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What you're reading now: EU style
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I picked up the book "Splinter of the minds eye" at my library yesterday and I'm going to read it this weekend.
The only reason I'm reading it is because I'm curious what it will say considering that it was writen in 1978 and takes a totally different turn than what happens during ESB. I just don't know how kinky things get between Luke and Leia on whatever planet that they are on.
I'm hoping that it turns out to be good read, even though the story is bunk now and it fell through the EU cracks.
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Anyway, is the new Darth Vader book any good? Coz I might give that a go. When I get some spare time, which is proving rather difficult with a one year old taking up most of my spare time, that and being on the computer!!
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I would love to get my hands on and read the Timothy Zahn books again...
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Originally posted by: Invader Jenny
I actually detest EU a great deal, and yet I have ventured into the realm of sin.
I picked up the book "Splinter of the minds eye" at my library yesterday and I'm going to read it this weekend.
The only reason I'm reading it is because I'm curious what it will say considering that it was writen in 1978 and takes a totally different turn than what happens during ESB. I just don't know how kinky things get between Luke and Leia on whatever planet that they are on.
I'm hoping that it turns out to be good read, even though the story is bunk now and it fell through the EU cracks.
I actually detest EU a great deal, and yet I have ventured into the realm of sin.
I picked up the book "Splinter of the minds eye" at my library yesterday and I'm going to read it this weekend.
The only reason I'm reading it is because I'm curious what it will say considering that it was writen in 1978 and takes a totally different turn than what happens during ESB. I just don't know how kinky things get between Luke and Leia on whatever planet that they are on.
I'm hoping that it turns out to be good read, even though the story is bunk now and it fell through the EU cracks.
OK, BTW, a public service announcement to everyone first: This thread is NOT for EU bashing. It is only for discussing what you may be reading in the EU and how you feel about that particular book.
OK... now... back to our regularly scheduled programming.
The thing is, the story, as far as Lucasfilm is concerned, is still in continuity. And from what I can remember, Splinter of the Mind's Eye doesn't really contradict anything that occurs later on. Yeah, there was some sexual tension between Luke and Leia, but hey, it keeps in continuity with the films that way, doesn't it?
One interesting bit of trivia about the book was that it was actually intended to be made into a low-budget sequel to ANH if it bombed at the box office as Lucas originally thought. And, as you'll see, Han isn't involved in the story, since at the time, Harrison Ford had not signed on for a sequel to ANH.
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I have some difficulties to read it, just cause I find it pretty boring... There are some good ideas, but the whole story is pretty confused and written pretty badly IMO.
Anyway, the next one for me will be one novel of the Rogue Squadron series, which I love. Good characters, good stories (for the most) and very well described space battles.
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Originally posted by: Adamwankenobi
Has anyone here read Traitor, which is Matthew Stover's excellent entry to the New Jedi Order?
Has anyone here read Traitor, which is Matthew Stover's excellent entry to the New Jedi Order?
Not yet. I'm trying to read the novel in chronological order and haven't read any NJO novels for now.
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I hated the Jedi Acadmy series, and stopped reading the Han Trilogy at the beginning, when the wookie who raised Han died. //roll eyes.
I started Tatooine Ghost awhile back, but I don't know where I left it.
And AWK, you are the LAST person who should be complaing about people posting off-topic in a thread. Try staying out of Beautiful Women if such activities truly bother you.
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Originally posted by: Kaal-Jhyy
Not yet. I'm trying to read the novel in chronological order and haven't read any NJO novels for now.
Originally posted by: Adamwankenobi
Has anyone here read Traitor, which is Matthew Stover's excellent entry to the New Jedi Order?
Has anyone here read Traitor, which is Matthew Stover's excellent entry to the New Jedi Order?
Not yet. I'm trying to read the novel in chronological order and haven't read any NJO novels for now.
Have you read his Clone Wars-era novel Shatterpoint then?
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Originally posted by: Adamwankenobi
Have you read his Clone Wars-era novel Shatterpoint then?
Originally posted by: Kaal-Jhyy
Not yet. I'm trying to read the novel in chronological order and haven't read any NJO novels for now.
Originally posted by: Adamwankenobi
Has anyone here read Traitor, which is Matthew Stover's excellent entry to the New Jedi Order?
Has anyone here read Traitor, which is Matthew Stover's excellent entry to the New Jedi Order?
Not yet. I'm trying to read the novel in chronological order and haven't read any NJO novels for now.
Have you read his Clone Wars-era novel Shatterpoint then?
No, just cause the Clone Wars era is not yet edited in pocket books (I don't know how you call that in english) in France. Some of them have been edited in bigger format but are too expansive for me. But I'd like to read the novels from that era.
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Here's a short snippet from the bookcover: "Mired in greed and corruption, tangled in bureaucracy, the Galactic Republic is crumbling. In the outlying systems, where the Trade Federation maintains a stranglehold on shipping routes, tensions are boiling over - and now even the comfort of Coruscant is being invaded, as Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi foil an assassination attempt on Supreme Chancellor Valorum..."
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Originally posted by: Adamwankenobi
Has anyone here read Traitor, which is Matthew Stover's excellent entry to the New Jedi Order?
Has anyone here read Traitor, which is Matthew Stover's excellent entry to the New Jedi Order?
bset book in the NJO, best book in Starwars,one of the best books i have ever read.
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Originally posted by: Shimraa
bset book in the NJO, best book in Starwars,one of the best books i have ever read.
Originally posted by: Adamwankenobi
Has anyone here read Traitor, which is Matthew Stover's excellent entry to the New Jedi Order?
Has anyone here read Traitor, which is Matthew Stover's excellent entry to the New Jedi Order?
bset book in the NJO, best book in Starwars,one of the best books i have ever read.
I agree.
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Originally posted by: Master Sifo-Dyas
I've started reading "Cloak of Deception". The story is taking place right before TPM and is a pretty good read so far.
I've started reading "Cloak of Deception". The story is taking place right before TPM and is a pretty good read so far.
Hmm...sound interesting.
Considering that the movie was BEYOND confusing (even for a 16 year old girl) that I had to buy the novelization of the TPM just so that I could understand what the hell was going on in that movie, I might want to pick this up for an afternoon read. Does this book help clear up somethings that lead in the the start of TPM?
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Hey look, a bear!
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Originally posted by: Shimraa
like i found traitor so good that i would consider it a work of literature, yes i consider a Starwas book a work of literature.
like i found traitor so good that i would consider it a work of literature, yes i consider a Starwas book a work of literature.
What is "Traitor" about? Wait, isn't Stover the same guy that did the novelization for ROTS? Personally, I felt that his writing was weaker compared to the other two authors who wrote the TPM and AOTC novelizations. His work seemed to "prose-y" instead of reading like a gripping novel.
I just saw a blerb on-line - is this a radio drama? It talked about narration and sound FX and music by John Williams. If that is true, I would totally snatch up that CD rather than the book.
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Originally posted by: battlewars
if there is a book out there that features obi wan and anakin talking about giving his lightsaber to his son then i might come back to the eu
if there is a book out there that features obi wan and anakin talking about giving his lightsaber to his son then i might come back to the eu
He was lying to Luke in ANH. No need for the EU to explain that.
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