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Mid-Flinx Author(s) Alan Dean Foster Cover artist Bob Eggleton Country United States Language English Genre(s) Science fiction novel Publisher Del Rey Books Publication date 1995 Media type Print (Paperback) Pages 352 pp ISBN 0-345-40644-3 OCLC Number 35827933 Preceded by Flinx in Flux Followed by Reunion Mid-Flinx (1995) 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.
Plot introduction
This novel does little to expand on Flinx’s much hinted at upcoming importance in fighting a great evil approaching the Humanx Commonwealth, 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.
External links
- Mid-Flinx publication history at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Alan Dean Foster homepage
Foster's Humanx Commonwealth novels Stand alone novels Pip and Flinx For Love of Mother-Not · The Tar-Aiym Krang · Orphan Star · The End of the Matter · Flinx in Flux · Mid-Flinx · Reunion · Flinx's Folly · Sliding Scales · Running from the Deity · Bloodhype · Trouble Magnet · Patrimony · Flinx TranscendentFounding of the Commonwealth The Icerigger Trilogy The Humanx Commonwealth Races Planets Characters Other List Categories:- 1995 novels
- 1990s science fiction novels
- American science fiction novels
- Humanx Commonwealth
- Novels by Alan Dean Foster
- Sequel novels
- 1990s science fiction novel stubs
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