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The Gatherer Title: Manager Emeritus/TF.N Books Staff Registered: Aug '99	Date Posted: 2/21/02 10:57pm Subject: The Official Kevin J. Anderson & Rebecca Moesta Discussion Thread - Date Edited: 8/2/08 10:33am (1 edits total) Edited By: Rogue_Follower
	Kevin J. Anderson has been heavily involved with the Star Wars universe, writing many of the Tales of the Jedi comics, the 'Jedi Academy' novel trilogy, and the novel 'Darksaber'. Kevin has also written in many other well known universe's such as Dune and the X-Files. Kevin also collaborated with his wife Rebecca on the 'Young Jedi Knights' series of books. Website: http://www.wordfire.com/ Jedi Council Forums Username: Discuss Kevin & Rebecca's novels and aspects of his writing in this thread. You never know, Kevin & Rebecca might drop by from time to time! -----signature----- Co-Author - Timetales http://www.theforce.net/timetales ----------------------------------------------- TFN Books Contributor http://www.theforce.net/books
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Bossk_BountyHunter Registered: Jan '02	Date Posted: 2/22/02 11:45am Subject: RE: The Official Kevin J. Anderson & Rebecca Moesta Discussion Thread - Date Edited: 2/22/02 12:31pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Bossk_BountyHunter
	EDIT--- in order to avoid banning...I think KJA needs to work on his writing -----signature----- <--- Dreaming of the 4th Reich "A Jedi uses the force for knowledge and defense...never attack" "Or perhaps LuCASH is a better term..." - Destiny_Skywalker Ever notice how in ROTJ,Leia's voice sounds like the one of an old drunken hag?
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IAmTheDarkSide Registered: Jan '02	Date Posted: 2/22/02 11:46am Subject: RE: The Official Kevin J. Anderson & Rebecca Moesta Discussion Thread
	You might want to edit that; such a flagrant flame might even be bannable. I think that Anderson's SW books were some of the closest in spirit to Lucas' films, and the YJK and JJK books were great fun. I do feel, however, that the new Dune books are quite awful. -----signature----- Mastadge
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JediLord Registered: Oct '00	Date Posted: 2/22/02 2:56pm Subject: RE: The Official Kevin J. Anderson & Rebecca Moesta Discussion Thread
	the king of superweapons and master of unbelievable coincendences, which i am sure he thinks are funny, but leave me cold. liked him at first, but as i thought about it more, he is only average. darksaber's climax with the weapon falling apart was crappy, as was the going back to all the old planets and lo and behold! it's a one armed wampa! what a co-in-ki-dink! not a bad writer, just nothing special. -----signature----- JEDILORD HATH RETURNED! How's my posting? Call 1-800-I-dont-care There is no Liberal Media. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Super Bowl XXXVII Champions! My post doesn't have an Infinities logo. Does that make it canon?
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ReaperFett Registered: Dec '99	Date Posted: 2/22/02 3:30pm Subject: RE: The Official Kevin J. Anderson & Rebecca Moesta Discussion Thread
	Zahn used Coincedences far more, and the "Superweapons" aren't so super when you think about it, Suncrusher aside. -----signature----- http://www.ymdb.com/user_top20_view.asp?usersid=4053 - My top 20 movies. -
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JediLord Registered: Oct '00	Date Posted: 2/22/02 11:44pm Subject: RE: The Official Kevin J. Anderson & Rebecca Moesta Discussion Thread
	why would i edit my opinion? -----signature----- JEDILORD HATH RETURNED! How's my posting? Call 1-800-I-dont-care There is no Liberal Media. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Super Bowl XXXVII Champions! My post doesn't have an Infinities logo. Does that make it canon?
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Senator_Elegos_A-Kla Registered: Jan '01	Date Posted: 2/23/02 3:26am Subject: RE: The Official Kevin J. Anderson & Rebecca Moesta Discussion Thread
	Has anyone read his book Blindfold? That was a spectacular read. It really did surprise you at every turn. The depth that he went into Franz Dokken's character was magnificant. -----signature----- A Semi-Random Person Moss: "I'll just put it here with the rest of the fire."
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JediLord Registered: Oct '00	Date Posted: 2/23/02 11:17am Subject: RE: The Official Kevin J. Anderson & Rebecca Moesta Discussion Thread
	no KJA's superweapons are not that super, but he does use them quite a bit. and i think that, while zahn does use coincedence, KJA uses it far more. -----signature----- JEDILORD HATH RETURNED! How's my posting? Call 1-800-I-dont-care There is no Liberal Media. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Super Bowl XXXVII Champions! My post doesn't have an Infinities logo. Does that make it canon?
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Naboo Queen Title: FF IK Fan Fiction SIG Leader Indpl s IN USA Registered: Aug '99	Date Posted: 2/23/02 8:32pm Subject: RE: The Official Kevin J. Anderson & Rebecca Moesta Discussion Thread
	I think that KJA is a fine writer, who wrote some books that many don't like. It is difficult writing in another person's world. Plot points and developments also come from the Lucas Empire (if I understand correctly). His books in Star Wars are not my favorite, but being a bad writer . . . he's been published a lot more than anyone else here. -----signature----- Emissary of Beru Dictator of Veers's Vixens (commissioned by the General himself ) Drama free in 2003! "He that is good at making excuses is seldom good for anything else." Benjamin Franklin Making war on chaos!
