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Pip & Flinx #7
Mid-Flinx
born in controversy as the product of illegal genetic experiments. raised an orphan in the streets of Drallar on the planet Moth. the extraordinary young man with a rare flying snake for a companion, always the inadvertent center of danger and galactic intrigue. Now in his twenties, and owner of a remarkable interstellar spacecraft, he wanted nothing more than to sink into obscurity, posing as a tourist on the backwater worlds of the Commonwealth. But even here he could not escape the attention of a rich local bully who was determined to acquire the minidrag Pip for his personal zoo. Flinx wanted only to avoid trouble, but where Flinx and Pip went, trouble followed.
Flinx hoped to elude pursuit by fleeing randomly into uncharted space--seemingly the only place he would find the peace he craved. Instead, he made one of the most startling discoveries of his a verdant planet covered by an immense jungle, miles deep, hosting an incredible variety of plant and animal life, all of it unknown and all of it deadly. But stranger still, Flinx found humans living there, the descendants of a lost colony ship from the earliest days of human expansion into space. These people called their home Midworld, for the middle levels of the jungle treetops where they lived.
Flinx would need their help to survive in this wild and wonderful place, especially when his tenacious pursuers discovered his hiding place....
Flinx hoped to elude pursuit by fleeing randomly into uncharted space--seemingly the only place he would find the peace he craved. Instead, he made one of the most startling discoveries of his a verdant planet covered by an immense jungle, miles deep, hosting an incredible variety of plant and animal life, all of it unknown and all of it deadly. But stranger still, Flinx found humans living there, the descendants of a lost colony ship from the earliest days of human expansion into space. These people called their home Midworld, for the middle levels of the jungle treetops where they lived.
Flinx would need their help to survive in this wild and wonderful place, especially when his tenacious pursuers discovered his hiding place....
331 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1995
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Alan Dean Foster
498 books2,034 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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February 22, 2022
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. 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 super, secret, private starship Teacher to take him away somewhere safe, secluded, and unknown. He ends up on Midworld, and then things get really exciting. I won't provide any spoilers, but I have to say that I was really surprised a time or two. 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. 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. A couple of characters drop in and out rather abruptly, and the ending isn't so much of a conclusion as a resting point on the way to the nest step in the overall arc, but it's a fine, well-written adventure. (I was sure the cover was by Darrell K. Sweet but was surprised to see it's from Bob Eggleton.)
May 2, 2016
This is another great entry into the Humanx Commonwealth series. On his voyage of self-discovery, Flinx's path crosses that of an ultra-rich, corrupt businessman who wants to buy Flinx's beloved companion, Pip the mini-dragon. Flinx tells this jerk she's not for sale at any price... unfortunately, he won't take no for an answer and has the resources to chase our hero to the ends of the universe.
Foster makes a book that is essentially one long chase scene incredibly compelling and, above all, fun. That's what makes this series such a hit with me, to be honest; it's just so much fun! It's pretention-free, even when it has a deeper message to convey. The series is twenty eight books long (so far) but I can honestly say I've not felt bored once. Foster also comes up with lots of creative ways to kill his characters off... >evil grin<
Bring on the next volume!
Foster makes a book that is essentially one long chase scene incredibly compelling and, above all, fun. That's what makes this series such a hit with me, to be honest; it's just so much fun! It's pretention-free, even when it has a deeper message to convey. The series is twenty eight books long (so far) but I can honestly say I've not felt bored once. Foster also comes up with lots of creative ways to kill his characters off... >evil grin<
Bring on the next volume!
November 12, 2017
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.
Not really a searching-for-oneself thing, either. He just happens to be doing his own thing when jerks appear. You know the type. More money than sense. Deep rage and disrespect. A desire to put a minidrag in a zoo and look at this weak-looking kid here with one now kind of guy.
Fast 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.
Chase, chase, chase, horrible deaths, chase, interesting humanoid aliens, chase, love interest, chase, and eventually a few new surprises along the way.
