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Havac Title: Lit Mod of War Registered: Sep '05	Date Posted: 9/25/06 3:52pm Subject: Author Analysis: R. A. Salvatore
	Analyze and discuss the writing style and skill of R. A. Salvatore without bashing or gushing. Consider any strengths or weaknesses, any authorial niche he may fill, whether you would like to see him return to writing Star Wars, etc. Previous Author Analyses: Sean Williams and Shane Dix Greg Bear Kathy Tyers Darko Macan Vonda McIntyre Walter Jon Williams Kristine Kathryn Rusch Roger MacBride Allen John Ostrander Steve Perry Brian Daley Barbara Hambly Dave Wolverton Troy Denning Ann C. Crispin K. W. Jeter Sean Stewart Haden Blackman Greg Keyes Michael Stackpole Kevin J. Anderson Matthew Stover Michael Reaves Aaron Allston Go at it! -----signature----- "Is there a captain's hat involved in this?" "I . . . don't know what department I want. I need . . . pants."
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Whizkid Registered: Sep '03	Date Posted: 9/25/06 4:52pm Subject: RE: Author Analysis: R. A. Salvatore
	Vector Prime was great. Chewie's death was absolutely fantastic and the intro to the Vong was well done. It did start off a little slow but once it picked up pace it was really exciting. Attack of the Clones was decent. I liked the added scenes on Tatooine in the beginning. Better than TPM, but way below RotS as far as novelizations go. -----signature----- "Only a Sith deals in Absolutes" "Do, or do not. There is no try"
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Commander5052 Registered: Aug '05	Date Posted: 9/25/06 4:57pm Subject: RE: Author Analysis: R. A. Salvatore
	Chewie! -----signature----- Honored recepient of Thrawn McEwok's Bronze Thranta™ A Liberal and proud of it "Politics is simply the continuation of war by other means." --Mandalore the Ultimate
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ThrawnRocks Registered: Apr '04	Date Posted: 9/25/06 5:19pm Subject: RE: Author Analysis: R. A. Salvatore
	I've seen Salvatore criticized for his writing style, but I for one liked it. I found it much richer than most Star Wars books. -----signature----- My Icons: http://www.powow.com/thrawnrocks/icons.html Roan Fel's badassery knows no bounds. "The next Allston book should be all Syal and Myri, all the time." - Jello
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SuperSaiyaMan12 Registered: Aug '05	Date Posted: 9/25/06 5:45pm Subject: RE: Author Analysis: R. A. Salvatore
	He's a guy that doesn't do his homework, and he killed Chewie.
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Ender_Sai Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Feb '01	Date Posted: 9/25/06 5:45pm Subject: RE: Author Analysis: R. A. Salvatore
	Salvatore is a pulp writer. He's one of the best of them, and I think it's a shame he won't write another Star Wars novel because of the frankly disgusting behavior of fans. Issuing the man death threats over Chewie? Please, for starters most of those people would be the kind of nerds either too weak or too fat to carry out said threats ( ), but still! It was a dark moment in fandom... I liked Vector Prime and the Dark Tide books alot more than any others I think, but I have to say - if you like VP and want to see more of Salvatore, the Drizzt books are where it's at. E_S -----signature----- In this truth he knew himself to be. From sinking sands he stepped into light's embrace.
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EwokStromboli Registered: Aug '04	Date Posted: 9/25/06 6:26pm Subject: RE: Author Analysis: R. A. Salvatore
	He turned Attack of the Clones into something interesting and substantial. That's commendable in itself.
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Dinner_Squadron Registered: Oct '04	Date Posted: 9/25/06 6:47pm Subject: RE: Author Analysis: R. A. Salvatore
	Ender_Sai posted: Issuing the man death threats over Chewie? And he's lucky no one went through with it. Murdering a Pop Icon in an ignoble manner without bothering to do research as to what the characters one was writing about are like behaviorwise, thus showing the people who care about his subject manner that he was doing the job for a cheap pay day, reaps that kind of thing. His writing style would have been fine if it wasn't using established characters. It's probably passable when (if?) he writes original fiction, but doesn't belong in the EU.
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RK_Striker_JK_5 Registered: Jul '03	Date Posted: 9/25/06 6:51pm Subject: RE: Author Analysis: R. A. Salvatore
	I find the death threat thing to be deplorable. And Chewie's death could've been way worse, I'll admit that. But his lack of research on characters... Shakes head And I didn't like VP, either, to boot. -----signature----- E-married to the wonderful DarthIshtar. Now also her Padawan. Member of the Y.J.K. Revolution Staring into the Darkness http://boards.theforce.net/beyond_the_saga/b10477/27537567/p1/?23
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EwokStromboli Registered: Aug '04	Date Posted: 9/25/06 7:01pm Subject: RE: Author Analysis: R. A. Salvatore
	Dinner_Squadron posted: And he's lucky no one went through with it. Murdering a Pop Icon in an ignoble manner without bothering to do research as to what the characters one was writing about are like behaviorwise, thus showing the people who care about his subject manner that he was doing the job for a cheap pay day, reaps that kind of thing. Just parsing this a bit here . . . Are you saying that a foreseeable consequence of "[m]urdering a Pop Icon in an ignoble manner without bothering to do research as to what the characters one was writing about are like behaviorwise, thus showing the people who care about his subject manner that he was doing the job for a cheap pay day" is someone carrying out an actual, real-life death threat? Hopefully I missing an in-joke, like a Freakin' Sweet Hat or something.
