertaining potential character addition, more so than Isili or September, but will they appear in future books? Would have liked to learn more about Pocomchi, Habib, and their mini-drags (alas not to be).
And what is with the Qwarm, assassins extraordinaire, but can be killed arbitrarily on every other age?! However, murder and mayhem through a forced intervention, and without remorse or consequence, doesn't seem coherent for this story arc either.
So beside the "Who are my folks?" plot through line, this story is just filler as just another sci-fi tale.
All I can say is... it was.
Thanks for reading.
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October 23, 2025Accompanied by his faithful minidragon Pip and a most troublesome alien called Abalamahalamatandra - Ab for short - Flinx set out for Alaspin, the ruggedly primitive homeworld of his flying snake. There he hoped to find the giant man with the gold earring who somehow held the key to Flinx's mysterious past and to the strange powers he possessed. Chasing down his heritage was trouble enough, but Flinx didn't know what real trouble was until he realized that the Qwarm - a deadly assassin squad - were three steps behind him with a contract to kill. But the minidragon's homeworld did not offer safety and Flinx had a terrible time just staying alive ... a matter complicated to no mean degree by a collapsar already set on an unstoppable death course across the galaxy! BONUS AUDIO: Includes an exclusive introduction written and read by author Alan Dean Foster.
August 5, 2025
These books continue to be maddeningly frustrating. The concepts are there for an interesting universe and characters but the writing is atrociously bad. It's entirely stream-of-consciousness. Plot constantly goes on tangents and leaves holes. One dimensional characters appear out of nowhere, do nothing and then die to no effect. There is little cause and effect to the plot It's just a continuous "and then, and then, and then" like an excitable 5 year old trying to relate the plot of a movie they just saw. I keep reading these in the assumption that, with 15 books in the series, Foster must improve is writing at some point otherwise why did the publisher keep paying for more books?
July 2, 2020
A direct sequel to Orphan Star, and a similar adventure in many ways. Flinx is still determined to find out more about his parents. This time, he pursues a rumor about his father. During this adventure, he gains another alien companion, a comical-looking alien that is constantly spouting nonsense rhymes in a plethora of alien languages. Despite it's comical appearance, the alien is a target of a clan of notorious assassin, and also sought by influential aliens as a possible solution to an imminent galactic disaster. Good SF adventure.
January 1, 2021
Alan's straightforward and unpretentious writing style lets the storytelling shine. He does not waste the reader's time with irrelevant trivia or five dollar words. I haven't read his other works but now I am likely to.
My only complaints are: It fails the Bechdel test (most sci-fi does), and I'm pretty sure 75% of the words in the second half of the book are the tall man saying "feller me-lad."
My only complaints are: It fails the Bechdel test (most sci-fi does), and I'm pretty sure 75% of the words in the second half of the book are the tall man saying "feller me-lad."
May 8, 2022
Foster, Alan Dean. The End of the Matter. Pip and Flinx No. 4 (Chronological). Del Rey, 1977.
The End of the Matter should not be your first Pip and Flinx book. It is a close sequel to the two books that preceded it in the series. In it, Flinx gets to do some archeology and looks for a father, there are some primitive aliens to fight and an alien superweapon to deal with, and lucky Pip meets another minidragon. Plenty of unlikely plot devices in a rather dated style. 3.5 stars.
The End of the Matter should not be your first Pip and Flinx book. It is a close sequel to the two books that preceded it in the series. In it, Flinx gets to do some archeology and looks for a father, there are some primitive aliens to fight and an alien superweapon to deal with, and lucky Pip meets another minidragon. Plenty of unlikely plot devices in a rather dated style. 3.5 stars.
February 18, 2023
Book five and an easy but fun read.
A good read if you have been following the series. This is book 5 with pip & Flinx and was rather straight forward, not many surprises but fun all the same. Brought back past supporting characters and continued with the basic premise of the MC searching for his biological family. Not the best in the series but worth the time as it flows and keeps your interest.
A good read if you have been following the series. This is book 5 with pip & Flinx and was rather straight forward, not many surprises but fun all the same. Brought back past supporting characters and continued with the basic premise of the MC searching for his biological family. Not the best in the series but worth the time as it flows and keeps your interest.
