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Failed to advance the story:
I reviewed this when it first came out and it looks like my review and some others I recall were "lost". This story stunk. I love this series but the last several installments were very lame. Save your money until he gets back to telling the story we all fell in love with. Tell me about the galactic threat, his growing abilities, his sometime girlfriend...come on man.
Barely worth reading...:
This book and the one that preceeded it 'Sliding Scales' appear to be nothing but filler in the Pip & Flinx story arc. They add next to nothing to the story we've been reading for a couple decades now. When I saw them sitting next to each other on the library shelf I was beside myself with glee, new Flinx! Sad to say I was sorely disapponted by what I got. Mr. Foster's writing style has changed in just the last couple years, the humor, the characters to care about, the continuing story line that started in Tar-Ayim all seem to have been lost. I read the book, I didn't really enjoy it. On with the story, Mr. Foster! Enough filler and books that go nowhere!
Pip and Flinx:
Whenever I read a Pip and Flinx book, I have such fun I hope A.D. Foster had half of much fun writing it. If you're looking for something profound, find something else. This is escapism and just plain enjoyable. Claudene
ADF does it again!:
Mr. Foster has a great style in writing which is both accessible to the new reader and entertaining for the veteran. In this latest installment we were not disappointed. The story takes Pip and Flinx on another side road from the main "save the universe" stroyline. The Aann are a race which brook no humor or mery, or is this truly the case. Every group (race) has their rebels. Flinx discovers what (cultural) rebels do in the context of the Aann race. I found this to be a refreshing study of one of the major racial players in the ADF universe. The disappointment was small in this installment: I wished we had seen more of the action we saw in the Tar-Aiym Krang (arguably the best of the series). However, there is plenty of intrigue and excitement to go around. It will be great to see Pip & Flinx meet back up with Bran Tse Mallory and Truzenzuzex...
A diversion but a good read:
While RUNNING FROM THE DEITY may diverge from the central story line of the series, it does add more depth to the universe of Flinx. As in BLOODHYPE, which I came to enjoy due to the way Flinx is introduced and has somewhat limited "screen time", RFTD is another view into Flinx's life away from trying to save us all. Remember: These are the "adventures" of Flinx and Pip and as the adventure continues so does Flinx's maturation.
| Author: | Alan Dean Foster | | Binding: | Hardcover | | Dewey Decimal Number: | 813.54 | | EAN: | 9780345461599 | | ISBN: | 0345461592 | | Number Of Pages: | 272 | | Publication Date: | 2005-10-25 | | Release Date: | 2005-10-25 |
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