Midworld
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| Author | Alan Dean Foster |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Del Rey Books |
| Released | 1975 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-345-35011-1 |
| Followed by | Mid-Flinx |
Midworld (1975) is a science fiction novel written by Alan Dean Foster.
[edit] Plot
Midworld is a planet entirely covered by a rain forest thousands of feet tall. Born is a member of the primitive society that has lived peacefully on Midworld for hundreds of years, they keep the careful natural balance of the jungle so that all may live. The world is disrupted by the arrival of the aliens who know nothing of the delicate stability of the planet and Born helps them by leading them safely through Upper and Lower Hell. Eventually Born realizes that he has made a grave error in assisting the aliens who have plans for Midworld that will completely kill the jungle and Born’s people.
[edit] External links
- Midworld publication history at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Alan Dean Foster homepage
| Foster's Humanx Commonwealth Novels |
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| Stand Alone Novels |
| Midworld | Cachalot | Nor Crystal Tears | Voyage to the City of the Dead | Sentenced to Prism | The Howling Stones | Drowning World |
| Pip and Flinx |
| For Love of Mother-Not | The Tar-Aiym Krang | Orphan Star | The End of the Matter | Flinx in Flux | Bloodhype | Mid-Flinx | Reunion | Flinx's Folly | Sliding Scales | Running from the Deity | Trouble Magnet | Patrimony |
| Founding of the Commonwealth |
| Phylogenesis | Dirge | Diuturnity's Dawn |
| The Icerigger Trilogy |
| Icerigger | Mission to Moulokin | The Deluge Drivers |