Flinx sure as hell can get into some interesting fixes!
Aside 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. More than that, it's nothing much. BUT it's decent and fun and I sure as hell want to see what the big thing is. :)
Not really a searching-for-oneself thing, either. He just happens to be doing his own thing when jerks appear. You know the type. More money than sense. Deep rage and disrespect. A desire to put a minidrag in a zoo and look at this weak-looking kid here with one now kind of guy.
Fast 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.
Chase, chase, chase, horrible deaths, chase, interesting humanoid aliens, chase, love interest, chase, and eventually a few new surprises along the way.
Flinx sure as hell can get into some interesting fixes!
Aside 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. More than that, it's nothing much. BUT it's decent and fun and I sure as hell want to see what the big thing is. :)
September 23, 2019
I so enjoy this character, and with a plot based on Foster's Midworld - just gold.
April 26, 2012
Been reading through the Pip and Flinx series. All together the series is pretty decent, even if individual books aren't particularly amazing.
In this installation I was absolutely appalled. I am liking this series and am not setting my expectations very high.
*SPOILERS*
The entire books is "OMG don't touch anything! Everything is dangerous and will KILL YOU!"
5 seconds later someone touches something that looks pretty, but in reality is poisonous, sharp, caustic, explodes.
While the setting was interesting, it was repetitive in the extreme.
In this installation I was absolutely appalled. I am liking this series and am not setting my expectations very high.
*SPOILERS*
The entire books is "OMG don't touch anything! Everything is dangerous and will KILL YOU!"
5 seconds later someone touches something that looks pretty, but in reality is poisonous, sharp, caustic, explodes.
While the setting was interesting, it was repetitive in the extreme.
September 20, 2017
Book 7.
Pursued by a spoiled, rich, obsessed maniac who wants Pip. Flinx flees and discovers a unknown world. The ingenuity of Foster in creating diverse worlds, aliens and civilizations is especially on display in this novel. I do wish the novel's number was included on the cover. It would make reading order on kindle much easier.
Pursued by a spoiled, rich, obsessed maniac who wants Pip. Flinx flees and discovers a unknown world. The ingenuity of Foster in creating diverse worlds, aliens and civilizations is especially on display in this novel. I do wish the novel's number was included on the cover. It would make reading order on kindle much easier.
March 22, 2013
A nice fast read. I hadn't read the first four books first and I was able to pick this one up easily and get into the story.
August 5, 2019
Another enjoyable story with new and interesting dangers on a new world with lots of enemies following and defeated.
July 24, 2018
ADF mashes his best-selling original series (not to be confused with his many film adaptations), Pip and Flinx, to his best stand-alone novel, Midworld. Midworld remains a marvel of creative biological world building, and this professional biologist loves it. But I recognize that it has limitations in character development and interaction. That shortcoming restricted my review of the original Midworld to four stars, though it remains an SF high point in biology and ecosystems.
This novel dosn't rise to that level. The plot seems implausible, mainly existing to get Flinx to Midworld and wonder around to encounter interesting critters in the world-girdling, kilometer high forest that is Midworld. Bad guys chase him and die in interesting ways: if you have the universe's most riotous ecosystem, you'll also get good ways for plants and animals to terminate intelligent visitors. Hey, ADF can really do aliens, critters and plants. More bad guys, with wild implausibility, also show up and similarly encounter inimical flora and fauna. There's a bland love interest.
So, to summarize, ADF needed Flinx on Midworld because Midworld is cool and Flinx sells well. Hinjinx needed to ensure, so it does. ADF is a solid writer with a great biological vocabulary, so it's not too dull. But I finished with a sense of disappointment. Entertained but not fulfilled. That's a 3 star book to me!
