Orphan Star [Paperback]

Alan Dean Foster (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1978

One man in the Universe held the key to the mystery of Flinx's parentage...and that man was trying to kill him!

Product Details

• Paperback: 234 pages
• Publisher: Del Rey; 2nd edition (1978)
• ISBN-10: 0345278062
• ISBN-13: 978-0345278067
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,201,562 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Alan Dean Foster's work to date includes excursions into hard science-fiction, fantasy, horror, detective, western, historical, and contemporary fiction. He has also written numerous non-fiction articles on film, science, and scuba diving, as well as having produced the novel versions of many films, including such well-known productions as "Star Wars", the first three "Alien" films, "Alien Nation", and "The Chronicles of Riddick". Other works include scripts for talking records, radio, computer games, and the story for the first "Star Trek" movie. His novel "Shadowkeep" was the first ever book adapation of an original computer game. In addition to publication in English his work has been translated into more than fifty languages and has won awards in Spain and Russia. His novel "Cyber Way" won the Southwest Book Award for Fiction in 1990, the first work of science-fiction ever to do so.

Foster's sometimes humorous, occasionally poignant, but always entertaining short fiction has appeared in all the major SF magazines as well as in original anthologies and several "Best of the Year" compendiums. His published oeuvre includes more than 100 books.

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Orphan Star is a worthly sequel to The Tar-Aiym Krang, September 22, 2001

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Adam Missner (Roswell, GA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Orphan Star (Pip & Flinx) (Mass Market Paperback)

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.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book has 2 things going for it..., December 26, 1999

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S James S Stapleton - See all my reviews

This review is from: Orphan Star (Pip & Flinx) (Mass Market Paperback)

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

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Flinx on a Quest to Find his Parents!, March 2, 2011

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Jeff Van Gastel (CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Orphan Star (Pip & Flinx) (Mass Market Paperback)

The book "Orphan Star" focuses on Flinx's quest to find out who his parents are. Flinx is back in Drallar, after the events in the book, "The Tar-Aiym Krang". He is soon kidnapped my a powerful merchant, Conda Challis and his mysterious daughter, Mahnahmi. Flinx and Pip escape from the clutches of Challis, but not before Challis drops a huge hint of Flinx's parents. Thus starts a chase throughout the book, of Flinx attempting to find Challis and confront him with the knowledge of who his parents are. The chase leads to Terra (Earth), where we find out is Flinx's birthplace. He makes it to the United Church Headquarters where he meets a female Thranx, Sylzenzuzex.. We find out she is the niece of Truzenzuzex, who was in the book "The Tar-Aiym Krang". Eventually, the chase leads to an outlying world, Ulra-Ujurr, which is under Church Edict for no one to enter. Does Flinx find out who his parents are, and how he received his "talents"?

Alan Dean Foster once again does an excellent job of describing the many characters and locations in detail. He also furthers the story of Flinx and Pip, and leaves you wanting to learn more about his lineage, and what adventures he will be on next.