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Lit Authors Of From A Certain Point Of View Breakdown.

Discussion in 'Literature' started by The Ganner, Aug 6, 2017.

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  1. The Ganner

    The Ganner Jedi Knight star 1

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    So I'm really excited for this book, and think it will add a whole bunch of worldbuilding (especially excited for the Dianoga) but when I saw the author list for the 40 years of star wars book I was disappointed, here is a complete breakdown.

    1. Ben Acker
    • He wrote Join the resistance, nothing else that insanely special about him but whatever
    2. Renee Ahdieh
    • This lady has never written a Star Wars book in her life, very weird choice
    3. Tom Angleberger
    • FINALLY someone I can get behind actually participating in this novel.
    4. Ben Blacker
    • again just wrote Join The Resistance
    5. Jeffery Brown
    • Wrote all those kids Star Wars books, so kind of a 'meh' choice.
    6. Pierce Brown
    • Another never written a Star Wars novel person.
    7. Meg Cabot
    • Never written a Star Wars novel, and is writing for the forty years of book
    8. Rae Carson
    • Never written a Star Wars novel
    9. Adam Christopher
    • Never Written a Star Wars novel
    10. Zoraida Cordova
    • Never Written a Star Wars novel
    11. Delilah S Dawson
    • She Wrote Perfect Weapon, and is writing Phasma
    12. Kelly Sue DeConnick
    • Never Written A Star Wars book, starting to think Del Rey has a fetish.
    13. Paul Dini
    • Never Written A Star Wars book
    14. Ian Doescher
    • Wrote the William Shakespeare Star Wars books.... sigh
    15. Ashley Eckstein
    • Okay I get it she's Ashoka, but SHE HAS NEVER WRITTEN ANY PIECE OF FICTION IN HER LIFE, WHY IS SHE HERE.
    16. Matt Fraction
    • Never Written A Star Wars Novel, bout to lose my mind.
    17. Alexander Freed
    • Wrote Twilight Company
    18. Jason Fry
    • Wrote a whole bunch of guide books, and smaller novels.
    19. Kieron Gillen
    • Wrote Darth Vader (comic)
    20. Christie Golden
    • Wrote Dark Disciple, Inferno Squad, Others.
    21. Claudia Gray
    • Wrote Lost Stars and others.
    22. Pablo Hidalgo
    • Story Group Guy, Wrote Essential Readers Companion
    23. E.K Johnson
    • Wrote Ashoka
    24. Paul S Kemp
    • wrote Riptide, Crosscurrent, Decived, I can actually get behind this decision.
    25. Mur Lafferty
    • Who the **** is Mur Lafferty and why is she writing Star Wars.
    26. Griffin McElroy
    • Griffin McElroy more like Griffin McIveNeverWrittenABookInMyLife
    27. John Jackson Miller
    • Someone who actually has had impact on the Star Wars universe (KOTOR COMICS, Kenobi, A New Dawn)
    28. Nnedi Okorafor
    • Shoot me
    29. Daniel Jose Older
    • No I'm Serious Shoot me
    30. Mallory Ortberg
    • She Wrote Two Books
    31. Beth Revis
    • Wrote Rebel Rising
    32. Madeline Roux
    • What an amazing choice (shouted sarcasm man)
    33. Greg Rucka
    • Wrote Before The Awakening
    34. Gary D Schmidt
    • Honestly did Del Rey just ****ing ask every author who wasn't busy?
    35. Cavan Scott
    • Wrote The Wild Space Children Novels.
    36. Charles Soule
    • Wrote the Marvel series Obi Wan and Anakin, and Lando.
    37. Sabaa Tahir
    • nope nope nopety nope nooooooooooooopeeeeeeeeeeee
    38. Elizabeth Wein
    • *bangs head against desk repeatedly
    39. Glen Weldon
    • Why
    40. Chuck Wendig
    • Zhe Wrote some dumb sh**
    41. Wil Wheaton
    • What the ****
    42. Gary Whitta
    • Eh
    I know my stuff kind of got jokey (hopefully you get the chuck wendig one)
    but overall for a book about 40 years of star wars, these authors are garbage.
    I would like to have a serious conversation with whoever picked these authors.
     
    The Ganner, Aug 6, 2017
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  2. cdgodin

    cdgodin Jedi Master star 4

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    Every author who has ever written Star Wars at one point had a project that was their first ever Star Wars work. Try to keep an open mind, just because someone hasn't written Star Wars yet doesn't mean they'll be bad or an ill-fit for Star Wars.
     
    cdgodin, Aug 6, 2017
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  3. Darth_Duck

    Darth_Duck Chosen One star 5

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    Everyone whose written for Star Wars was a first-time Star Wars writer once.

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    Darth_Duck, Aug 6, 2017
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  4. CooperTFN

    CooperTFN TFN EU Staff Emeritus star 7 VIP

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    Jul 8, 1999
    In before the lock.
     
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  5. T7-01

    T7-01 Jedi Knight star 2

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    I guess it was too much to get Luceno and Zahn *sigh*...
     
    T7-01, Aug 6, 2017
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  6. GrandAdmiralJello

    GrandAdmiralJello Comms Admin ❉ Moderator Communitatis Litterarumque star 10 Staff Member Administrator

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    Nov 28, 2000
    Where to start?

    I. You don't need a separate thread every time you want to express an opinion.

    II. There's an existing thread on this book.

    III. You're severely in conflict with board rules about author-bashing and civility. Calling authors "garbage" is a personal attack we won't tolerate, and your post doesn't have any basis in criticism or commentary. It's one thing to say "I did not like X book for Y reasons, or I wasn't a fan of Z author's work in A book because of B reasons." This is unmitigated bile and the only basis for your opinion seems to be "this person hasn't written Star Wars before". Have you even read half of these authors?

    IV. This list contributes absolutely nothing to this forum in terms of discussion or content.

    Absolutely unacceptable.
     
    GrandAdmiralJello , Aug 6, 2017
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