And my favorite (and probably only) conspiracy theory: ADF is so good at aliens, world, ecosystems etc. that I've always suspected he was paid a handsome fee so create the original Star Wars worlds and populate them (and their cantinas) with interesting species. Is it a coincidence that he novelized the original Star Wars movie? So my theory: George Lucas paid ADF to paste Lucas' space opera script into worlds of ADF's imagining. Because ADF had already created a desert planet (later Tatooine), a forest planet (later Dagobah), and ice planet (later Hoth). You get the idea. The dialog and the style of the first Star Wars trilogy map pretty well onto ADF's style.
This novel dosn't rise to that level. The plot seems implausible, mainly existing to get Flinx to Midworld and wonder around to encounter interesting critters in the world-girdling, kilometer high forest that is Midworld. Bad guys chase him and die in interesting ways: if you have the universe's most riotous ecosystem, you'll also get good ways for plants and animals to terminate intelligent visitors. Hey, ADF can really do aliens, critters and plants. More bad guys, with wild implausibility, also show up and similarly encounter inimical flora and fauna. There's a bland love interest.
So, to summarize, ADF needed Flinx on Midworld because Midworld is cool and Flinx sells well. Hinjinx needed to ensure, so it does. ADF is a solid writer with a great biological vocabulary, so it's not too dull. But I finished with a sense of disappointment. Entertained but not fulfilled. That's a 3 star book to me!
And my favorite (and probably only) conspiracy theory: ADF is so good at aliens, world, ecosystems etc. that I've always suspected he was paid a handsome fee so create the original Star Wars worlds and populate them (and their cantinas) with interesting species. Is it a coincidence that he novelized the original Star Wars movie? So my theory: George Lucas paid ADF to paste Lucas' space opera script into worlds of ADF's imagining. Because ADF had already created a desert planet (later Tatooine), a forest planet (later Dagobah), and ice planet (later Hoth). You get the idea. The dialog and the style of the first Star Wars trilogy map pretty well onto ADF's style.
October 19, 2022
Another fun romp with Pip and Flinx. This time our hero is forced to leave the planet he was on by a maniacal animal collector hoping to add Pip to his private zoo. Flinx tells the ship to fly to the nearest planet, and he ends up on Midworld, which is like one massive green jungle, full of life, much of which just wants to eat whatever or whoever comes near it. The plants and fungi, though they look harmless, are often as pernicious as the huge creatures that live there.
A zoologist and botanist's dream. Or nightmare.
A zoologist and botanist's dream. Or nightmare.
July 20, 2023
I stumbled upon Alan Dean Foster several years back when I read his Fantasy novel, The Carnivores of Light and Darkness, and was impressed. Foster is quite prolific, having penned over 100 books and seems to be most well known for his several film adapations. Mid-Flinx is part of his Commonwealth series and was a fun read - interesting blend of hard science with an eco-friendly message and page-turner, more templated and plot-driven storyline. Definitely seems like a series you can enter into at any point so would highly recommend for anyone who likes SciFi.
May 19, 2022
Foster, Alan Dean. Mid-Flinx. 1995. Pip and Flinx No. 6 (Chronological). Gateway, 2013.
Mid-Flinx begins when a bad guy wants to buy Pip. Flinx runs. The bad guy gives chase. Flinx crash lands on a world with a sentient forest, human-alien symbiotes, and some hostile An. The forest is by far the best of these elements. The planet’s ecosystem is unique and well-designed. The jungle-survival story is gripping. Alan Dean Foster can build a world when he puts his mind to it. 4 stars.
Mid-Flinx begins when a bad guy wants to buy Pip. Flinx runs. The bad guy gives chase. Flinx crash lands on a world with a sentient forest, human-alien symbiotes, and some hostile An. The forest is by far the best of these elements. The planet’s ecosystem is unique and well-designed. The jungle-survival story is gripping. Alan Dean Foster can build a world when he puts his mind to it. 4 stars.
January 25, 2018
The next (7th) Pip and Flinx installment finds the pair on Mid world (sort of a sequel to Foster's Mid world novel which is also a good read). Good adventure with Flinx learning more about a coming nasty event and his possible part in stopping it; as well as trying to avoid the notice of the authorities. Solid series from an excellent author. Check it out.
