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Mid-Flinx - Flinx of the Commonwealth 7 - Alan Dean Foster Book Review

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"Book 7 of Flinx and Pip. While Flinx is trying to avoid trouble, he ends up on Midworld. The AAnn follow and try to capture him to get answers about his ship's ability to land on a planet. While trying to keep the native flora and fauna from killing him and the AAnn from get what they want, he meets humans who have been on Midworld for eight hundred years and have some unique adaptations."
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Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 30%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 30%




Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Explore/1st contact/ enviro story Yes
Plotlets: - surviving natural elements on planet
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - unemployed
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - an entire race
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount

Setting
Terrain - Jungle
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - inhabited by friendly aliens - empty, or nearly empty world
Planet outside solar system? Yes

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - a moderate amount of scientific explanation
How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog
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