Orphan Star

By Alan Dean Foster

Book Overview

One man in the Universe holds the key to the mystery of Flinx's past-and that man is trying to kill him! It is a strange childhood for a kid, to be adopted by the restless Mother Mastiff and raised in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345324498
• Release Date: April 1985
• Publisher: Del Rey
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.7" x 0.7" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

Orphan Star is a worthly sequel to The Tar-Aiym Krang

Orhan Star is the sequel to The Tar-Aiym Krang. We find Flinx, no longer a poor orphan, chasing a merchant to Hivehom and Terra in search of information about his parentage. His chase leads him to Ulru-Ujurr, a planet under Edict from the United Church, ostentisbly because it contains a highly intelligent telepathic race. There, with some typical Foster excitement, a battle is fought and won. Orphan Star is a little slow in the middle, but the exciting and illuminating ending makes up for it. Foster's new aliens are very interesting and would make a good study for a novel on their own.

This book has 2 things going for it...

1) Alan Dean Foster is the author. 2) Flinx and Pip, need I say more? anyway, this is another great book in the Flinx and Pip series. I recommend this book to all. I can't really give a synapsis, it's been too long since I've read it (I'm gonna buy a copy because I borrowed it from the library, and want my own copy). This entire series is probably one of my favorite series. Read it in order though... (For Love of Mother Not, The Tar-Aiym Krang, Orphan Star, The End of the Matter, Flinx in Flux, Bloodhype (flinx only plays a small part in this story), Mid-Flinx

Flinx is on the move again!

Flinx is on the move again when he risks all to chase his past to a forbidden planet! He finds more clues to his past, and at the same time when things are at their darkest, finds friends who can appreciate his special talents! Of all this Flinx tales, I liked this one for its high-risk adventure! It was a lot of fun!

Flinx running for his life, finally finding his past.

People is going crazy and destroying important and strategic places. Flinx lives a simple life until he's chased to operate with his mental powers the toy of a powerful man and, after scaping, goes to the border of the galaxy just to find a plot who would change history, a lie of the church, and his own past... Jaime Moraga (jim@moai.usach.cl)