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[[File:Goodbugs-thranx 2356.jpg|frame|An early meeting between a Thranx and a human.]]
The '''''Humanx Commonwealth''''' is the general name given to a series of novels and short stories written by [[Alan Dean Foster]] that is set in a common [[The Verse|science fiction universe]]. The setting was introduced in Foster's first published novel, ''The Tar-Aiym Krang'', and has been the star franchise of his decades-long writing career. It has heavy roots in [[Space Opera]] as well as [[Speculative Fiction]].
The Humanx Commonwealth is also the name of the [[The Federation|major alliance of spacefaring species]] in the stories, the two principal members of which are humans and the insectoid Thranx. They are joined by a [[Loads and Loads of Races|fantastically diverse]] cast of [[Starfish Aliens|other species]] of varying levels of intelligence and technological progress. The spiritual counterpart of the Commonwealth is the United Church, an ecumenical council that embraces all religions under a single roof of universal tolerance. The major enemy of the Commonwealth is the AAnn, a xenophobic reptilian species that has its own [[The Empire|empire]] and whose members constantly scheme against the humans and their allies (and each other).
There is a long [[Backstory]] involving [[Precursors]], the Xunca, who held the entire galaxy under their dominion a billion years in the past, but fled in the face of a galaxy-devouring [[Ultimate Evil|Great Evil]]. More recently (500,000 years or so), two powerful species called the Tar-Aiym and Hur'rikku fought a war that resulted in their mutual annihilation and the scouring of all higher life forms from a swath of star systems known as the Blight. Artifacts from these civilizations and others litter the worlds of the galaxy and provide a plentiful source of [[Lost Technology]] and [[MacGuffin
The ''Humanx Commonwealth'' series is best known as the home of Phillip Lynx, aka [[Portmanteau|Flinx]], and [[A Boy and His X|his pet minidrag]], Pip. Adopted at a young age, he manifested a talent for [[The Empath|Empathy]] and promptly became embroiled in a number of unlikely schemes. Both the story and his powers expand over time to the point where he becomes the [[Chosen One]] who is fated to save the universe from the same [[Ultimate Evil|Great Evil]] that the Xunca failed to deal with billions of years ago. And he [[I Just Want to Be Normal|hates it]].
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