A&A The Official Michael P. Kube-McDowell Discussion Thread

wahts your favorite BFC book?

 

Whether Michael is good or not, he's definitely proven himself in the Star Wars arena. The Black Fleet Trilogy took a considerable portion of a SW year. The Corellian Trilogy stated the New Republic Fleet was light in cobat strength, and like The New Rebellion, helped to set that up, coming after Corellia.

Before the Storm was filled with intrigued, return Lobot to us in new ways, and had enough action to prove entertaining.

Shield of Lies was shocking.

I don't like the triple division of the book, but different time frames made that a necessity. Lando's section was too technical, but that was okay. He just had little excitement. Luke's section horrific. What the heck was Michael thinking?? It was absoluely tedious, boring, and a third of the book. Leia's section was action.

Then Tyrant's Test came, and the guns came out blazing. Paky chasing after Lando was a kicker. So what went wrong?

Michael all but rejuvinated the Impieral Navy with a fleet of 44 vessels, three said to be Super-class, minus whatever was lost in engagements till then. And Star Wars continuity didn't build on that! The Super Star Destroyer Intimdator was "lost", never to be used.

Poor Michael! I feel for you, I really do. Giving the books after Black Fleet whole new resources---Luke seemed to have mastered Fallanassi illusions, the Imps getting a whopping fleet---but never used.

 

Just to let you know, VECTORS comes out this month:

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From one of the most original voices in imaginative fiction comes a stunning novel of suspense and speculation, as a scientist seeking to uncover the mystery of human consciousness finds himself in a desperate search for immortality.

Dr. Jonathan Briggs is a gifted neuroscientist researching the existence of the human soul. Working at one of the world?s top facilities, he has access to the latest technology. He also has the enthusiastic support of his lover, Alynn Reed, who made her fortune as a creator of virtual reality games that have broken every barrier. Alynn believes in reincarnation, which Jonathan scoffs at--until he begins to note strange anomalies in his research.

Then Jonathan?s life is suddenly, shockingly turned upside down. No longer the dispassionate scientist, he begins a fevered, reckless effort to go beyond belief to proof. Ridiculed by his colleagues and the tabloid media, hounded by the police, Jonathan finds himself in a frenzied race against time, memory, and his own mortality. As he journeys deeper into the labyrinth of the human psyche, he moves nearer the place where past and future intersect, identities mingle, and death is the beginning of the most amazing adventure of all.