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The Candle of Distant Earth (Taken Trilogy #3)
From science fiction legend and New York Times bestselling author Alan Dean Foster, creator of the ever-popular Pip and Flinx series, comes the climactic final novel in The Taken trilogy, his electrifying space epic about a man and his dog for whom the expression “out of this world” takes on a whole new meaning.
Location is everything. In Chicago, Marcus Walker was a hotsho...more
Location is everything. In Chicago, Marcus Walker was a hotsho...more
Mass Market Paperback, 288 pages
Published
July 31st 2007
by Del Rey
(first published June 27th 2006)
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The gang all make home to their respective homeworlds. However, Walker and George both decide, just as they find our solar system, that they have "grown" and that now they want to travel. Gee, wish they had decided that before they set out with a whole fleet! And the Villinji who kidnapped them and has been chasing them, well, what do you know? He has a sudden change of perspective and sees that maybe other sentients aren't just "goods" to be sold. How heartwarming .
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I felt like this last book rushed to close the series. I would have loved to read more about the aliens and cultures visited.
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I enjoyed it. The ending was a little weak, but I like the characters and their interaction.
A touching finish to an enjoyable lite trilogy, that is more of an affirmation of the characters affinity for each other than a conclusion. (and left wide open for a future revisit)
Tons of fun tounge-in-cheek victim of fate triumphs over an unfair universe . Light headed space opera at its best !!!!!! Third in the series and probably my fave!
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A good conclusion to the trilogy; the ending caught me somewhat by surprise, but was most fitting upon reflection. Foster is one of the most under-rated authors in the field.
I read this to take my mind off politics and elections that turned out badly. It worked.
Third in the series. All are entertaining and quick reads but not very believable
great finish to the series.
Story still going strong.
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Bestselling science fiction writer Alan Dean Foster was born in New York City in 1946, but raised mainly in California. He received a B.A. in Political Science from UCLA in 1968, and a M.F.A. in 1969. Foster lives in Arizona with his wife, but he enjoys traveling because it gives him opportunities to meet new people and explore new places and cultures. This interest is carried over to his writing,...more
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