Stover is a vastly superior writer to Brooks and Salvatore.
Werthead Send a noteboard - 19/05/2013 12:03:22 PM
Stover's written what a lot of people agree are the three finest STAR WARS novels of all time (the RotS novelization, TRAITOR and SHATTERPOINT). He's also the author of a very highly-regarded SF/fantasy crossover series, THE ACTS OF CAINE (I'm due to start reading this soon). He's very, very highly regarded critcally.
Brooks and Salvatore are not, to put it mildly. They're popular, sure but the last good novel Salvatore wrote is 20 years old now, and Brooks (though he's gotten better over the years) is still writing generic, MOR, unexciting stock fantasy at best.
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- 18/05/2013 10:12:35 AM
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It was one of the best ones
- 19/05/2013 01:50:18 AM
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I never really liked NJO or the other major SW series.....
- 19/05/2013 04:09:56 AM
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It depends a lot on the author
- 19/05/2013 05:15:17 AM
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Stover is a vastly superior writer to Brooks and Salvatore.
- 19/05/2013 12:03:22 PM
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- 19/05/2013 12:11:17 PM
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Please refresh my memory on Traitor.....why did you like it so much?
- 19/05/2013 02:27:23 PM
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Yes, it's that book. And for what it's worth, I think the NJO is the best thing to happen to SW. *NM*
- 20/05/2013 08:13:10 PM
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The journey was good, but the ending completely blew (which tainted much of NJO). *NM*
- 20/05/2013 08:31:08 PM
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I, Jedi. For starters.
- 20/05/2013 10:05:43 PM
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I actually thought Stackpole's work in SW was fairly weak for him
- 21/05/2013 04:06:46 AM
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Anything by Zahn or Stackpole
- 21/05/2013 02:50:33 PM
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Oh if you thought Lanfear was an interesting villian, she has nothing on Issard
- 22/05/2013 03:21:32 AM
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