The Tar-Aiym Krang
{{Short description|1972 novel by Alan Dean Foster}}
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{{Infobox book |
| name = The Tar-Aiym Krang
| image = File:The Tar-Aiym Krang.jpg
| caption = Cover of the first edition
| author = Alan Dean Foster
| country = United States
| language = English
| translator =
| cover_artist = Dean Ellis[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?48363 isfdb]
| genre = Science fiction
| publisher = Ballantine Books
| release_date = 1972
| media_type = Print (Paperback)
| pages = 251 pp
| isbn = 0-345-02547-4
| oclc = 18914467
| preceded_by = For Love of Mother-Not
| followed_by = Orphan Star
}}
The Tar-Aiym Krang (1972) is a science fiction novel by American writer Alan Dean Foster. It is Foster's first published novel and started both his Humanx Commonwealth universe and his two most popular recurring characters, Pip and Philip Lynx ("Flinx"). The book is second chronologically in the Pip and Flinx series.
The story follows Flinx, an orphan and a thief, as he loots a starmap from a dead body, that leads to a strange alien artifact on an abandoned world. This simple, chance adventure is the beginning of Flinx's quest to discover the identities of his parents and the source of his strange mental abilities.
In popular culture
The members of Pink and Brown and Brian Gibson of Lightning Bolt formed a side project called Tar-Aiym Krang.
References
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External links
- {{ISFDB title|id=3413|title=The Tar-Aiym Krang}}
- [http://www.alandeanfoster.com/ Alan Dean Foster homepage]
{{Alan Dean Foster novels}}
{{The Humanx Commonwealth}}
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Category:American science fiction novels
Category:Novels by Alan Dean Foster
Category:1972 science fiction novels
Category:Ballantine Books books
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