Mid-Flinx
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| Author | Alan Dean Foster |
|---|---|
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Del Rey Books |
| Released | 1995 |
| Media Type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 352 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-345-40644-3 |
| 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.
[edit] Commentary
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 world-wide 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.
| Foster's Humanx Commonwealth Novels |
|---|
| Stand Alone Novels |
| Cachalot | Drowning World | The Howling Stones | Midworld | Nor Crystal Tears | Sentenced to Prism | Voyage to the City of the Dead |
| 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 |
| Founding of the Commonwealth |
| Phylogenesis | Dirge | Diurnity's Dawn |
| The Icerigger Trilogy |
| Icerigger | Mission to Moulokin | The Deluge Drivers |
