Phylogenesis (36 page)
Authors: Alan Dean Foster
By Alan Dean Foster
Published by Ballantine Books:
THE BLACK HOLE
CACHALOT
DARK STAR
THE METROGNOME and Other Stories
MIDWORLD
NOR CRYSTAL TEARS
SENTENCED TO PRISM
SPLINTER OF THE MIND’S EYE
STAR TREK
®
LOGS ONE–TEN
VOYAGE TO THE CITY OF THE DEAD
…WHO NEEDS ENEMIES?
WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE…
MAD AMOS
PARALLELITIES
THE HOWLING STONES
The Icerigger Trilogy
ICERIGGER
MISSION TO MOULOKIN
THE DELUGE DRIVERS
The Adventures of Flinx of the Commonwealth
FOR LOVE OF MOTHER-NOT
THE TAR-AIYM KRANG
ORPHAN STAR
THE END OF THE MATTER
BLOODHYPE
FLINX IN FLUX
MID-FLINX
REUNION
FLINX’S FOLLY
SLIDING SCALES
RUNNING FROM THE DEITY
The Damned
Book One: A CALL TO ARMS
Book Two: THE FALSE MIRROR
Book Three: THE SPOILS OF WAR
The Founding of the Commonwealth
PHYLOGENESIS
DIRGE
DIUTURNITY’S DAWN
The Taken Trilogy
LOST AND FOUND
THE LIGHT-YEARS BENEATH MY FEET
More praise for
Phylogenesis
“Foster does a fine job with his misfit heroes and even with his minor characters (such as the reptilian Aann). He shows his usual mastery of narrative pacing and slips in a great deal of wry wit. The novel will be a treat for those who have followed Foster’s tales of the Humanx Commonwealth.”
—Publishers Weekly
“One of the premier writers of fantasy and science fiction…Foster presents the reader with a science fiction spectacle that is a quest for both inspiration and redemption, beginning with the love of poetry and ending with the mutual respect and union of two worlds. Narrative threads of adventure and well-done characterization twine together to form a profound tale of conflict, interplanetary fellowship, and poetry’s place in an always unpredictable and dangerous universe…A perfectly wrought and intriguing novel, with a multifaceted narrative vision that allows the reader a greater understanding of the magnitude of such sprawling, poignant, and soulful SF elements.”
—BarnesandNoble.com
“The Thranx are a most appealing creation, and their interaction with humans provides seemingly countless opportunities for philosophizing and adventure…Reliable Foster fare that should stimulate high demand.”
—Booklist
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Book
Published by The Random House Publishing Group
Copyright © 1999 by Thranx, Inc.
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Published in the United States by Del Rey Books, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.
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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 00-190318
eISBN: 978-0-345-49427-6
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