Books

‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide I – Onslaught’ (2000) (Book review)

Good news and bad news: “X-wing” author Michael Stackpole returns to “Star Wars” for the second book of the “New Jedi Order” series, “Dark Tide I:

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The New Jedi Order: Vector Prime’ (1999) (Book review)

With the possible exception of “Heir to the Empire,” “The New Jedi Order: Vector Prime” (1999) was the most-hyped novel in “Star Wars” history. “Episode I” had

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‘Terminator’ flashback: ‘Terminator 3: Terminator Hunt’ (2004) (Book review)

Although not as good as “Terminator Dreams,” “Terminator 3: Terminator Hunt” (2004) is another strong novel where Aaron Allston brings his character-writing skills to bear. (more…)

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‘Terminator’ flashback: ‘Terminator 3: Terminator Dreams’ (2003) (Book review)

After six novels that had good points worth picking out but weren’t consistently great, Aaron Allston delivers the first rock-solid page-turner of the franchise with “Terminator

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‘Terminator’ flashback: ‘Terminator 2: Hour of the Wolf’ (2004) (Book review)

Mark W. Tiedemann’s “Hour of the Wolf” (2004) is an oddball novel: It was released in the wake of “Terminator 3” but is part of the “Terminator

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‘Terminator’ flashback: ‘T2: The New John Connor Chronicles Book Three: Times of Trouble’ (2003) (Book review)

Russell Blackford’s young-adult “New John Connor Chronicles” trilogy continues to be redundant and overwritten in the final book, “Times of Trouble” (2003). The previous book ends with

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‘Terminator’ flashback: ‘T2: The New John Connor Chronicles Book Two: An Evil Hour’ (2003) (Book review)

“An Evil Hour” (2003), the second book of Russell Blackford’s “New John Connor Chronicles” young-adult trilogy, is even more overwritten than the first novel. A remarkable

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‘Terminator’ flashback: ‘T2: The New John Connor Chronicles Book One: Dark Futures’ (2002) (Book review)

Concurrently with S.M. Stirling’s adult “T2” trilogy came Russell Blackford’s young-adult “T2” trilogy, starting with “Terminator 2: The New John Connor Chronicles Book One: Dark Futures”(2002).

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‘Terminator’ flashback: ‘T2: The Future War’ (2003) (Book review)

While previous works explored the “present” (young John) and “future” (resistance leader John) of the “Terminator” timeline, “T2: The Future War” (2003) was the first story to

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Lincoln Child explores weird corners of science in ‘The Forgotten Room’ (Book review)

It took several Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child novels for Pendergast to become an icon, so it’s no wonder that the other ongoing characters in

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