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Dinner_Squadron Registered: Oct '04	Date Posted: 9/25/06 7:09pm Subject: RE: Author Analysis: R. A. Salvatore
	EwokStromboli posted: Just parsing this a bit here . . . Are you saying that a foreseeable consequence of "" is someone carrying out an actual, real-life death threat? Maybe not Chewbacca, although I wouldn't have been suprised. He's quite lucky though, that his bosses weren't able to order him to off Luke, though. Before anyone jumps on me for pointing out the obvious, do not think I am advocating what could have happened - I'm merely pointing out that I think R.A. didn't consider the risk he was taking when he took the Bounty on Chewie.
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Ender_Sai Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Feb '01	Date Posted: 9/25/06 8:44pm Subject: RE: Author Analysis: R. A. Salvatore
	No, I'm sure he assumed nobody would be fanatic enough, pathetic enough, sad enough to get to the point of harassing and threatening someone over Star Wars fiction. E_S -----signature----- In this truth he knew himself to be. From sinking sands he stepped into light's embrace.
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000 Registered: Oct '05	Date Posted: 9/25/06 9:13pm Subject: RE: Author Analysis: R. A. Salvatore - Date Edited: 9/25/06 9:14pm (1 edits total) Edited By: 000
	Miserable writer. At least in VP; I suppose it's unfair to judge him off a single work. I remember picking up this strange looking new book (this was pre-'net for me) and being like "the hell?" Boluphur? Ackdool? Blorash and tizowyrm and the stroking of beetles? Plus, Chewbacca's death sucked. Don't get me wrong, I was happy to see the family dog finally bite the big one, but good Waru. A crashing moon?
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rebel_cheese Registered: Jul '06	Date Posted: 9/25/06 9:35pm Subject: RE: Author Analysis: R. A. Salvatore - Date Edited: 9/25/06 9:46pm (3 edits total) Edited By: rebel_cheese
	The moment I saw this thread I knew what I was going to read. All right. I was an EU newbie when I picked this up. I had read YJK and Rogue Planet only up to this point. And I liked this book. It was fun at first (I loved the asteroid belt-running with Han and Chewie screaming at each other, that made me laugh HARD ). But there was something sinister underneath it all, especially when Yomin Carr made his entrance and began offing ExGal people. Then came Sernipidal. And that completely altered my viewpoint on everything SW forever. And I liked it. Liked it enough that within the next two months I had charged through everything up to Traitor, including the paperback of Star By Star (yes, people actually bought that ). I give Salvatore a lot of credit for turning me on to Star Wars books. I likely would not have bought any more SW books if it wasn't for Vector Prime. It is also the reason why I tend to look down upon most Bantam works (besides Zahn and Kube-McDowell) because I read exclusively NJO from 2002-2003. Compared to the DR books, a lot of the Bantam books have seemed childish to me, and they never seem to take chances and introduce major character development. (Take THAT, Striker and Saiya! ) Give a NJO-style sense of danger anyday. I just really wish R.A. was still writing SW. Damn overzealous fanboys . . . -----signature----- Padawan of princess_of_naboo E-married to the amazing padawanlost Member of Charon_Force The Incubus Cries: http://boards.theforce.net/beyond_the_saga/b10477/30141520/p1/?18
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Ive_Got_Two_Legs Registered: Jul '05	Date Posted: 9/25/06 9:39pm Subject: RE: Author Analysis: R. A. Salvatore
	I liked the scenes in VP set on Belkadan or with Nom Anor. They had a nice atmosphere to them. The rest of it was blah. I don't remember much about the AOTC novelization, except that he added all the cut scenes in as well as another one with Panaka. He's not a very good writer, but he's better than Hambly. -----signature----- "Where's your sense of optimism?" "It opted out."
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Ender_Sai Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Feb '01	Date Posted: 9/25/06 10:08pm Subject: RE: Author Analysis: R. A. Salvatore
	Am I the only one here who knows just how awesome Salvatore's pulp fantasy is? As a pulp fantasy writer, he's perfect for Star Wars. You need to read some of his older stuff, to see the journey and heroism of Drizzt spelled out. He's no George RR Martin, or Tolkein, but he's damned good at pulp fantasy. Which is exactly what Star Wars is, and needs. Give him the license to write Star Wars universe material without having to use preestablished and personality-erratic characters, and he'd shine. E_S -----signature----- In this truth he knew himself to be. From sinking sands he stepped into light's embrace.
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