March 31, 2021
Alan Dean Foster really created a true jewel of a universe, filled with characters for whom you care deeply, and worlds which are rich and detailed. They are a joy to discover, and will be read multiple times.
March 5, 2025
My goodness what a marvelous imagination Mr Foster has. There are wonderful creatures and flora dreamed up, noted on one page and then never again. The book is full of such beautiful beings. Add to that the story moves at a fast pace; I couldn't put the book down. So glad I started this series.
August 25, 2025
After a bit of a break from this series, I returned to it with Mid-Flinx. It's fine, if a little underwhelming. While it introduces what seems will be a big plot point with Flinx's vision, the book overall tends to go pretty slowly and not really feel like it has any real purpose.
September 12, 2017
Excellent romp
October 4, 2019
I love the Way that Foster can effortlessly take you to another world and you learn in just a few chapters the rules of life and death in this new world. This was a Good Read
July 7, 2020
Another great read.
June 26, 2021
Very entertaining and original. The ending was ok. Left a lot of speculation for the future.
January 13, 2023
Mid Flinx
A very good read from start to finish. It keeps you glued to the story. There are so many twists and turns, you really don't know what to expect from page to chapter.
A very good read from start to finish. It keeps you glued to the story. There are so many twists and turns, you really don't know what to expect from page to chapter.
April 2, 2024
As always a gripping tale with amazing characters.
December 19, 2025
(annoying that this is the ONE Pip & Philip Lynx book not on Kindle...had to buy a grubby used paperback).
My biggest thought: Why no insects on Midworld? In a world where evolution and survival of the fittest is King, you'd think insects would play a part. My only guess is that ADF skipped over bugs because they'd be too dominate in the story. If the insect world evolved like flora and fauna...it'd be unmanageable and would interfere with the plot (it'd be center stage).
Anyway...
Outside of Tran-ky-ky, Midworld is ADF's "best" world in my expert opinion.
Had he created a trilogy like Icerigger on this planet, I'm sure it would rival the Ice World.
Makes sense he'd steer Pip and Flinx to the Jungle Planet for an adventure.
The plot here is pretty light - a rich bad guy on planet Samstead has a beef w/Flinx over buying Pip and follows him all the way to Midworld, where Flinx randomly Space-Plused to on Teacher.
The motivation - psycho who can't accept defeat - is pretty thin & having him and his goons fly to the farthest reach of the Commonwealth just to harass Flinx is - lame. Even ADF sorta acknowledges this by framing the antag's obsession as "unreasonable.."
The real treat is ADFs World Building. Midworld is just has dangerous here has it was for the first novel (#1 in the Humanx Series). I was excited to jump back in and ADF doesn't disappoint in that regard. Flinx runs into Mom & her 2 kids, who are lost from their Home Tree. The humans and three furcots - who aren't as sleepy this time around - begin wandering to a metallic signal Flinx has picked up. It's clear that this would be the failed illegal Commonwealth Outpost from book #1.
The AAnn show up, but there arrival seemed like just page filler to me as does a senior Thranx towards the end. Once again, there is mention of the dark, evil space...but nothing in that sub-plot is moved forward & it's my least favorite part of the both series.
Had the plot been a bit more "believable," I think I would have scored this a 4.5. All in, glad to revisit Midworld one last time & look forward the rest of the series.
My biggest thought: Why no insects on Midworld? In a world where evolution and survival of the fittest is King, you'd think insects would play a part. My only guess is that ADF skipped over bugs because they'd be too dominate in the story. If the insect world evolved like flora and fauna...it'd be unmanageable and would interfere with the plot (it'd be center stage).
Anyway...
Outside of Tran-ky-ky, Midworld is ADF's "best" world in my expert opinion.
Had he created a trilogy like Icerigger on this planet, I'm sure it would rival the Ice World.
Makes sense he'd steer Pip and Flinx to the Jungle Planet for an adventure.
