Book: Running from the Deity

Unfortunately I must say that this is my least favorite Pip and Flinx adventure thus far. But considering how much I like the series as a whole, that’s not too bad. This book develops a little bit more culture, though we get too little of the culture of the planet Flinx winds up on. It develops a little bit more of Flinx’s character. But it’s very slow on action and on conflict. At no point did I get the impression that Flinx was in actual danger. He’s just marching on to the next episode. It’s sort of like a novel written about the time between major active episodes.

Now because it’s Flinx and it’s set in the Humanx Commonwealth, and because it’s written by Alan Dean Foster, I really like the characters and the history I enjoyed it anyhow. But I’m warning you it’s not one of the more exciting episodes in Flinx’s life.