Archive for the 'Sci-Fi' Category
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
By Eric Flint (Riverdale, NY: Baen Publishing, 2000, 597 pages)
1632 actually begins in the year 2000 with a wedding in a small town mining in West Virginia—Grantville. Through an inexplicable event referred to later as the ‘ring of fire’, Grantville and the entire valley was transported to the middle of Germany and the year [...]
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Sunday, May 17th, 2009
By Aaron Allston (New York: Random House Pub., 2009, 318 pages)
“Outcast” is the first book in the new Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi series. The war is over, Jacen Solo is dead and gone, and the Galactic Alliance is expanding under leadership of Natasi Daala.
In a move to consolidate her power and to [...]
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Saturday, January 31st, 2009
By James Luceno (New York: Ballantine Books, 2008, 317 pages)
The story follows the Millennium Falcon from the moment it was born (manufactured) at Corellian Engineering Corp. Assembly Facility 7. Then traces the history and different owners of the Falcon up to when Han Solo ‘won’ it from Lando.
Years later, Han and Leia go on a [...]
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
By Troy Denning (New York: Random House, Inc.: Ballantine Books, 2008, 299 pgs.)
This is the final offering in the ‘Legacy’ series. The most that I am going to say about the outcome is that the war is finally over at the end of the book.
Jaina Solo was training with [...]
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
By Karen Traviss (New York: Random House, Inc.: Ballantine Books, 2008, 436 pgs.)
Jaina Solo is determined to bring in or eliminate her brother Jacen who had become Darth Caedus. She goes to Mandalore to receive training from Boba Fett. She reasons that he will need to learn another method of fighting if she is [...]
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Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
By Aaron Allston (New York: Random House, Inc.:Ballantine Books, 2007, 368 pgs.)
"Fury" is the 7th book in the "Legacy" series. The book begins with the Jedi helping the Wookies control the fires set by Jacen (now Darth Caedus) on their home planet Kashyyyk.
This episode sees many of our on-going characters resolving some of their [...]
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Sunday, September 30th, 2007
By Troy Denning (New York: Random House, Inc.:Ballantine Books, 2007, 312 pgs.)
This is the 6th book in the series and it is a fast paced adventure just like the previous ones. The book opens with Jacen Solo deep into his new role as Darth Caedus, using his new powers to take [...]
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Saturday, June 30th, 2007
By Karen Traviss (New York: Random House, Inc.:Ballantine Books, 2007, 367 pgs.)
This is the 5th book in the series and breaks new ground by introducing a new Sith Lord. The book is fast paced as the previous in this series.
Particularly of note: Boba Fett finally takes on his role as leader of Mandalore seriously and [...]
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Sunday, February 11th, 2007
Book Three: "Tempest" by Troy Denning (New York: Ballantine Books, 2006, 392 pages)
I just finished the third book (Tempest) in this series. So far the books have been fast paced, full of action, and I haven’t been able to put them down till the last page. It is near heaven for any Star Wars [...]
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Sunday, January 21st, 2007
By Aaron Allston (New York: Ballantine Books, 2006, 387 pages)
For fans of Star Wars books, this begins a new series called "Legacy of the Force". It continues with the major characters from The New Jedi Order series and follows The Dark Nest Triology -roughly 40 years in time after the first movie: Star Wars [...]
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