Flinx Transcendent

I've been a fan of these books since the very beginning, so it is a lot of fun to see the return of the Tar-Aiym Krang and other bits and pieces from Flinx's past. Its a bit of a stretch to see him as the savior of the universe, but this isn't the first series to make 1 person the answer to everything. How they get to the solution and who goes along for the ride is the fun part of this book. I enjoyed the characters and the writing, and the sci-fi leans a little bit more to the 'hard sci-fi' side than is usual for Foster, which just makes it better. Definitely worth reading, though I'm sad to see the end of this saga.

It's funny how this is supposed to be the end volume in the Pip and Flinx series... but I started reading it with an ace up my sleeve. I got an ARC for the one that comes after. :)

So I'm reading this awesome volume that goes ahead and wraps up all these huge BDO's and story threads, between his sister, the Aann, his favorite girl, and so much more, putting a huge bow on top and letting Flinx BATTLE IT OUT with the HUGE HUGE big-bad that's eating galaxies.

Woah.

I mean, it's not like we've not seen this coming or anything, but it's really great to see all the threads come together and a great writer who pulls all the right strings together until everything ties-up perfectly.

It's called payoff. This book is the huge payoff. Do we like? show more Yes. Is anything really unexpected? Um. No. But that's okay! It's the journey, man! What's an adventure without journey? :)

So yeah, I like. :) Huge blowout ending. Everyone still alive gets together to fight or help each other. Alan Dean Foster puts grand gala in the grand Galaxy. Galaxies. :) Cool. :)

And now I've got to see what the new one is going to do. :) You can't keep a good Flinx down. show less

An improvement over previous entries, which at times seemed to have regained the vigour of the earlier books, but in end limped to the finish.
The conclusion of the saga wasn’t particularly satisfying or dramatic. Overall, after over forty years since I read the first one, I was glad to reach the end. Sadly, the last few books have been meandering and formulaic.
Not to be revisited in the future.

The last book in a series that has run 35 years. The long awaited resolution to the ongoing problem arrived and resolved just fine. The book was crammed with good stuff. I procrastinated for days, afraid the book would not live up to expectations, but today I read it and it was all I wished for. I will have to reread it soon because I read it so fast I am sure I missed some details.

Quite satisfactory, though occasionally feeling as though three books feel into a stew pot and bred a fourth, longer book.

Wraps up the series in a very satisfying way. Ties together all the various plotlines assembled over 13 years. Very good book.

read 2010 Wraps up the series