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Chargement... For Love of Mother-Not (Adventures of Pip and Flinx) (édition 1987)par Alan Dean Foster
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Foster, Alan Dean. For Love of Mother—Not. 1983. Pip and Flinx No. 1 (Chronological). Gateway, 2013. Alan Dean Foster is the defining example of a journeyman science fiction author. He writes in several subgenres and seems just as happy writing novelizations of Star Trek, Star Wars and Terminator movies as he is creating his own expansive far future worlds. The reading order for Foster’s novels can be problematic. For Love of Mother—Not (sometimes listed with the dash, sometimes not) is the 10th novel set in the Commonwealth universe, the 5th Pip and Flinx novel published, and the first in the Pip and Flinx chronology. It tells us of Flinx’s first encounter with his Alapisian miniature dragon, Pip, as well as his growing awareness of his own paranormal abilities. It also introduces us to the formidable woman who takes him in, his not-mother, known as Mother Mastiff. The series, which has always reminded me of an expanded version of Robert Heinlein’s Citizen of the Galaxy, is one of the most readable space adventures in the history of the genre. It is as good a place as any to dip your toes into Foster’s work. 4 stars. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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From bestselling author Alan Dean Foster, an exciting early Pip and Flinx novel that shows the origins of a certain boy with special powers--and the mini-dragon that becomes his devoted sidekick. . . . Flinx was just a freckle-faced, redheaded kid with green eyes and a strangely compelling stare when Mather Mastiff first saw him an the auctioneer's block. One hundred credits and he was hers. For years the old woman was his only family. She loved him, fed him, taught him everything she knew--even let him keep the deadly flying dragon he called Pip. But when Mother Mastiff mysteriously disappears, Flinx tails her kidnappers on a dangerous journey. Across the forests and swamps of the winged world called Moth, their only weapons are Pip's venom . . . and Flinx's unusual talent. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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We are introduced to Flinx through the eyes of his adoptive mother, who purchases him at a pseudo-slave auction on the planet of Moth. I immediately warmed to the setting - the unusual way this society handles "welfare" piqued my interest. The planet is interesting, it seems to have proper geology and culture and ecosystems. Although I have to wonder if the freaking enormous fish are realistic.
Flinx ends up pursuing his mother's kidnappers over a long distance, and I did find that his good luck leaned on my suspension of disbelief a little bit. Also, Lauren's decision to help Flinx instead of stay mad at him for all the trouble seems a bit inexplicable, unless Flinx's mysterious talents helped with it.
Definitely intrigued to read more and find out exactly how far Flinx's talents extend. Pip is cool, but concerns me a little because he is so overpowered, basically a slithering deus ex machina. And was his meeting with Flinx the completely random coincidence that it seems to be here? ( )