Star Wars: The Han Solo trilogy by A. C.
Crispin
Greener Pastures by Tim McEwen and Michael
Michalandos
Coming Soon Star Wars: The Han Solo trilogy
by A. C. Crispin Dreaming of being an Imperial pilot, at the age of 19 Han escapes from the man who raised him to be a scam artist. In the first book we find out a little of Han's past and about his boyhood experiences, although there are some origin details that are left out that not even Han knows anything about, though some interesting tidbits were hinted. Some things to find out more of in a future story maybe? (One can hope) To start on this wonderful career as a pilot of the Imperial Navy, one has to go through the Imperial Academy, for this Han needed funds and a little more pilot experience. Lucky he had a job waiting fro him when he made his break for freedom, he had already sent his references ahead. This job involved piloting cargoes of glitterstim for a solitary religious cult. But, things did not turn out so smoothly because the cult was really a huge scam that resulted in slavery fro the poor followers of the bogus religion. In the first book we are introduced to Bria, Han's first love. I found her to be an alright character, but still I found myself comparing her to Leia. Within the trilogy we read about the first meeting with Chewbucca, Lando and the Millennium Falcon. As for becoming a pilot in the Imperial Navy, that does not last long. The Han Solo trilogy is great space faring adventure and the characterizations are well fleshed out, a excellent reward for Star Wars fans.
VAMPIRE$
by John Steakley The vampire slaying part of the story reminds me a bit of the movie "From Dusk till Dawn", well in the way I imagine what the vampires look and act like. There is also Annabelle, the company mum of sorts and Davette the stray female journalist they have taken into there fold. Things get tricky right at the beginning of the story, when they discover that the vampires are now aware of Vampires Inc. and the vampires set out to lay traps for the slayers. The vampires in this book are almost invincible, try to imagine a vamp that can squash a gun in the palm of it's hand like soft chocolate! Or tear steel lift doors to shreds!
The Silver Metal Lover
by Tanith Lee By some accident of chance the young women becomes obsessed with a robot called Silver and ends up purchasing him, which is very much unlike herself. By some bizarre chance Silver appears to actually have soul and I think this was the reason for the young woman's obsession. The conflict in the story is that Silver's manufacturers want him back so they can dismantle him because they think he is faulty. Matters are also worsened by protesters who are afraid that robots will take there jobs away from them, and they are successful in making there point because the company is forced to recall all the robots for destruction. This is a story mostly about how the young woman gains an independence from her privileged lifestyle and how she gains maturity and personal strength with a little bit of guidance from her silver metal lover. The Silver Metal Lover is a novel you will never forget, a good science fiction as well as very romantic. And when you close the book on the last page you will find tears streaming down your face, I know I did.
The Vampire Chronicles
by Anne Rice Anne Rice is an artist when it comes to writing stories, its just not the way she completely reinvents old myths and breaths new life into them, its the way she has with the words. A crafting of the words that create atmosphere, sensuality and a perfect flow to such an extent that you become unaware of the words themselves and just get sucked right into the story. Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles mainly revolves around her character Lestet, although 'Interview with the Vampire' is Louis' story. There are no vampire hunters in these books, they are mainly stories about the life and times of the vampires themselves. And its Lestet (the narrator and main character) that gets all the attention, the one who likes to break the rules, because he can. Books I've read by the Author
Anne Rice has her own official web site where you can find up to date info that she herself posts at The Official Anne Rice Web Site heaps of other stuff as well.
Pawn of Prophecy
by David Eddings Books I've read by the Author:
Check out the About David Eddings and his Works site. Its a Fun site!
The Warrior's Apprentice
by Lois McMaster Bujold Books I've read by the author:
Visit The Bujold Nexus This is a site dedicated to Lois McMaster Bujold.
Catspaw
by Joan D. Vinge I don't believe anyone can read this book without falling in love with Joan D. Vinge's character 'Cat' (Catspaw is the second book in the series, but its alright to read this one first, I think the 3 books about 'Cat' all stand alone. Plus I was not able to read the first book until this year, because it was only reprinted again recently) Books I've read by the author:
Magic's Pawn
by Mercedes Lackey Aunt Savil is a Herald Mage of Valdemar and at first, like everyone else, considers Vanyal to be a 'up him self' brat. Vanyal is lonely and depressed, but well disguises his mood by acting cool. During the story Vanyal discovers his own homosexuality and finds true love and happiness, but then all this is marred by tragedy. One could not help really loving Vanyal, right at the start of the book. I recognized that Vanyal was a young man with excellent integrity. Vanyal is one character that shines, he is my favourite character of all the Mercedes Lackey books. I was quite thrilled when Mercedes Lackey had him make a cameo appearance in another one of her books. Books I've read by the author:
There are quite a few Mercedes Lackey sites, I espacially liked Firesong's Vale or you could visit Valdemar's Heartstone
Greener Pastures
by Tim McEwen and Michael Michalandos One of the things in this comic that makes me really enjoy it (besides the fact that Trevor is a very cute bull) is that the story takes place in my hometown Sydney, I see a lot of familiar landmarks drawn in and also feel that the spirit of Sydney is present in the pages.
Shade the Changing Man
by Peter Milligan 'Shade the changing man' is one of my all time favourite comics and Peter Milligan my favourite comic writer. This comic is warped and strange but always interesting and all the characters are likeable (most of the time). When I first read issue 1, the story and art/layout were so well done that I got exactly the same feeling I'd get from watching a thriller at the pictures and that's not always usual with a comic. Ok, I've raved about this comic and your probably thinking "hmm...I really must check out this comic" . Unfortunately this comic came to its conclusion not long ago, but on a positive note I think if there is not already available by trade paperback, it most likely soon will be. At the moment I have not had a lot of time to write up more book reviews. So here a some links to pages with lots of book reviews:
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