The plot here is pretty light - a rich bad guy on planet Samstead has a beef w/Flinx over buying Pip and follows him all the way to Midworld, where Flinx randomly Space-Plused to on Teacher.
The motivation - psycho who can't accept defeat - is pretty thin & having him and his goons fly to the farthest reach of the Commonwealth just to harass Flinx is - lame. Even ADF sorta acknowledges this by framing the antag's obsession as "unreasonable.."
The real treat is ADFs World Building. Midworld is just has dangerous here has it was for the first novel (#1 in the Humanx Series). I was excited to jump back in and ADF doesn't disappoint in that regard. Flinx runs into Mom & her 2 kids, who are lost from their Home Tree. The humans and three furcots - who aren't as sleepy this time around - begin wandering to a metallic signal Flinx has picked up. It's clear that this would be the failed illegal Commonwealth Outpost from book #1.
The AAnn show up, but there arrival seemed like just page filler to me as does a senior Thranx towards the end. Once again, there is mention of the dark, evil space...but nothing in that sub-plot is moved forward & it's my least favorite part of the both series.
Had the plot been a bit more "believable," I think I would have scored this a 4.5. All in, glad to revisit Midworld one last time & look forward the rest of the series.
September 12, 2012
It's been a long time since I used to say Foster was my favorite author, and there's no doubt my tastes have changed since then. But because Midworld was one of his best and I remember liking the Pip & Flinx series too, I decided to pick up this one that combines the two - somehow I never read it in my younger days. So... it was okay. I'm giving it three stars on the general principle of once having been a big fan. The story was fine, with the Midworld-specific aspects being pretty much a rehashing of what was presented in Midworld, while the Flinx aspects were clearly just making some minor steps forward in his larger story. Maybe my standards are higher these days, but the writing seemed just a bit lazy to me this time around - just little things like the use of occasional contemporary expressions instead of futuristic ones that might have fit better, and some repetition - I definitely got tired of hearing the Midworld natives call the offworlders stupid for not magically having an in-depth knowledge of all the flora and fauna on a planet they've never visited before. Anyway, I wasn't thrilled, but it was enjoyable enough.
April 20, 2013
While I agree with other reviewers that the antagonists in this story are rather stupid, this isn't so far removed from real life if you read the headlines. Besides, if you read these books for tight plotting I think you are missing the point. I read them for the fantastic world building experience and for immersion into an archetypal star faring civilization that surely needs to exist somewhere. When I want plots I'll visit a cemetery.
I'd say this is a fairly good Flinx and Pip adventure. Not the best, but still highly enjoyable. 3.5 stars, rounded up to 4. What I find interesting is that there isn't exactly a major climax to the story, at least not as one would expect, but instead we are treated to a series of ups and downs with a slow crescendo toward resolution. I don't know if that was intentional, but it kept me interested in either event. The vague references to some nebulous evil out in the galaxy that Flinx must tackle someday is a good ominous foreshadowing, and it does its job of pulling me on to the next installments.
I'd say this is a fairly good Flinx and Pip adventure. Not the best, but still highly enjoyable. 3.5 stars, rounded up to 4. What I find interesting is that there isn't exactly a major climax to the story, at least not as one would expect, but instead we are treated to a series of ups and downs with a slow crescendo toward resolution. I don't know if that was intentional, but it kept me interested in either event. The vague references to some nebulous evil out in the galaxy that Flinx must tackle someday is a good ominous foreshadowing, and it does its job of pulling me on to the next installments.
June 24, 2016
This is one of my favorite installments in this series. Flinx is really feeling tired and wants some peace for a while. He's in a provincial city on a quiet world when he draws the attention of an overly powerful local. Things develop from there (quickly getting out of hand despite Flinx's efforts to the contrary) and he takes off and finds himself on a world that has been charted and forgotten.
I don't think I ever read Midworld, but it is a very inventive place. The range of lifeforms, beauty, and freaky ways to die see, to be endless. At the same time, Flinx makes new friends and starts to learn about the world, and how he can't turn his back on the universe just yet. By the end, he has managed to survive multiple life threatening situations, establish himself with new friends, and create a new connection to the Church.
