Tipping Point Trilogy: The Human Blend (Audiobook)

from johnnyapollo

I don't have much to add that hasn't already been spoken to in the earlier reviews. I did want to give some general impressions though. I've been reading Foster for years - I think it was the Pip and Flinx books that lured me in - I still think that's his best body of work along with the world-bu...

from tcgardner

I was really excited about the premise of this book. The oceans have risen and the coastal cities we know are on stilts. Man has also mastered his genes and any shape or form is available. All can be beautiful, tradesmen can adapt to their work, and what is a human is anyone's guess. The story is...

from Karlstar

This is a bit of a departure for Alan Dean Foster. Its not far future science fiction or fantasy, but near-future science fiction. In Foster's near future vision, global warming has changed the landscape, climate, flora and fauna of the Eastern United States. Society has been changed even more by...

from storyjunkie

The Human Blend is the first in a trilogy, and it shows. Rather than having a stand-alone plot-line, the book leads directly into the plot of the next. The style very much evokes high-adventure, given a setting that is more developed than the characters and more integral to the story. Foster's la...

from Foghorn-Leghorn

I was disappointed that AD Foster wrote this first of a trilogy with blatant intention of leaving you hanging. It could not possibly considered a stand alone book. It seems now that so many books are written in the same way just to keep you hanging on waiting for the next book. Well, it is not wo...