The Tar-Aiym Krang
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The Tar-Aiym Krang is a science fiction
novel
written by Alan Dean Foster
. It is Foster’s first published novel and started both his Humanx Commonwealth
universe and his two most popular recurring characters, Pip and Philip Lynx ("Flinx")
. The book is second chronologically in the Pip and Flinx series.
The story follows Flinx, an orphan and a thief, as he steals a starmap
from a dead body, that leads to a strange alien artifact on an abandoned world. This simple, chance adventure is the beginning of Flinx’s quest to discover the identities of his parents and the source of his strange mental abilities.
Science fiction
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novel
Novel
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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...
. It is Foster’s first published novel and started both his Humanx Commonwealth
Humanx 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...
universe and his two most popular recurring characters, Pip and Philip Lynx ("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:...
. The book is second chronologically in the Pip and Flinx series.
The story follows Flinx, an orphan and a thief, as he steals a starmap
Star chart
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from a dead body, that leads to a strange alien artifact on an abandoned world. This simple, chance adventure is the beginning of Flinx’s quest to discover the identities of his parents and the source of his strange mental abilities.
In popular culture
- The members of Pink and BrownPink and BrownPink and Brown were a noise rock/punk rock band from San Francisco, California, formed in 1997 when the members moved west from their old home of Providence, RI. The band consisted of two members: Pink and Brown . Pink played guitar and sang while Brown played drums...
and Brian GibsonBrian Gibson (musician)Brian Gibson is a musician and artist based out of Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Gibson is best known as the bassist for the band Lightning Bolt, alongside drummer and vocalist Brian Chippendale, and as the drummer of Wizardzz, with Rich Porter of Bug Sized Mind, and Megasus. Gibson...
of Lightning Bolt formed a side project called Tar-Aiym Krang.