Humanx Commonwealth

The Humanx Commonwealth is a fictional interstellar ethical/political entity featured in the science fiction novels of Alan Dean Foster.^[1][2] The Commonwealth takes its name from its two major sapient species, who jointly inhabit Commonwealth planets and administer both the political and religious/ethical aspects. They are the mammalian Humans of the planet Earth and the insectoid Thranx which dwell upon Hivehom. The Commonwealth is described as a progressive, well-intentioned liberal democracy spanning many star systems, and is somewhat similar to the United Federation of Planets from Star Trek. The Humanx Commonwealth is notable for its portrayal of a human–alien relationship that is not just mutually beneficial but symbiotic, allowing an amalgamation of the two species.

Commonwealth Stories[]

• Midworld (1975)
• Cachalot (1980)
• Nor Crystal Tears (1982)
• Voyage to the City of the Dead (1984)
• Sentenced to Prism (1985)
• The Howling Stones (1997)
• Drowning World (2003)
• Quofum (2008)

Stories featuring Flinx (a.k.a. Philip Lynx)[]

• The Tar-Aiym Krang (1972)
• Bloodhype (1973)
• Orphan Star (1977)
• The End of the Matter (1977)
• Snake Eyes (short story) (1978)
• For Love of Mother-Not (1983)
• Flinx in Flux (1988)
• Mid-Flinx (1995)
• Reunion (2001)
• Side Show (short story) (2002)
• Flinx's Folly (2003)
• Sliding Scales (2004)
• Running from the Deity (2005)
• Trouble Magnet (2006)
• Patrimony (2007)
• Growth (Short Story) (2008)
• Flinx Transcendent (2008)
• Strange Music (2017)

Icerigger trilogy[]

• Icerigger (1974)
• Mission to Moulokin (1979)
• The Deluge Drivers (1987)

Founding of the Commonwealth[]

• Phylogenesis (1999)
• Dirge (2000)
• Diuturnity's Dawn (2002)

Timeline[]

• Nor Crystal Tears (-89 AA) prequel
• Phylogenesis (-60 AA) Founding of the Commonwealth 1
• Dirge (-35 AA) Founding of the Commonwealth 2
• Diuturnity's Dawn (0 AA) Founding of the Commonwealth 3
• Voyage to the City of the Dead (106 AA)
• The Emoman (?? AA but before Icerigger) Short story
• Midworld (445 AA)
• Icerigger (548 AA) Icerigger 1
• For Love of Mother-Not (548 AA) Pip and Flinx 1
• The Tar-Aiym Krang (549 AA) Pip and Flinx 2
• Mission to Moulokin (549 AA) Icerigger 2
• Orphan Star (550 AA) Pip and Flinx 3
• The Deluge Drivers (550 AA) Icerigger 3
• Chilling (550 AA) Icerigger short story
• The End of the Matter (551 AA) Pip and Flinx 4
• Snake Eyes (551 AA) Pip and Flinx short story
• Flinx in Flux (551 AA) Pip and Flinx 5
• Mid-Flinx (552 AA) Pip and Flinx 6
• Reunion (553 AA) Pip and Flinx 7
• Sideshow (554 AA) Pip and Flinx short story
• Drowning World (554 AA)
• Quofum (555 AA)
• Flinx's Folly (557 AA) Pip and Flinx 8
• Sliding Scales (557 AA) Pip and Flinx 9
• Growth (558? AA) Pip and Flinx short story
• Running from the Deity (558 AA) Pip and Flinx 10
• Bloodhype (558 AA) Pip and Flinx 11
• Trouble Magnet (558 AA) Pip and Flinx 12
• The Howling Stones (558 AA)
• Patrimony (559 AA) Pip and Flinx 13
• Sentenced to Prism (571 AA)
• Cachalot (572 AA)
• Flinx Transcendent (? but after Patrimony) Pip and Flinx 14
• Strange Music (? but after Flinx Transcendent) Pip and Flinx 15

Adaptations[]

In 1987 Steve Jackson Games published the GURPS Humanx sourcebook for their GURPS roleplaying game.

See also[]

References[]

External links[]

• Humanx Commonwealth series listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Alan Dean Foster's official website