April 24, 2024
what in the world did i read?
he’s genetically modified -
he is a teacher to a foreign race that no one knows about?
he used to be a slave?
he as a person dragon who actually turns out to have 5 babies?
he’s friends with a philosopher and a bug?
he’s being hunted by assassins?
AB WAS A KEY ALL ALONG?
a white hole and a rainbow star may never exist in my life time
the author of star wars, star trek, and alien?
Well they didn’t die
he’s genetically modified -
he is a teacher to a foreign race that no one knows about?
he used to be a slave?
he as a person dragon who actually turns out to have 5 babies?
he’s friends with a philosopher and a bug?
he’s being hunted by assassins?
AB WAS A KEY ALL ALONG?
a white hole and a rainbow star may never exist in my life time
the author of star wars, star trek, and alien?
Well they didn’t die
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July 23, 2024
I read all or most of the Pip & Flinx (as well as the Humanx series) as a kid/teen. I'm now listening to them on audiobooks and impressed how well they've held up. They may not pass the Bechdel test, but the few female characters at least aren't stupid, vapid secretaries, whores, or dead bodies like in a lot of fantasy/sci-fi from the 70s. And Flinx is still likable to my adult sensibilities and I still want a Pip.
October 15, 2024
The End of the Matter is a vast improvement over the previous books in this series. It's a really enjoyable - if simple - adventure book with vibrant settings, genuine emotion, and a pinch of misogyny. Yeah, considering how fun everything else is, I really wish Alan Dean Foster would learn how to write women.
Otherwise, however, I had a good time with this book, I enjoyed Alaspin, watching Flinx's struggles, and watching the world expand as the Tar-Aiym and the Krang become relevant again.
Otherwise, however, I had a good time with this book, I enjoyed Alaspin, watching Flinx's struggles, and watching the world expand as the Tar-Aiym and the Krang become relevant again.
March 26, 2017
Good story.
Not an quick, easy read as so many current novels are but very entertaining & interesting. I like Flinx & Pip very much. Eventually I will read all the novels in this series.
Not an quick, easy read as so many current novels are but very entertaining & interesting. I like Flinx & Pip very much. Eventually I will read all the novels in this series.
October 3, 2017
#5. Alapsin Mini dragons and more
Three Commonwealth planets are in danger of annihilation but Flinx is off tracking his Father. The clues lead him into trouble with the Assassin's guild. Of course the Aann show up as well.
Three Commonwealth planets are in danger of annihilation but Flinx is off tracking his Father. The clues lead him into trouble with the Assassin's guild. Of course the Aann show up as well.
March 23, 2021
Plenty of surprises and mostly good action, but the plot depends on multiple coincidences. More irritating was the habit of characters refusing to reveal information for no reason except to extend suspense.
July 16, 2021
Another fun Pip and Flinx adventure. ADF doesn't run out
of ideas on what ever new shenanigans Pip and Flinx are
up to.
Really enjoyed this story and it actually brings up more
information on Flinx's parentage, so the story continues :-)
of ideas on what ever new shenanigans Pip and Flinx are
up to.
Really enjoyed this story and it actually brings up more
information on Flinx's parentage, so the story continues :-)
December 23, 2022
End of the matter
The book was a good and enjoyable read. It has everything you want in a sci fi story. I like Fosters writing and his story telling. As usual, he puts together a very good book.
The book was a good and enjoyable read. It has everything you want in a sci fi story. I like Fosters writing and his story telling. As usual, he puts together a very good book.
September 14, 2023
I'd say of the four I've read, this is the best in the series, which isn't saying much. Flinx still doesn't have much of a personality or modus operandi but it finally clicked with me while reading this it's like Tin Tin in Space, if Snowy was a winged snake that shot flesh-eating acid.
July 20, 2024
I have so much fun reading this series. Such wonderful characters and a great imagination is displayed throughout. I still don't know why I hadn't read any of his books before this. I'm quite old and certainly was around when he first published. Alan Dean Foster is a treasure.
October 2, 2019
One of those series that has interesting plots. The ending was a little rushed
October 2, 2019
I still like this series very much, and the new characters brought into the series are already very likable, This was a Good Read.
June 15, 2020
I like this book. I think Alan D.F. does a really good job at inventing sci fi characters and situations. Ab is a very interesting character. Also, I like that Pip turns out to be female!
November 21, 2021
this ends a good arc with lots of exploration and showing different visions of the galaxy
December 24, 2021
-Gregory Kerkman
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