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Summary: A rewrite of the Tar-Ayim Krang with a few new characters
Review: Definitely the most disappointing Flinx book--I felt like I'd read almost everything that had happened before, witht he sole exception of Flinx's new AAnn encounter. One of those novels you want to toss against the wall in frustration.
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Summary: Glad I only borrowed it from the library.....
Review: Did anything important actually happen in this book? I have read and re-read the old Flinx novels so many times they are practically falling apart...what happened!?! A couple of hundred pages to break into a computer, get lost in a desert (I got it, I got it...don't sleep without looking around first!), and meet your sister on a ship hidden as a moon. Could have been done in a 30 page novella. I feel bad for anyone who dished out the cost of a hardcover for this book....at least I know that if another one comes out five years from now I'll borrow that one from the library too!
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Summary: We want more PIP and FLINX
Review: For those who are into these two of foster's characters this is an excellent read. My problem is that after I am done I just want more of PIP and FLINX.Until the next book I will just have to re-read all the other PIP and FLINX books in the series.
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Summary: Ho-Hum
Review: I agree with most of the other reviews. This book while it does start true to the original Flix/Pip forumla nothing of real content is divalged. It is good for what it is but nothing comes of it. My impression-I liked this book, but like I said nothing really happened. You should read it if you are a big fan of this serise however.
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Summary: Ho-Hum
Review: I agree with most of the other reviews. This book while it does start true to the original Flix/Pip forumla nothing of real content is divalged. It is good for what it is but nothing comes of it. My impression-I liked this book, but like I said nothing really happened. You should read it if you are a big fan of this serise however.
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Summary: Reunion: A Pip & Flinx Novel
Review: I am a Pip & Flinx fan from way, way back. I have all the other novels in the series and do enjoy rereading them periodically. I eagerly awaited my receipt of this one. I consider this to be a readable novel (I finished the whole thing), but it was not as good as I had hoped. I have noticed that this series is very mixed as far as quality is concerned. I think the idea has a great deal of potential that has never quite materialized. As I said, I enjoyed this novel, but it could have been much better. I was left feeling vaguely unsatisfied.
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Summary: Reunion Returning to old Friends
Review: I have been anxiously awaiting this book since I finshed Mid-Flinx 4 or 5 years ago. It was worth the wait, but I wish Foster would write the Flinx books a little faster. Without spoiling the book for anyone let me just say that it is interesting to see how Flinx is growing as a character. The book overall is a great read. Just like at the end of Mid-Flinx there seems to be more questions left unanswered then answered. I have a few theries as to where the whole end story is heading, but it would only be a guess and I am not even sure if Foster knows where it is going at the moment. If you have read the other Flinx novels then you will like this one. If you are not familiar with them start with one of the others first, I would recomend the Tar-Aiym Krang. It will help fill in some of the history first.
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Summary: Flinx in a Flux
Review: I have been enthused and enthralled by the Flinx series since the beginning decades ago. However, this is by far the worst of the series. Flinx in an unfriedly environment is trite by this time. Tar Aiym ex machina is hacknedyed and very boring. Foster should be ashamed with the poor quality of this work. There was little original, minimal plot, and poor characterization.
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Summary: Not Up To Standards
Review: I have read all of Foster's past Flinx novels, sometimes twice, and most of his other science fiction and fantasy offerings. This novel is not up to any of his other books, not even close, as if most of it were ghostwritten by someone who had only read his Mid-World, and proceeded from there to come up with 326 pages of sequel. I could not finish it. The plot is comic book, and the verse pallid. A Theasaurus seemed to be the author's major tool, as a few quotes illustrate sadly: (Page 80) "Or comets, or a visitation from a perambulating nebula. Decorative simulacra of anyuthing in the universe were available for the asking." (Page 92)"Unmonitored glowing consoles beckoned, efficient instrumentation silently declaimed reams of unperused information, and chairs reposed unoccupied." If anything, I would rent it from a library.
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Summary: Fosters worst book so far
Review: I've been reading Foster's books for many years, and enjoy following the adventures of Flinx and Pip. But I almost didn't finish "Reunion". I was very disappointed with the novel. It seemed like a short story padded with a bunch of ten-dollar words. Foster totally lost me when he used the word "yclept". It was so out of place in the context. Lyrical word-pictures when the hero is trying to save his rear gave me mental whiplash. I did finish it, but was left feeling that the story really hadn't advanced much. This was just a way-stop at a motel from hell when I was expecting a nice hotel, ... Hope the next one is better!
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