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what's this? A Justin Bieber clone in coveralls? And isn’t Flinx, like, 17 years old? This kid looks about 11. Replaced by blurry monochromatic photos of. Gone are the magnificent covers illustrated by the likes of Michael Whelan and Bob Eggleton. Also - where's Pip? Presumably they were unable to locate a flying snake for the studio sessions? It's ATROCIOUS to say the l I can’t believe the rubbish job Del Rey (Ballantine) has done on the current reprints of the well beloved Pip & Flinx novels. I can’t believe the rubbish job Del Rey (Ballantine) has done on the current reprints of the well beloved Pip & Flinx novels. I can see why the author was chosen to pick up most of the official novelizations for Star Wars. It has aged very well and I don't see any issues for enjoying it in any foreseeable future. This is a pure adventure and it is what it is. (So you don't feel bad when they get ripped to shreds) :) It helps when we get spaceships and space battles, intrigue, planetary mysteries and ancient dead civilizations, and baddies who you *know* are bad. But as light fun with a kid with a mysteriously powerful and/or unknown level of empathic telepathy, flexible moral compass in some circumstances but not in the ways that are really important, or simply. Is it a hardcore SF novel ranking up with the most ambitious and best of the genre? No.

Alan dean foster pip and flinx order full#

In fact, as a straight adventure, it's speedy.Īs a science fiction full of interesting worlds and even more interesting alien species, it rocks. I like this one better than book 5, easily. It's the entry novel into the universe and I can see immediately how Alan Dean Foster hoisted himself into the SF field with such gusto and why it was popular enough to support fifteen novels. What's most fascinating is how polished and fascinating and fast this tale is compared to the other one I had just read.

Alan dean foster pip and flinx order how to#

I'm just reading them chronologically, so Flinx is only 17 here and he sure knows how to get into trouble!

Alan dean foster pip and flinx order series#

It's the entry novel into the universe and I can see immediately how Alan Dean Foster hoisted himself into the SF field with such gusto and wh My second Pip and Flinx novel was the first written in the series but it takes place right after book five. I'm just reading them chronologically, so Flinx is only 17 here and he sure knows how to get into trouble! What's most fascinating is how polished and fascinating and fast this tale is compared to the other one I had just read. My second Pip and Flinx novel was the first written in the series but it takes place right after book five. He should have wondered why the body was dead in the first place.more In fact, it hardly seemed dishonest at all to steal a starmap from a dead body that didn't really need it anymore. With his odd talents, the pickings were easy enough so that Flinx did not have to be dishonest. The planet attracted unwary travelers, hardened space-sailors, and merchant buccaneers - a teeming, constantly shifting horde that provided a comfortable income for certain quick-witted fellows like Flinx and his pet flying snake Pip. Here was a wide-open world for any venture a man might scheme. The planet attracted unwary travelers, hardened space-sailors, and merchant buccaneers - a teeming, constantly shifting horde that provided a comfortable income for certain quick-witted fellows like Fli Moth was a beautiful planet, the only one with wings - two great golden clouds suspended in space around it. Moth was a beautiful planet, the only one with wings - two great golden clouds suspended in space around it.