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Re: next year
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Wed, 1 Nov 2000 18:54:31 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Selçuk Göre writes:
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> Lorbaat wrote:
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> > In lugnet.starwars, Bryan Hodges writes:
> > > Some of the stuff in the newer books seems outlandish to me, which is why I
> > > stopped reading them.
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> > I can't remember which book it was in, but when I got to the one with the Sun
> > Crusher, I pretty much stopped. In the middle of the book. That was the last
> > one I read.
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> This is the first book of K. J. Anderson's Jedi Academy Trilogy. Jedi
> Search, to be precise.
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> Up to date, I've read Empire Trilogy from T. Zahn, Jedi Academy Trilogy
> from K. J. Anderson, Truce at Bakura from K. M. Tyers, and Bounty Hunter
> Wars Trilogy from K. W. Jeter. I like them all actually, but I like Zahn
> and Tyers most, and Anderson least. Anderson's books does not feel like
> true Star Wars, and I think he pushed the limits beyond any reasonable
> point. The most annoying thing was the numerous and surely more than
> adequate reminders of the things from true SW universe, I mean films.
> It's just like "I can't relate the things to true SW universe by the
> content, I can't create a true atmosphere of SW universe by the style,
> so here is the reminders for you, to remember why I put SW logo on the
> cover". But I should admit that they are not so boring or unsatisfactory
> at a degree to make reading a pain.
You've nailed Anderson to a T. I can't stand his books, and most of the
hard-core SW books fans have never forgiven him for the "editing" job he did
on Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina. One of the stories in there (which I
think was written by him) relates the Greedo/Han scene from Greedo's
perspective, but it put the lines from the movie out of order, and got the
Rodian wrong. The script and novelization of the movie saus Oota Goota
Solo? (Going somewhere Solo?) but he managed to have it as Oonna Goona Solo
in the book. If you're going to edit, at least get the facts straight!
> Now I decided that I should go in chronological order, and already
> ordered an eight book batch from Amazon. There is a good timeline for
> novels:
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> http://www.barbry.org/chad/swbooks.html
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> Additionally, while reading SW novels, having "Star Wars Encyclopedia"
> and "Essential ...." series within the close reach, would be a nice
> thing. All those reference material adds fun to the reading enjoyment.
I've got the Encyclopedia, it's a great reference book!
> > > I think that the Thrawn trilogy and the Jedi Academy
> > > trilogy were both pretty good, but some of the other stuff is junk.
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> > I read the Hier to the Empire trilogy, and I enjoyed it immensely. I never
> > read the Jedi Academy books.
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> I think you read at least half of the first book from this trilogy..:-)
> The most hated four books of the series as I heard are "Dark Saber" from
> K. J. Anderson, "Children of The Jedi" and "Planet of Twilight" from B.
> Hambley and "Crystal Star" from V. N. McIntyre. They are all cursed to
> death by hard core fans. I haven't read any of them yet, and yes, I
> will..:-) Because some fan sites criticize the "Bounty Hunter Wars"
> trilogy as boring to death, but I find it nice, and even nicer than Jedi
> Academy trilogy, which the same sites suggests as "must read".
I just remembered that I never got past the first book of the Bounty Hunter
trilogy, for that exact reason. The 4 books you listed are the worst,
though I'd say that DarkSaber and Children of the Jedi aren't quite as bad
as the other two.
> > Why not write about other folks in the rebellion? Why not write about
> > smugglers trying to avoid the Imperial troops? Gah.
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> Hmm... I think you can read "Tales of/from..." series (there are 5 of
> them I think; Mos Eisley Cantina, Jaba's Palace, Bounty Hunters, Empire,
> and New Rebellion), Bounty Hunter Wars Trilogy, and "X-Wing:..." series
> (there are 9 of them I think, plus a 10th one named as "I, Jedi").
Actually I, Jedi is a seperate book that features a couple of same
characters (It's the Jedi Academy trilogy time period from Corran's point of
view) where as the other 9 take place leading up to and into the Zahn trilogy.
The series I would reccommend:
The Han Solo trilogy (not the same as the 3 Han Solo stories that were
published in the 70's)
The X-Wing novels
The Zahn trilogy
The Black Fleet Crisis trilogy
The Zhan 2-book set chronologicly at the end of the timeline
The Corellian trilogy
Anything else by Michael A. Stackpole or Timothy Zahn, including the schort
stories in the "Tales from" series.
Just MHO!
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| <snip> (...) You are going to bash Anderson over something obscure like that and let Zahn get away with murder? (proverbially speaking) I swear Zahn thought he was writing a Trek novel. Let's see: He gives Luke's X-wing a pathetically inferior (...) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) This is the first book of K. J. Anderson's Jedi Academy Trilogy. Jedi Search, to be precise. Up to date, I've read Empire Trilogy from T. Zahn, Jedi Academy Trilogy from K. J. Anderson, Truce at Bakura from K. M. Tyers, and Bounty Hunter Wars (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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