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A Pip & Flinx Novel — by Alan Dean Foster

Pip & Flinx Series in Order: 16 books

  • For Love of Mother-Not

    Book - 1

    THEY CALLED HIM FLINX... He was just a freckle-faced, redheaded kid with green eyes and a strangely compelling stare when Mother Mastiff first saw him on the auctioneers block. One hundred credits and he was hers. For years the old woman was h...

  • Tar-Aiym Krang

    Book - 2

    THE DEADLIEST ARTIFACT OF A DEAD WORLD -- KRANG The last vestige of the last culture of TAR-AIYM, the long-dead planet, was Krang. It magnetized the adventurous, the curious...and the greedy. And killed them all. Or turned them into its livin...

  • Orphan Star

    Book - 3

    One man in the Universe holds the key to the mystery of Flinx's past -- and that man is trying to kill him! It is a strange childhood for a kid, to be adopted by the restless Mother Mastiff and raised in the bustling marketplace of Drallar. Flinx ...

  • End of the Matter

    Book - 4

    ALASPIN "MY WORLD...AND WELCOME TO IT!" Accompanied by his faithful minidrag Pip and a most troublesome alien called Abalamahalamatandra --Ab, for short -- Flinx Flinx set out for Alaspin, the ruggedly primitive homeplanet of his flying snake. ...

  • Bloodhype

    Book - 5

    BLOODHYPE WAS THE MOST DANGEROUS DRUG IN THE GALAXY It caused instant addiction, followed by an excruciatingly slow death, and there was no known -- or unknown -- antidote. It was a killer! Supposedly the drug had been totally eradicated fro...

  • Flinx in Flux

    Book - 6

    KNIGHT ERRANT Flinx and his amazing minidrag Pip were always finding themselves in the middle of danger and galactic intrigue, so when they found an unconscious young woman on a riverbank deep in the jungles of Alaspin, Flinx wasn't surprised. Nor...

  • Mid-Flinx

    Book - 7

    Pip and Flinx meet Midworld!Where Flinx and his flying minidrag Pip went, trouble always followed -- that law had governed their lives through years of unsought danger and galactic intrigue. Now an evil rich man was out to kidnap the minidrag for his...

  • Reunion

    Book - 8

    Using his enhanced empathic abilities, Flinx finesses his way into a top-secret security installation on Earth. Once there, he bamboozles a sophisticated AI program into releasing classified information about the Meliorare Society, the sect of renega...

  • Impossible Places

    Book - 9

    For three decades science fiction legend Alan Dean Foster has captivated readers around the world, from his debut classic The Tar-Aiym Krang and his inspired scenario for the first Star Trek movie to a host of New York Times bestsellers, including Sp...



  • Flinx's Folly

    Book - 10

    It's a good thing Flinx is no stranger to trouble, because he's swimming in it. After surviving an attack by a new gang of assailants, Flinx is spirited away and enlisted in a battle against an extra-galactic threat. Hidden behind the Great Emptiness...

  • Sliding Scales

    Book - 11

    From New York Times bestselling author Alan Dean Foster comes a fantastic new Pip and Flinx adventure starring a certain twenty-four-year-old redhead with emerald eyes and uncanny abilities and his devoted mini-dragon protector. Time and again, the d...

  • Running from the Deity

    Book - 12

    In the outer depths of the universe lies the Great Emptiness, behind which lurks something dreadful -- something that is now raging straight for the Commonwealth. To avert catastrophe, Flinx must find a conscious planet-size weapons system and, using...

  • Trouble Magnet

    Book - 13

    From science fiction icon Alan Dean Foster comes a blazing new Pip & Flinx adventure for fans of the green-eyed redhead with awesome mental powers and his miniature flying dragon. In this dazzling new novel, Flinx confirms his status as the galaxy's ...

  • Patrimony

    Book - 14

    "I know who your father is . . . Gestalt." A stunned Flinx hears these dying words from one of the renegade eugenicists whose experiments with humans twenty-odd years ago shocked the galaxy ... and spawned Flinx. So Flinx and his minidrag, Pip, ventu...

  • Flinx Transcendent

    Book - 15

    After thirty-five years and more than a dozen Pip & Flinx novels, Alan Dean Foster delivers the final installment in this hugely popular series From science fiction icon Alan Dean Foster comes the highly anticipated final Pip & Flinx adventure for...

  • Strange Music

    Book - 16

    Unlikely duo Pip and Flinx return to right another wrong in this all-new sci-fi adventure from one of the genre's living legends. Fans of fun, fast-paced, imaginative science fiction adventure, rejoice! #1 New York Times bestselling author Alan D...

Series Premise

Each book sends Flinx and Pip on a new mission or adventure, often involving powerful organizations, alien worlds, and threats to the galaxy. Flinx’s growing empathic talents and his bond with Pip frequently play a central role in resolving conflicts.

Pip & Flinx Series Reading Order

🔄 Best Read in Order · Start with Book 1: For Love of Mother-Not

Standalone stories, but characters and relationships develop across the series.

Publication order gives the best experience because Flinx’s personal growth and key relationships unfold gradually. Each book has a complete central plot with its own resolution, but character relationships and ongoing developments carry across the series. Readers who read out of order miss important context about Flinx’s background and how his abilities and personal connections evolve over time.

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Pip & Flinx Series Characters

Philip Lynx, known as Flinx, is the central protagonist—an intelligent, troubled young man with unusual empathic powers. He is rarely without Pip, his loyal and venomous minidrag companion, and often works with a rotating group of allies during his journeys.

Setting of the Pip & Flinx Series

The series is set in the vast Humanx Commonwealth, a future universe where humans and the insectoid thranx share an interstellar society. Stories take place across diverse planets, from advanced cities to dangerous frontier worlds.

Tone & Themes of the Pip & Flinx Series

The books blend space opera adventure with thoughtful science fiction elements. Recurring themes include destiny, personal identity, the ethics of power, and the bond between different species.

Is the Pip & Flinx Series Worth Reading?

This series appeals to readers who enjoy character-driven science fiction with spacefaring adventures and a touch of philosophical depth. It suits fans of stories that combine action, alien cultures, and a protagonist’s personal quest.

Content Warnings and Heat Level

The series includes moderate violence and action typical of space opera. It has mild adult themes but remains relatively restrained in language and content.

The Pip & Flinx series follows one young man’s journey across the stars as he seeks to understand himself and his place in the universe. Following the books in order lets readers fully track Flinx’s development and his deepening bond with Pip. It offers a long-running science fiction saga with consistent adventure and character growth.



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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

There are 16 books in the Pip & Flinx series.

The Pip & Flinx series does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Strange Music (Book 16), was published in November 2017.

The first book in the Pip & Flinx series, For Love of Mother-Not, was published in February 1983.

The Pip & Flinx series primarily falls into the Space Opera genre.

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