Posts Tagged ‘Eldest’

In today’s episode, Wayne and I have a good old fasion argument over whether or not Shatterpoint by Matthew Stover is a great or terrible book.  What is cool is the reason I really liked this book is the same reason why Wayne did not like it so much.  We discuss how cool it was to read Mace Windu’s diary…although I am surprised a man that bad would keep one…We also discuss what we liked and did not like about this novel.

Also, we complete our discussion on Eldest by Christopher Paolini, and just how much did this book rip off George Lucas and The Empire Strikes Back with it’s two big reveals are so similar to the reveals in Episode 5, and then, we share how good this book is becasue hey, if you are going to be influenced by Mr. Lucas, your work is going to be good.  We also share our likes and dislikes in this novel as well.

And we open by discussing Darth Vader’s long lost twin on the cover of Deceived by Paul Kemp.

It is another big show for you today, and we thank you for exploring the galaxy with us one page at a time.  We hope you enjoy today’s nonsense.

Thanks for listening, Jesse

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Episode 19 of your Sci-Fi Book Report is fully packed…just like the Super Bowl was, and now, Wayne pays up in our Super Bowl wager by butchering the US National Anthem worse than it was at the Big Game.  After our normal sports non-sense at the beginning we dive head first into Timothy Zahn’s Dark Force Rising, which is part two of the Thrawn Trilogy.  We discuss what we love about this novel and discuss our criticisms of this book.  We compare the style and pacing of the Early Post Yavin novels and the Clone War novels, and much, much more.

Next, Wanye and I break down the first half of Eldest by Christopher Paolini, which is the second book in his Inheritance Cycle, and again we discuss our likes and dislikes, as well as compare this novel to other similar tales.

Finally, we open by announcing the latest member to join our www.starwarsbookreport.com family.

So come and explore the galaxy with us one page at a time.

Thanks for listening, Jesse

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