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JediObiKat Registered: Feb '06	Date Posted: 11/11/08 12:33pm Subject: RE: What Recent Star Wars Novel Have You Read? What was there about it that you enjoyed?
	I'm still waiting on the Force Unleashed...maybe one of these days the library will get to me on the list. I agree about the Legacy comics, they are pretty good! I did finish Coruscant Nights II the other week, and I have to say that I liked the other one better. Not much seemed to happen in it--it was a murder mystery instead of a "political thriller," which was kind of disappointing. Maybe the next one will be better. Once again, the author did get carried away with his big vocabulary words, and I'm not sure that he used all of them correctly. My favorite example being him calling something (a containment field, if I remember correctly) "adiabatic" because it let no mass through, but adiabatic means letting no heat through! (Being a ChemE I find this a serious error )
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Methodical Registered: Jul '06	Date Posted: 11/11/08 1:20pm Subject: RE: What Recent Star Wars Novel Have You Read? What was there about it that you enjoyed?
	JediObiKat posted: Once again, the author did get carried away with his big vocabulary words, and I'm not sure that he used all of them correctly. My favorite example being him calling something (a containment field, if I remember correctly) "adiabatic" because it let no mass through, but adiabatic means letting no heat through! (Being a ChemE I find this a serious error ) Okay, see, I thought that same thing. I have a degree in English Lit, and at times, when I'm reading the Couruscant Nights books, I feel the author is overusing words and using words incorrectly. I brought this up in the Lit Forum, but of course you're not really allowed to say anything bad about the authors anymore (except Traviss...lol), so I was shot down pretty quickly. I know English though, and I know how to use words, and that guy isn't doing it right all the time. Another author does that too. I want to say it's Troy Denning, but I'm not sure now. What he does is seem to latch onto a certain word, like "caf," and then he just repeats it and repeats it. There was one book, I think in LOTF, where it seemed all anyone did was sit around and drink caf the whole time. Now, in the grand scheme, these issues weren't terrible. I still enjoyed the Couruscant Nights books, and LOTF was at least good for a laugh. It just seems like something the editors should find and correct. But then, after reading LOTF, I'm pretty sure they don't even use editors anymore. That could be the problem. -----signature----- "We are well and truly forked." - Mace Windu (Shatterpoint: p. 147)
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Jada Title: Chapter Rep Charlotte, NC Registered: Apr '06	Date Posted: 11/11/08 5:06pm Subject: RE: What Recent Star Wars Novel Have You Read? What was there about it that you enjoyed?
	Methodical posted: Okay, see, I thought that same thing. I have a degree in English Lit, and at times, when I'm reading the Couruscant Nights books, I feel the author is overusing words and using words incorrectly. ZMOG thank you for noticing. That totally turned me off to the story and I don't plan to read the 2nd and 3rd books. As for TFU novel, I read it and was engaged by it and found the idea of the Apprentice - forget his name at this point - starting the Rebellion. Was it literary gold? No. I have been told it follows the story arc in the game to a T but since I won't be playing the game I won't know that so my only connection to the story was through the novel. -----signature----- Ward 316 \| Honey, you forgot your pants! ~ TK-2970 The Wretched Hive XO RL NC State Captain Poop deck swabbing wench
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GrandAdmiral_Frank Registered: Aug '03	Date Posted: 11/12/08 7:56pm Subject: RE: What Recent Star Wars Novel Have You Read? What was there about it that you enjoyed?
	I just read Rogue Planet and after reading NJO I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed it. Greg Bear was really good with his writing of Obi-Wan and Anakin and even better for Tarkin. -----signature----- Member of the Han Solo and Chewbacca FanClub Member of the TFF Winner of the PT Rewrite Challenge Four "Don't make me destroy you"-Darth Vader, The Empire Strikes Back
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cathiecat Title: Tucson FF Historian Registered: Mar '05	Date Posted: 11/13/08 9:54pm Subject: RE: What Recent Star Wars Novel Have You Read? What was there about it that you enjoyed?
	Still working on Cantina, made through five stories so far. -----signature----- " I don't know where you get your delusions laser brains" "Why you low-down, stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerf-herder" "you came in that thing. Your braver than I thought." http://www.tucsonfanforce.com
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JediObiKat Registered: Feb '06	Date Posted: 11/18/08 7:40pm Subject: RE: What Recent Star Wars Novel Have You Read? What was there about it that you enjoyed?
	I finally got ahold of The Force Unleashed. It had better be good: I biked through snow and wind to get to the library! (Yay! It finally snowed here, well, we got a little dusting!)
