Mid-Flinx
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Mid-Flinx is a science fiction
novel
written by Alan Dean Foster
. The book is the sixth chronologically in the Pip and Flinx series.
The saga of Flinx
and his minidrag Pip continue in this novel where Flinx, fleeing from an unscrupulous businessman who wants to purchase Pip, finds himself on the semi-sentient Midworld––a jungle-like planet full of beautiful and deadly flora and fauna.
, but does show Foster’s love of travel to the tropical portions of our world. Midworld is essentially a worldwide jungle that is many more times deadly than our own. His stance on environmentalism comes through in how most of the villains are defeated not so much by Flinx's skills or cleverness, but by their lack of respect for the world itself. The events aren’t so much important in and of themselves but seek to expand on Flinx’s talents and set up the next book in the series.
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written by Alan Dean Foster
Alan Dean Foster
Alan Dean Foster is an American author of fantasy and science fiction. He currently resides in Prescott, Arizona, with his wife, and is also known for his novelizations of film scripts...
. The book is the sixth chronologically in the Pip and Flinx series.
The saga of Flinx
Flinx
Philip Lynx is a fictional character, an adventurous young man with unusual qualities in a series of books set in the "Humanx Commonwealth", written by Alan Dean Foster and published by Del Rey Books.-Character biography:...
and his minidrag Pip continue in this novel where Flinx, fleeing from an unscrupulous businessman who wants to purchase Pip, finds himself on the semi-sentient Midworld––a jungle-like planet full of beautiful and deadly flora and fauna.
Plot introduction
This novel does little to expand on Flinx’s much hinted at upcoming importance in fighting a great evil approaching the Humanx CommonwealthHumanx Commonwealth
The Humanx Commonwealth is a fictional interstellar ethical/political entity featured in the science fiction novels of Alan Dean Foster. The Commonwealth takes its name from its two major sapient species, who jointly inhabit Commonwealth planets and administer both the political and...
, but does show Foster’s love of travel to the tropical portions of our world. Midworld is essentially a worldwide jungle that is many more times deadly than our own. His stance on environmentalism comes through in how most of the villains are defeated not so much by Flinx's skills or cleverness, but by their lack of respect for the world itself. The events aren’t so much important in and of themselves but seek to expand on Flinx’s talents and set up the next book in the series.