I heard Rostoni retired. They have a new editor according to the tf.n boards.
Which Star Wars books to read?
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My biggest problem with Coruscant Nights is that they are mystery stories, but none of the characters ever remember this.
Agreed, wasted opportunity for a trilogy. Same with Bounty Hunter Wars, which was garbage.
All I remember was Dengar helping Fett recover from the Sarlacc, and an annoying insect-like alien I found intensely uninteresting.
Oh, and more of the Xizor-Vader posturing which didn't work the first time around in Shadows. I think I skimmed those sections or skipped them entirely. I never do that.
Oh, and more of the Xizor-Vader posturing which didn't work the first time around in Shadows. I think I skimmed those sections or skipped them entirely. I never do that.
Most pretentious post on the internet.
Yeah, they billed it as the story of a private investigator or something like that. They were probably thinking of The Caves of Steel. But the second book actually did belatedly feature a mystery plot that needed to be solved ( SPOILER ALERT: the butler did it - no, seriously ) and the third book milked the "who's got the bota?" mystery for a while.
Perhaps some are, that's not really important.
What makes it pretentious is the implication that Star Wars novels aren't worth reading because said authors exist. Sure, high-concept SF lit is great; but popcorn fun SF lit is great too. It's like the food pyramid.
Perhaps some are, that's not really important.
What makes it pretentious is the implication that Star Wars novels aren't worth reading because said authors exist. Sure, high-concept SF lit is great; but popcorn fun SF lit is great too. It's like the food pyramid.
Greg Bear wrote a SW book.
Lol, are you saying, then, that SW novels are on a par with those authors?
Perhaps some are, that's not really important.
What makes it pretentious is the implication that Star Wars novels aren't worth reading because said authors exist. Sure, high-concept SF lit is great; but popcorn fun SF lit is great too. It's like the food pyramid.
Greg Bear wrote a SW book.
Rogue Planet, right? Honestly, that one wasn't so great.
It seems that the more high-profile writers who have done Star Wars books are those who write some of the blander material. Greg Bear, Alan Dean Foster, Barbera Hambley etc. Although Bear and Salvatore's stories fit into the whole New Jedi Order plotline.
Terry Brooks kind of counts too, but he really only did the TPM novel if I'm not mistaken, and it's kind of hard to judge his SW output on that. (Although the novel does have a lengthy prologue with Anakin-something Salvatore likewise used in his AOTC novel).
Those writers who usually dabble in less high-brow/franchise related stuff (Stackpole and Kevin J. Anderson for example) usually write the more entertaining novels IMO. (Although Anderson's stuff is a bit OTT at times).
Not saying that's bad or anything, it's just that SW doesn't fit their writing style.
Terry Brooks kind of counts too, but he really only did the TPM novel if I'm not mistaken, and it's kind of hard to judge his SW output on that. (Although the novel does have a lengthy prologue with Anakin-something Salvatore likewise used in his AOTC novel).
Those writers who usually dabble in less high-brow/franchise related stuff (Stackpole and Kevin J. Anderson for example) usually write the more entertaining novels IMO. (Although Anderson's stuff is a bit OTT at times).
Not saying that's bad or anything, it's just that SW doesn't fit their writing style.
No.
Matt Stover manages to write both excellent science fiction and Star Wars novels.
Matt Stover manages to write both excellent science fiction and Star Wars novels.
Rogue Planet is actually of my favorite Star Wars novels.
I haven't read a bad Stover novel yet, it's true. What else of his is recommended?
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Shadow Games the first 50 pages for those interested.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/73122266/...ael-Reaves-and-Maya-Kaathryn-Bohnhoff-Excerpt
http://www.scribd.com/doc/73122266/...ael-Reaves-and-Maya-Kaathryn-Bohnhoff-Excerpt
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