I'm not looking forward to Dark Journey anymore

Based on her three Gamer shorts and the DJ excerpts, I'm finding myself VERY unimpressed with Elaine Cunningham, and I'm sorry to say I no longer have much interest in Dark Journey.

 

you're part basing this on an INTERVIEW?

 

Sorry, I misspake, all fixed now...

 

Well, I would never judge on previous work, exerts, shorts OR interviews, so Im still looking forward to it

 

from what i've read, it looks good to me. i'm still looking forward to it as much as ever.

 

I'm reading TAS first. I didn't much like The Apprentice, the other two were okay, and the excerpt was nice.

 

I do judge upcoming work on previous work, exerpts, shorts and interviews and I'm sort of mixed about Dark Journey.

I was wholly unimpressed with her Red Sky, Blue Flame. I thought I was mistakenly reading a recruitment flyer for some sort of cultish Thrawn-Fel Admiration Society. I had to double check several times that it wasn't the case.

I'm still looking forward to Dark Journey more than I was Balance Point, but not as much as I was before reading Red Sky, Blue Flame.

Hopefully, Cunningham can stay away from Larry Stu'ing the character of Jag Fel. That's probably one of my main concerns about Dark Journey.

 

Do you think you could go into some more detail Mastage? After reading The Apprentice, I'm looking forward to DJ.

 

what do you mean by "Larry Stu'ing" Genghis?

 

Lucas Books will hire anybody these days... they should get Tom Clancy or Michael Crighton

 

They cost to much to hire, and I don't think they do franchise work.

 

well they can use the old mind trick

LB- "You want to write NJO for free Tom"

Clancy- "I want to write NJO for free"

 

Tom Clancy was payed to put his name on all that crap Op-Center &c.

Anyway, I agree with Ghengis about RSBF. Crystal was interesting, but the writing style didn't grab me. Same with the excerpts from DJ. The Apprentice was just very weak all around. The writing, the situations...it just didn't feel "right."

 

Clancy is overrated. I read Rainbow Six. I didnt feel ANY emotions at all

 

emotions??? who reads a book for emotions???

 

99% of people who read

 

bleh i guess 99% of people are also idiots i read that somewhere....

 

einsten- "only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity."

or something to that context.

 

So Elite, what do you read for?

 

the complexity of the plot and the reputation of the author

and if its SW i'll read it just cause its SW...

 

Well, from what I've read of the excerpt and heard, and the various tidbits Rebecca has given us - I'm looking forward to Dark Journey.

R.

 

and if its SW i'll read it just cause its SW... - Elite_Guard

Then Lucas must love you. IMO, some of the stuff with a SW label slapped across it has been utter poodoo.

R.

 

poodoo maybe but i read every single one... just to know every thing that has happened in SW plot...

 

That's what I read Time Tales for.

R.

 

What about CLive Cussler? His book were great! Could not put em down! He does action adventure books. Great series. He should write one or two star wars books. If he did, there wouldnt be any romance stuff in it.