Lit Han Solo Adventures by Brian Daley? Or The Han Solo Trilogy By A.C. Crispin?

Hello Everyone. I was just wondering which book I should read about everyone's favorite smuggler. I love the radio dramas written by Brian Daley, however I have read some mixed reviews about his Han Solo Adventures. Then there is The Han Solo Trilogy, I have read some good reviews and some bad. So.... I would wish to get some opinions about which one is better and why. Then I will make my decision based on your insight. I thought that other fans, like myself could help me.

Thanks, Kameron

 

Just read both

 

They're both good. The HST gives much more background information and character development for Han, but the HSA are classic Star Wars at its best. The third book of the Han Solo Trilogy specifically marks the points at which the Han Solo Adventures books take place, so if you read them both the three italicized interlude sections in Rebel Dawn are meant to serve as epilogues to each of the HSA books.

 

sweet so if they are both good I'll read both. Thanks Guys.

 

...and now I need to track down copies of the Han Solo trilogy (again) so I can do that.

 

Actually, Ann Crispin took special care to "incorporate" Daley's stories into her own. If you want one of the most interesting experiences Star Wars can give you, read the first two Han Solo trilogy books, then begin the third. Once Han takes off for the Corporate Sector, begin reading the first Daley book. After that, read the next chapter, and there is an interlude, giving a brief story of what Han does after the first adventure. Then read the second Daley book. Read the next HST chapter. Do it one final time, then finish Rebel Dawn.

Very fun.

 

Exactly as I read it. Both trilogies are awesome and this is probably the best reading order.

 

Mixed reviews about the Daley HSA? You mean people can't decide if they are great or awesome, right?

 

To be quite honest, I was amazed at how well the Han Solo Adventures fit in, considering their age. Hell, Han even referenced "shooting first" nearly two decades in advance

 

Don't mesh with the current EU? How/where?

 

I think he means in the style, I suppose, and the fact that we see so many exotic aliens that are never seen elsewhere. Personally, I consider those good things.

 

well there were alot of people saying that they didn't make sense but you have to remember that these stories were written in 1979 so the trilogy was not fleshed out yet.

 

I will do that thank you.

 

I read the Han Solo Trilogy back during my journey through the Bantam era via the library, but, sadly, I have never read The Han Solo Adventures. I definitely plan on getting both at some point.

 

They actually even explain that in the book itself 2 are set in the Corporate Sector which is a vassal realm of the Empire and the third is in the Tion, which has many worlds the Empire can’t be bothered to governor directly.

 

I read Brian Daley's trilogy for the first time in 2008 (nearly 3 decades after its publication), and I thought it was brilliant. To this day, I consider that trilogy easily in my top 10 favorite EU works, possibly top 5--and I've read almost about all 100+ Star Wars novels too.

AC Crispin's trilogy is fairly good too, but it's nowhere near the quality of Daley's masterpiece, IMO.

 

Both are great, but the Daley Adventures are just amazing. They will always be among my favourite SW novels. They were written in a more civilised age and Daley truly managed to capture the style that fitted with SW / Solo. Wonderful books that aren't about 10 Death Stars being destroyed or about 150 alien species that invade the galaxy. The Daley books are just great adventures without considering themselves to be the most important events in the SW galaxy.

 

I agree with Todd, the Daley trilogy is great Golden Age-type pulp scifi, which just happen to feature Han Solo and Chewbacca. They actually remind me a lot of Leigh Brackett's sci-fi novels from before she worked on ESB.

 

I read the first chapter as a sample on Itunes just to get into it. and I agree with you, it is great!

 

I agree with those who have said both. Ann Crispin was kind enough to literally write her books around the original Han Solo Adventures, so it makes sense to read them during the interlude she left in Rebel Dawn.

 

Daley's amazing books, or the terrorists have won.

 

Without getting overly political about the situation, Rew is functionally correct. While I was never bothered by the implications (canon or fandom) inherent in the Crispin Han Solo Trilogy, it's simply not at the level of Daley's Han Solo Adventures. Like an order of magnitude down.

However, if you're looking for a more "comprehensive Han" -- read both, then read Marvel #100. One of the most important people in Han's early life is only really there and not in any of the novels, which isn't Daley's fault (as Bey was created five years after his novel and covered in a timeperiod somewhat prior to the HSA).

 

The fact that the Han Solo Adventures don't "mesh" with the EU as a whole is a knock against the EU as a whole, not against the HSA. I only wish the rest of the EU was as awesome as Daley's books.