I don't think I ever read Midworld, but it is a very inventive place. The range of lifeforms, beauty, and freaky ways to die see, to be endless. At the same time, Flinx makes new friends and starts to learn about the world, and how he can't turn his back on the universe just yet. By the end, he has managed to survive multiple life threatening situations, establish himself with new friends, and create a new connection to the Church.
January 15, 2016
Mid-Flinx is a nice middle book, though I didn't like it as well as some of the others. It's not that the books itself is bad -Foster is a genius on creating unique worlds and species- it's just that this particular adventure wasn't my favorite.
Midworld sounds like a beautiful and dangerous place, and the new flora and fauna introduced are interesting and colorful, and makes me want to have a furcot of my very own. I do like Foster's use of a sentient jungle and animals because it makes you think twice about how we view nature. There is still so much left unexplored here on Earth, and this book makes me want to go for a walk in the woods.
All in all I'm glad I read it because I'm a fan of Foster and his work, and this title is by no means one to skip over. I enjoyed it and will continue to read the series to it's end.
Midworld sounds like a beautiful and dangerous place, and the new flora and fauna introduced are interesting and colorful, and makes me want to have a furcot of my very own. I do like Foster's use of a sentient jungle and animals because it makes you think twice about how we view nature. There is still so much left unexplored here on Earth, and this book makes me want to go for a walk in the woods.
All in all I'm glad I read it because I'm a fan of Foster and his work, and this title is by no means one to skip over. I enjoyed it and will continue to read the series to it's end.
October 5, 2014
I don't think this book advanced Flinx's story at all, however, this is my favorite so far simply because I love this type of story. Pip & Flinx are being chased by a squad of assassins through a killer jungle. Flinx finds a native to help keep him safe, while the assassins get picked off one at a time by the killer jungle.
I wanted for Flinx to develop and use his psionic talents. The series is now something like 13 books and his mental talents are still unreliable and pretty much useless; this was a very, very, very big disappointment to me for the series as a whole.
I wanted for Flinx to develop and use his psionic talents. The series is now something like 13 books and his mental talents are still unreliable and pretty much useless; this was a very, very, very big disappointment to me for the series as a whole.
August 19, 2012
My favorite of the Pip and Flinx series.
Foster is a master of creating alien life and ecologies, and Midworld is
his masterpiece. Pip and Flinx find themselves on this unusual world while
being tracked by bounty hunters. The world is a giant forest, both
beautiful and deadly. Humans also live there, but they have integrated
themselves into the structure of the world and live in harmony with it. In
the end Flinx comes out of it with a powerful new ally, a living world,
which can see the threat looming to Humanx space.
Foster is a master of creating alien life and ecologies, and Midworld is
his masterpiece. Pip and Flinx find themselves on this unusual world while
being tracked by bounty hunters. The world is a giant forest, both
beautiful and deadly. Humans also live there, but they have integrated
themselves into the structure of the world and live in harmony with it. In
the end Flinx comes out of it with a powerful new ally, a living world,
which can see the threat looming to Humanx space.
September 1, 2021
A number of reviewers here seem to miss something quite entirely, or to just decide not to mention it, which though not terribly important, I should just note because, well, because.
Mid-Flinx is so titled because it's something of a crossover (or- something?? sorry...): Flinx encounters the author's own Mid-World (earlier novel.) (IIRC.)
(I forget offhand when I read this, but will fill in the information if I can work it out :) I may have just browsed it at the library at some point and finished it then and there, in which case, good luck to me on that I guess.)
Mid-Flinx is so titled because it's something of a crossover (or- something?? sorry...): Flinx encounters the author's own Mid-World (earlier novel.) (IIRC.)
(I forget offhand when I read this, but will fill in the information if I can work it out :) I may have just browsed it at the library at some point and finished it then and there, in which case, good luck to me on that I guess.)
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
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