This book was very "meh". I kept waiting for it to get exciting. Or at least to a point where I couldn't put the book down. But it never got there. The story wasn't bad, but it wasn't great either.

In an attempt to fill in some of the blanks in the Flinx backstory, Foster published this prequel to the events that took place in The Tar-Aiym Krang. It tells how Flinx was adopted, about his relationship with Mother Mastiff, about his beginning uses of his talent, and provides some context about his enemies -- information that was sort of alluded to in Orphan Star and The End of the Matter is more explicitly handled here.Its also a really good action adventure novel, as Mastiff is kidnapped an...

Also posted on my blog Got My Book. An interesting YA prequel to a long running (though now complete) NA SF series.BOOK DETAILS: For Love of Mother-Not by Alan Dean Foster, read by Stefan Rudnicki, published by Audible Studios (2009) / Length: 8 hrs 15 minSERIES INFO:This is (chronologically) Book #1 of 14 in the completed "Pip & Flinx" series, all of which are available on audio. If you prefer to read in publication order, it is #5.SUMMARY:This is probably my favorite of the Pip & Flinx adve...

Par for the course for ADF. An enjoyable read. Nothing of earth shattering brilliance, but he's always good for an enteraining story.

Interesting story that left me with many questions! What other talent does Flinx have? What happened that flung him far from that warehouse?

This isn't my first Alan Dean Foster read. I've read a few SW novels. But this is my very first ADF read when it comes to his own unique stories.I did decide to read his Pip and Flinx novels in chronological order, first, and I'm not sure this was a precisely wise idea. It wasn't a bad idea, but I got the distinct impression that a stormcloud was on the horizon and I really didn't know what was to come. Hence, Flinx almost felt like a special snowflake. You know. A Mary Sue. Of course, there's n...

This is the first, introductory Pip & Flinx adventure, though it was not the first published. Mother Mastiff, the woman who purchased Flinx and then raised and cared for him, has been kidnapped, and he and Pip set off across the wondrous world Moth in order to rescue her. It's an exciting adventure, with terrific settings and characters. It's a good introduction to Foster's Humanx Commonwealth, and also explains some of the points left open in Bloodhype and The Tar-Aiym Krang. The first edition

My first foray into re-reading Alan Dean Foster. We meet Pip and Flinx for the first time. Chronologically the first book of this particular series, in publishing order book four or five.I don't recall reading this before and all my others reading of this author lies easily 20 years in the past, so I can't say how it fits in with the other Flinx books. It was an easy, entertaining read. Perfect as brain candy for the beach. Fast moving plot, likeable characters, good suspense, believable story.R...

I almost gave this one five stars out of a sense of nostalgia but then I realised the younger me probably wouldn't have done so and a more level head prevailed. I read quite a bit of Alan Dean Foster's Humanx Commonwealth series when I was quite a bit younger but there were a few I missed back then and there have also been a fair few new volumes released since then, so I'm currently making my way through the entire series in chronological order (which is quite a bit different from publication or...

I read and enjoyed Alan Dean Foster’s stories of Flinx and Pip when I was a teen/college student. This was the mid-80’s and there were a half dozen books or so. They’ve recently been re-released (and apparently several more books have been written). My younger son, the voracious SF-Fantasy reader, picked up a few from the library, so I decided to give it a re-read.I typically like to read extended series in the order they were written, not the order things occur chronologically in the series. Ev...

Here’s one that I thought I’d read thirty-odd years ago.But having picked it up again, I can’t remember anything about it*. So, with that feeling of deja-vu nullified to zero, I looked at the book with unexpectedly fresh eyes and thirty-odd years of further experience. Was it worth a read?Definitely.For Love of Mother-Not is the first book in the Pip and Flinx series, although actually the fourth published. As the first novel chronologically it introduces us to Philip Lynx (Flinx) as a young boy...

"But I don't want to be different," he insisted, almost crying. "I just want to be like everyone else." p245. The plaint of many a teen, but in a sci-fi setting. Easy to care for characters in a believable chase cross-country, saved more by smarts than deus ex machina luck. No odd omens or peculiar prophecies - straight action, motivated by different honest convictions. In the marketplace of backwater planet Moth, Flinx, now 16, was raised the last eight years by Mother Mastiff, now 98. Gene-man...

I came across this audio book series by accident and decided to try it out. The starting point for Flint and his flying dragon Pip was well developed and enjoyable from the beginning till the end. I liked Flint. He was a smart young boy and I'm looking forward to read more about his adventures.

This is the prequel novel to Alan Dean Foster’s classic Pip & Flinx adventures. Flinx is a young orphan boy that has some unusual abilities. When his adoptive mother , known as Mother Mastiff, is kidnapped, he embarks on a quest to save her. Accompanied by a telepathic flying dragon Pip, he encounters many obstacles and learns that she is not the only person in peril. This is a classic coming of age story. It feels geared toward a younger audience but can be read by anyone. – Wendy M.

Hooked me on this series from the first word! There are lots of reviews that synopsize and analyze this book, so I won't bother

This should be the first of the Pip & Flinx series although Goodreads lists it as #5. This is a reread for me (probably 25 years ago) and was almost as good as I remember still rate as 4 out of 5 stars. The lack of telling what is happening by one character to another does not ring true (mother to son especially). Good action story and beginning world(Universe)building saga. Plan on rereading 'The Tar-Aiym Krang' next. The Tar-Aiym Krang

For Love of Mother Not by Alan Dean Foster is a science fiction book. It’s the first book in a series, and it stars Flinx, an orphan who has empath abilities because of people when he was a small child. When his surrogate mother gets abducted, he and his found pet, a mini dragon, (not actually a dragon, more a flying snake) track and rescue her. There are two opposing sides, the Meliorare society (abducters, responsible for his ability in the first place) and the government, who wants to make hi...

I immediately was caught up in this story and it became a page turner for me. It slowed down a bit during the forest part, but quickly became a page turner again after he reached his destination... I liked the writing, the plot and characters... I look forward to reading more in this series.

For me, personally, this book was four stars but that is because I'm a vicarious adrenaline junkie and, while this book has many adventurous aspects, it isn’t really an action/adventure book. I'm giving it 5 stars because the opening, which is nothing much- an old woman walking through a bizarre near her home- was so well written as to immediately draw me in. Unfortunately amateur authors abound these days, particularly in sci fi and fantasy. So much so that it has probably been (excluding re-re...

My 9 yo is obsessed with dragons but, having made it through every installment in "Wings of Fire" - multiple times - is chronically short of other dragon-containing books to read. I suddenly recalled this old series about a kid with a pet "mini-dragon" and was inspired to hunt it down to see if it might be age appropriate. I was probably in my late teens when I read the series, and I am sure I didn't read all of it, let alone in order. So when my search popped this title up as first in the serie...