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| Cover art by Darryl K. Sweet |
| ORPHAN STAR Alan Dean Foster New York: Del Rey Books, August 1981 | Rating: 5.0 High |
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| ISBN-13 978-0-345-29903-1 | ||||
| ISBN-10 0-345-29903-5 | 234pp. | SC | $2.50 | |
| Page 3: | "A well-traveled individual, he knew that there was no known antidote for the poison of the Alaspin miniature dragon." |
| Series continuity: In The Tar-Aiym Krang, Foster says the antidote is rare. |
| Page 15: | "The 13,352-meter high mountain at whose base the the town had arisen and in whose bowels The Plant had been carved was replaced by a 1,200-meter-deep crater lined ith molten glass." |
| Units: 13,352 meters is 43,806 feet— substantially higher than Mount Everest. |
| Page 62: | "There, at an ancient village named Surfersparadise, many-toned humans, and not a few adaptive aliens rode the surf, borne landward in the slick wet teeth of suiciding waves." |
| Extra comma: S/B "many-toned humans and". I might also quibble about "many-toned": does it mean "many-hued", implying racial diversity, or is it meant to suggest that the human surfers are physically fit, i.e. toned? In that case the hyphen should go. |
| Page 63: | "The deep blue of the males and the rich aquamarine of the females was almost invisible against the water..." |
| Number error: S/B "were". |
| Page 139: | "According to the information, the landing strip bordered an enormous lake at the 14,000-meter level." |
| Physics: That's an altitude of over 46,000 feet — hardly a convenient spot for a human outpost. Although it may be required to prevent interaction with the planet's biome. This world of Ulru-ujurr is larger than Terra but less dense, having gravity only slightly stronger than Terra's, according to the novel. But here it is said to have a denser atmosphere, with trees and waterfalls at the outpost's level. |
| Page 216: | "The mills itself was still out of bounds for destructive weaponry." |
| Number error: S/B "mill". |
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