Midworld
Written by Alan Dean Foster
Narrated by Eric Jason Martin
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About this audiobook
From the rich imagination of science fiction great Alan Dean Foster comes the story of Midworld, a Humanx Commonwealth planet that's equally fragile and hostile. Covered by a lush rainforest, Midworld is home to a primitive society that lives in harmony with the natural world. But the arrival of an exploitative human company, whose workers know nothing of Midworld's delicate ecosystem, sparks a conflict. Should Midworld's villagers aid the humans or stand against them? The hero of Foster's addictive page-turner, Born, decides to lead two humans across the perilous jungle. His choice propels Midworld toward annihilation-and leads him headlong into a battle for survival.
Alan Dean Foster
The New York Times–bestselling author of more than one hundred ten books, Alan Dean Foster is one of the most prominent writers of modern science fiction. Born in New York City in 1946, he studied filmmaking at UCLA, but first found success in 1968 when a horror magazine published one of his short stories. In 1972 he wrote his first novel, The Tar-Aiym Krang, the first in his Pip and Flinx series featuring the Humanx Commonwealth, a universe he has explored in more than twenty-five books. He also created the Spellsinger series, numerous film novelizations, and the story for Star Trek: The Motion Picture. An avid world traveler, he lives with his family in Prescott, Arizona.
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Reviews for Midworld
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Rumor has it that this book inspired some of the movie Avatar. I have to agree. It's not the same story, but it does share a lot of the same elements. I really enjoyed it, though I'd like to have had more of it to read. Born is a headstrong, proud throwback to his colonist ancestors, but that doesn't prevent him from respecting his local way of
life. I like his relationship to his furcot, though his human relationships could have used some work on his part. The jungle world itself is so miraculous that it shows the hand of the author a bit, but I see that he had a reason for it to be that way and I like the reason. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Midworld is one of the best science fiction novels ever written.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book is part fantasy, part sci-fi. I don't generally go for the sci-fi genre but this was a great book. I received it as a gift from my grandmother years ago, and I have read it several times since. This book is worth a second read as it contains nuances that may be missed first time round.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A man and his Furcot must help two stranded human travelers return to their base, braving a trek through the incredibly fecund and dangerous rainforest that the man's tribe calls home. But what will the presence of these strange, tall, short-toed humans mean for the world? Beautiful world-building and aliens.