Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor, Matt Stover - Feb '08
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Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor, Matt Stover - Feb '08| Astronut |
Posted: Jan 5 2009, 01:36 PM
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Official Enginieur  Group: VIPs Posts: 2,862 Member No.: 128 Joined: 8-January 06  |
Hobbie's section at the beginning is the only pilot PoV in the book. Wedge, Tycho, Wes, Hobbie and Rogue Squadron are in other scenes as the plot demands, but they aren't prime characters. WTWH are the only Rogues with speaking parts. Page time is about equivalent to Shadows of the Empire; several combat scenes and a few hanger scenes with the prime cast.
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| RedBirdie |
Posted: Jan 6 2009, 11:26 AM
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Rockin' the Red! Group: Members Posts: 2,001 Member No.: 32 Joined: 5-March 05 |
this is only out in hardcover, right?
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| Durell |
Posted: Jan 6 2009, 12:32 PM
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Commodore  Group: Managers Posts: 5,345 Member No.: 86 Joined: 12-July 05 |
hmm, I guess a new book would be nice to read. Especially set before the whole Vong-mess.
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| Corellia's Dream |
Posted: Jan 7 2009, 03:55 PM
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General Group: Members Posts: 1,360 Member No.: 148 Joined: 27-June 06 |
Amazon say they've just shipped my copy, even though it's not due out here untili the end of the month. Excellent !
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| Corellia's Dream |
Posted: Jan 9 2009, 07:32 AM
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General Group: Members Posts: 1,360 Member No.: 148 Joined: 27-June 06 |
It arrived already - though there's no sign of the separately shipped DVD that was sent a little earlier.
Partway through chapter 1 |
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| Corellia's Dream |
Posted: Jan 10 2009, 10:10 AM
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General Group: Members Posts: 1,360 Member No.: 148 Joined: 27-June 06 |
Finished reading book last night (DVD - see above - arrived this morning)
I really enjoyed this, though as it's set over a relatively short space of time, I couldn't help thinking that the Rogues must have been exhausted by the end, as they seemed to have been in their fighters, doing some very demanding combat and flying, for hours on end. That aside it was good to read a book that was a stand-alone, and set back in the early days. Luke is getting to grips with being the only Jedi, and the future of the Jedi, which is something that hasn't really been covered before. C-3PO and R2-D2 get decent stuff to do, which hasn't happened in a while. Nice to see Lando again, and in military mode, too. And good to have Chewbacca around again. This post has been edited by Corellia's Dream on Jan 10 2009, 10:11 AM |
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| Haydee |
Posted: Jan 10 2009, 06:49 PM
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Flight Officer Group: Members Posts: 15 Member No.: 382 Joined: 28-December 08 |
It's nice to hear good things about the book. This is the first SW book I have been looking forward to in years. Sadly, FedEx doesn't care about delivering because they claim they left a notice nearly two hours ago. There's no notice on my door.
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| Corellia's Dream |
Posted: Jan 11 2009, 04:05 PM
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General Group: Members Posts: 1,360 Member No.: 148 Joined: 27-June 06 |
Sounds like the kind of service I sometimes get from the Royal Mail. The number of times I checked the post to find a 'Sorry You Were Out' notice when I've been in all the time. Even more annoying is that the post often doesn't come until after 12:00pm, which is when the local parcel office closes, so you have to wait a day to call them, and your parcel won't be redelivered until the day after that.
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| Haydee |
Posted: Jan 14 2009, 12:44 AM
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Flight Officer Group: Members Posts: 15 Member No.: 382 Joined: 28-December 08 |
I finally got my copy of the book today. I have a feeling that FedEx never even tried to deliver it, that they just immediately sent it to the post office for me to have to pick up.
The first chapter is a riot. It's such a nice change from the monstrosities that have been written these past several years. It'd be really nice if Stover wrote more. |
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