Kevin J. Anderson

‘X-Files’ flashback: Topps Issues 13-24 (1996) (Comic book reviews)

The first dozen issues of the Topps “X-Files” Comics featured Stefan Petrucha’s conspirators-within-the-conspiracy, the Aquarius group. But at the same time, the TV show’s mythology was becoming

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‘X-Files’ flashback: ‘Antibodies’ (1997) (Book review)

Kevin J. Anderson’s trio of “X-Files” books ends on a weak note with “Antibodies” (1997). Despite having a core story that would make for a good monster-of-the-week

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‘X-Files’ flashback: ‘Ruins’ (1996) (Book review)

Just as Kevin J. Anderson’s “Ground Zero” was a step up from Charles Grant’s books, Anderson’s “Ruins” (1996) is a step up from “Ground Zero.” Unlike his

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‘X-Files’ flashback: ‘Ground Zero’ (1995) (Book review)

After two mediocre novels from Charles Grant, the “X-Files” book series turns things around in a big way with “Ground Zero” (1995). Remarkably, this book is by

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The 10 best short stories in ‘The X-Files: Trust No One’ (Book review)

“The X-Files” returned to comics in 2013, it will return to the small-screen for six episodes starting on Jan. 24, and last year it returned

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Illustrated Star Wars Universe’ (1995) (Book review)

Even though he died in 2012, it seems Ralph McQuarrie’s influence will be felt on the 2014 animated series “Rebels” more so than on any

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Jedi Academy: Leviathan’ (1998-99) (Comic book review)

Michael Stackpole and Timothy Zahn are the two authors who introduced the most important and iconic EU characters in the 1990s, but ranking a close

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Darksaber’ (1995) (Book review)

Having been swept up by the Luke-Callista romance introduced at the end of “Children of the Jedi,” it was with some optimism that I gave Kevin J.

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Jedi Academy Trilogy Volume 3: Champions of the Force’ (1994)

I tried to be an apologist for some aspects of the first two books of Kevin J. Anderson’s “Jedi Academy Trilogy,” but that becomes harder to do

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Jedi Academy Trilogy Volume 2: Dark Apprentice’ (1994) (Book review)

“Dark Apprentice” (1994), the second book in Kevin J. Anderson’s “Jedi Academy Trilogy,” is quite a page-turner. About the only thing slowing me down was that I stopped

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