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cathiecat Title: Tucson FF Historian Registered: Mar '05	Date Posted: 11/18/08 7:53pm Subject: RE: What Recent Star Wars Novel Have You Read? What was there about it that you enjoyed?
	I read the graphic novel of it, I started the book but was never able to complete it as I did not own it, I was reading it in the bookstore. -----signature----- " I don't know where you get your delusions laser brains" "Why you low-down, stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerf-herder" "you came in that thing. Your braver than I thought." http://www.tucsonfanforce.com
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JediObiKat Registered: Feb '06	Date Posted: 11/26/08 10:49am Subject: RE: What Recent Star Wars Novel Have You Read? What was there about it that you enjoyed?
	Finished the Force Unleashed! I really enjoyed it, particularly the exchange "Do you have a name boy?" "No." The apprentice's force powers were a little over the top, but cool nonetheless, although I did enjoy the "cut scenes" (or what I'm guessing are the cut scenes in the game) better than the action parts. I just didn't like the apprentice's demise at the end, :-( poor Juno.
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esahr8 Registered: Oct '08	Date Posted: 11/30/08 9:49pm Subject: RE: What Recent Star Wars Novel Have You Read? What was there about it that you enjoyed?
	Just finished The Unifying Force, and by extension, the NJO. Pretty incredible.
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JediObiKat Registered: Feb '06	Date Posted: 12/18/08 2:32pm Subject: RE: What Recent Star Wars Novel Have You Read? What was there about it that you enjoyed?
	Finished Millenium Falcon the other day. Has anyone else read that yet? I enjoyed getting to hear the stories about the various owners, even though the stories sometimes felt like a slow point in the book. The Falcon reminded me of the One Ring at times; it was like the ship had a mind of its own. I also liked them developing Allana's character more, though sometimes she came off, to me, as being younger than 7...like 4. I couldn't believe the smooshed owner was still alive 62 years later though... I really enjoyed the book up until the end, which I thought was a major let-down. My interpretation: "Oh wow! It's the treasure! Oh no! It's a fake! Okay! Let's keep hunting! Jadak, come along with me you has been hunting you all book! Okay! Off they go. Han & Co.: Oh no! Luke's arrested! Let's go! The end." That's no ending in my opinion.
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Jada Title: Chapter Rep Charlotte, NC Registered: Apr '06	Date Posted: 12/19/08 4:22am Subject: RE: What Recent Star Wars Novel Have You Read? What was there about it that you enjoyed?
	Haven't gotten Falcon yet. Need to get it. I'm having the worse luck with SW novels lately. I couldn't get to even page 30 of Deathstar and am hung up in Clone Wars. -----signature----- Ward 316 \| Honey, you forgot your pants! ~ TK-2970 The Wretched Hive XO RL NC State Captain Poop deck swabbing wench
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Methodical Registered: Jul '06	Date Posted: 12/21/08 8:09am Subject: RE: What Recent Star Wars Novel Have You Read? What was there about it that you enjoyed?
	Yeah, I'm getting worried. Each new release seems to be worse than the one before. If the late '80s/early'90s were the Golden Age of Star Wars lit, I think we're not entering the Plastic Age. -----signature----- "We are well and truly forked." - Mace Windu (Shatterpoint: p. 147)
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cathiecat Title: Tucson FF Historian Registered: Mar '05	Date Posted: 12/22/08 7:53pm Subject: RE: What Recent Star Wars Novel Have You Read? What was there about it that you enjoyed?
	I actually really enjoyed Death Star, I'm sorry to hear your not getting into it. -----signature----- " I don't know where you get your delusions laser brains" "Why you low-down, stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerf-herder" "you came in that thing. Your braver than I thought." http://www.tucsonfanforce.com
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cathiecat Title: Tucson FF Historian Registered: Mar '05	Date Posted: 12/22/08 7:55pm Subject: RE: What Recent Star Wars Novel Have You Read? What was there about it that you enjoyed? - Date Edited: 12/22/08 7:57pm (1 edits total) Edited By: cathiecat
	darn machine posted my message twice and never let me know it was posted the first time, let alone second. -----signature----- " I don't know where you get your delusions laser brains" "Why you low-down, stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerf-herder" "you came in that thing. Your braver than I thought." http://www.tucsonfanforce.com
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YuuzhanVong_Rule Registered: Jan '08	Date Posted: 12/31/08 11:22pm Subject: RE: What Recent Star Wars Novel Have You Read? What was there about it that you enjoyed?
	The Vector story arc ended in the comics and Darth Wyyrlok kills Krayt and Cade kills Celeste and Destroys the Murr Talisman -----signature----- YUUZHAN VONG ARE AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Member of the TFF Proud Recipient of the Golden Elegos™
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