• #130 Thousand island blessing: The Howling Stones (1997) by Alan Dean Foster

  • Oct 21 2024
  • Length: 7 mins
  • Podcast

#130 Thousand island blessing: The Howling Stones (1997) by Alan Dean Foster

Listen for free

View show details

  • Summary

  • It's been over a year since we last covered a novel in Alan Dean Foster's expansive Humanx Commonwealth setting. In these far-future novels, humanity has allied with the insectoid thranx species, which resemble huge, intelligent ants. Together, the two species create a benevolent, star-faring civilisation.

    The thranx are disappointingly absent from the sixth standalone book in the setting, The Howling Stones. What this 1997 novel does have is a pair of bickering xenologists, warlike lizard-like aliens, and the apparently magic rocks of the title. How does it stack up against Foster's earlier novels, like the excellent Midworld from 1975?

    Get in touch with a text message!

    For more classic SF reviews, visit andyjohnson.xyz
    Show More Show Less
Show More Show Less

What listeners say about #130 Thousand island blessing: The Howling Stones (1997) by Alan Dean Foster

Average Customer Ratings

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Audible.com.au reviews

Amazon Reviews
No Reviews are Available
In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.