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Bossk_BountyHunter Registered: Jan '02	Date Posted: 2/23/02 8:34pm Subject: RE: The Official Kevin J. Anderson & Rebecca Moesta Discussion Thread
	He's a writer.I'm not.I still think he sucks.But I also prefer the 1950's sci-fi writers.Sci-fi was at its peak then. -----signature----- <--- Dreaming of the 4th Reich "A Jedi uses the force for knowledge and defense...never attack" "Or perhaps LuCASH is a better term..." - Destiny_Skywalker Ever notice how in ROTJ,Leia's voice sounds like the one of an old drunken hag?
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stevo Registered: Aug '01	Date Posted: 2/23/02 8:43pm Subject: RE: The Official Kevin J. Anderson & Rebecca Moesta Discussion Thread
	sigh Eveyone's a critic. -----signature----- The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable man perisists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Thus all prgress depends on the unreasonable man.
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JediLord Registered: Oct '00	Date Posted: 2/23/02 10:31pm Subject: RE: The Official Kevin J. Anderson & Rebecca Moesta Discussion Thread
	I don't think he is a bad writer, but his ideas sometimes are a bit lame. The IG-88 Death Star thing still makes me wake up in a cold sweat some nights. Sometimes...I think of that Imperial who wants the nose job...and I cry. -----signature----- JEDILORD HATH RETURNED! How's my posting? Call 1-800-I-dont-care There is no Liberal Media. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Super Bowl XXXVII Champions! My post doesn't have an Infinities logo. Does that make it canon?
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beafet Title: Webmaster Ja cksonville, NC FanForce Registered: Mar '01	Date Posted: 2/24/02 11:32am Subject: RE: The Official Kevin J. Anderson & Rebecca Moesta Discussion Thread
	i've read Blindfold.... -----signature-----
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magneto Registered: Feb '01	Date Posted: 2/27/02 2:23pm Subject: RE: The Official Kevin J. Anderson & Rebecca Moesta Discussion Thread
	Well I for one think that kja is one of the best SW writers out there.I wish he would write some of the NJO. with out him we wouldn't have Kyp Duroon Streen Lowbacca Tenel ka Suncrusher Kirana Ti Dorsk 81 & 82 etc so stop winging
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excalibur2358 Registered: Dec '00	Date Posted: 2/28/02 7:30pm Subject: RE: The Official Kevin J. Anderson & Rebecca Moesta Discussion Thread
	I can see why KJA and his wife get beat up a little bit by the critics, and yes, the super weapons/coincidence situation does get a little tiring. But then again, so was the whole new-Grand-Admiral/Dark Jedi-every-other-week ploy. It's like the line in The Mummy Returns. "Let me guess, he wants to take over the world..." "How'd you know?" "That's always the story..." Or something to that effect. Anyhoo... I thought the Jedi Academy Trilogy books were okay, but my favorite creation was that of the Young Jedi Knights series.For the sophisticated reader, these will seem like kiddie books (anyone past middle school can probably read them in about three hours). But each book had a halfway decent plot, and Jacen, Jaina, Tenel Ka (my favorite), Lowie and company seemed like fairly realistic teenagers...I know my friends and I used to have adventures of similar nature... I first read Star Wars books for fun, but once I decided to read the Young Jedi Knight books, it really sparked my interest (I was about the same age as the YJK, so I could relate). Mr. and Mrs. Anderson succeeded in at least one case, in developing the teenage children of the Solos and their friends. excal -----signature----- The Once and Future Protector of The Fortress The Force will be with you. Always.
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ImperialGirl Registered: Feb '01	Date Posted: 2/28/02 7:46pm Subject: RE: The Official Kevin J. Anderson & Rebecca Moesta Discussion Thread
	First: I've met them both, and in person Kevin Anderson is a very nice man. And obviously some people like his books or he would not still be writing them. That said I can't stand his writing. Star Wars and X-Files both, I was bored silly. I wanted to grab him and scream "SHOW, DON'T TELL!" His prose falls flat on the floor and lies there. His original characters range from flimsy to cartoonish. I'm not quite sure what people mean when they say he stayed close to the spirit of the movies except that possibly he repeated what the movies did, 'only more so.' The Death Star blows up planets? Well, the Sun Crusher blows up entire systems! Darth Vader was a powerful Sith Lord? Well, Exar Kun is even MORE powerful! Luke was very strong in the Force at a precociously young age? Well, Kyp Durron is even stronger AND younger! Grand Admiral Thrawn was a tactical genius, and Mara Jade a red-haired, green-eyed agent of the Empire? Well, Daala is an even bigger tactical genius AND she's a babe with red hair and green eyes and she was sleeping with Tarkin but that has absolutely nothing to do with her promotion. (That last bit pretty much wiped out any credibility Daala had with me. The fact that she had very little to back up the genius claim didn't help. She keeps getting foiled by Han and a KID? This is now Scooby-Do? "I'd have destroyed the Republic, if it weren't for those meddling kids!") I will say that the science and tech is usually spot-on in his books, and if you have ever worked for the government the Maw installation is downright hysterical. (I know these people. I have worked with them.) The JAT is a quick light read, but it reads like a fairly well-done fan fiction. -----signature----- "I have seen 'The Fury' and that way lies spooky carnival death." "Cross my heart and shoot me dead, stick a lobster on my head." It's All About Sirius. (Well, it IS!) Ravenclaw Chaser
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