id recommend skipping the han solo bane and legacy series unless you specially like those characters though. watching Drew whatever lovingly stroke dessels shaft gets boring after awhile and legacy... *sighs*
I recommend Dark Rondevous, Allegience, Shatterpoint or Labyrinth of Evil to start with. Those are all stand-alone books and were very good imo.
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I don't know why people hate LOTF so much. I found it very good. The new FOTJ series is also very addicting for me. And Star Wars: Death Star is very good as well. So are the Darth Bane books. And I, Jedi.
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The fact that Luke wouldn't just go kill Caedus for several books was the only reason the series lasted as long as it did.
It seemed like a giant, unnecessary plot hole.
Speaking of which, did anybody else watch the new Star Trek movie? And if you did, did you notice the gigantic plot hole right in the center of it that ruined the story? If so, post it in spoilers below, i've been dying to know if other sci-fi fans caught it like i did.
[SPOILER - highlight to read]: NO! the sun that spock was originally traveling to, in order to destroy it to save the planet, WAS STILL AROUND after he went through the portal and back in time. At any time, they could've taken the red goo, (its been months since i watched this, places and names of things escape me now) and BLOWN UP the star that went nova, saving the planet, and ending the dude's reason for all of his hatred. Are you telling me that NO ONE in the Star Trek Universe thought of that?
I was sitting there the entire movie thinking, why not go blow up the Sun NOW?
[SPOILER - highlight to read]: The guy was out for revenge. He wanted to equalize suffering, not prevent it. He was mad that people died and was behaving irrationally.
But this is Star Trek we're talking about. What fun would it be without a plot hole?
Star Trek Spoiler!! (don't know how to use spoiler tags, this isn't really a spoiler though, but still you've been warned)
The main bad guy wasn't really that evil. It's entirely reasonable to be angry if your homeworld exploded. Sure he was a little extreme when it came to "revenge", but it wasn't for a selfish reason. He was angry that millions/billions of his species died.
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Bane books
Clone Wars books - Wild Space (although almost no action) and No Prisoners
movie novels (I think)
Star Wars: Death Star
I, Jedi
NJO series, but haven't read many of them, so I can't personally say
LOTF series
FOTJ series
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They had good stories, but from a literary standpoint, they were rather sub-par. Karpyshyn's writing style seemed a little... forced. His descriptions of events were lacking in pertinent details and general soul. And his use of the words "horripilation" and "defenestration" stood in contrast to the overall writing style of the novels---that is, a style aimed at simple stories and explanations meant to be easy to read.
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[SPOILER - highlight to read]: When would they have done this? The only ship that had access to red matter was the Jellyfish, which was seized by Nero within moments of Old Spock's emergence from the black hole, and only fell back into Federation hands when Young Spock hijacked it to save Earth and destroy Nero's ship.
A better question would be why Nero didn't destroy the star, but ignoring the fact that he's insane, that quest has its own logistical issues.
Aug 29th, 2009 03:53 AM
But also, why wouldn't spock suggest it to him, since he had face-to-face time with Nero before being exiled or w/e.
