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 Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 6:34 pm
Yeah, that is annoying. That is exactly why I'm more into Space Fantasy than Science fiction. However, even the most fantastic need a bit of realism, or it gets silly.
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Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 6:38 pm
And then Monty python has to send graham Chapman to stop it all.
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Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 6:39 pm
Yeah see, I think that the improvements of the R8 and R9 droids is interesting when compared to R2s or R7s, but I'd be annoyed if they stuck that in a book when theyre about to like fight a space battle.
I mean if it was a sentence or so "The R8 droids had a much better calculation radius then the R7 series, making it easier for Mara to find her destination in the E-Wing." I wouldn't care, but certain books (*coughlucenocough*) stick like 20 pgs of description.
Bottom line: Techno info- good in sourcebooks like Essential Droids.
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Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 6:41 pm
In the one Luceno book I've read, I didn't have much of a problem with that. Which one are you thinking of?
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Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 6:42 pm
FrozenPhoenix32 Yeah see, I think that the improvements of the R8 and R9 droids is interesting when compared to R2s or R7s, but I'd be annoyed if they stuck that in a book when theyre about to like fight a space battle. I mean if it was a sentence or so "The R8 droids had a much better calculation radius then the R7 series, making it easier for Mara to find her destination in the E-Wing." I wouldn't care, but certain books (*coughlucenocough*) stick like 20 pgs of description. Bottom line: Techno info- good in sourcebooks like Essential Droids. Heartily agreed! That's why I can't read Robert Jordan stuff ... @_@
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Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 6:44 pm
Celestia Whitesword FrozenPhoenix32 Yeah see, I think that the improvements of the R8 and R9 droids is interesting when compared to R2s or R7s, but I'd be annoyed if they stuck that in a book when theyre about to like fight a space battle. I mean if it was a sentence or so "The R8 droids had a much better calculation radius then the R7 series, making it easier for Mara to find her destination in the E-Wing." I wouldn't care, but certain books (*coughlucenocough*) stick like 20 pgs of description. Bottom line: Techno info- good in sourcebooks like Essential Droids. Heartily agreed! That's why I can't read Robert Jordan stuff ... @_@ I was able to read Robert Jordan, until the 10th Wheel of Time book came out. He spent so much time describing the women's hair and clothes and stuff, along with other drivel, that i couldn't advance through the book! I finally resorted to using Wikipedia to get the basic plot points, sans crap.
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Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 7:00 pm
elvisnake Celestia Whitesword FrozenPhoenix32 Yeah see, I think that the improvements of the R8 and R9 droids is interesting when compared to R2s or R7s, but I'd be annoyed if they stuck that in a book when theyre about to like fight a space battle. I mean if it was a sentence or so "The R8 droids had a much better calculation radius then the R7 series, making it easier for Mara to find her destination in the E-Wing." I wouldn't care, but certain books (*coughlucenocough*) stick like 20 pgs of description. Bottom line: Techno info- good in sourcebooks like Essential Droids. Heartily agreed! That's why I can't read Robert Jordan stuff ... @_@ I was able to read Robert Jordan, until the 10th Wheel of Time book came out. He spent so much time describing the women's hair and clothes and stuff, along with other drivel, that i couldn't advance through the book! I finally resorted to using Wikipedia to get the basic plot points, sans crap. I have a RJ book, as well. He spent like 2 or 3 pages describing some dude walking through the snow! gonk
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Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 7:06 pm
Was it a Wheel of Time book? 'Cause if it was, I wouldn't be surprised.
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Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 7:16 pm
I believe so.
Give me Salvatore any day.
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Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 7:21 pm
Oh yeah. Salvatore is da bomb!
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Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 10:14 pm
Bob Salvatore? The guy that wrote the first book of a series that would redefine Star Wars without having read any other Star Wars material?
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Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 10:16 pm
FrozenPhoenix32 Bob Salvatore? The guy that wrote the first book of a series that would redefine Star Wars without having read any other Star Wars material? Granted, I'm not too fond of NJO, but his Forgotten Realms stuff pwns.
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Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 10:18 pm
Celestia Whitesword FrozenPhoenix32 Bob Salvatore? The guy that wrote the first book of a series that would redefine Star Wars without having read any other Star Wars material? Granted, I'm not too fond of NJO, but his Forgotten Realms stuff pwns. Oh.
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Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 10:43 pm
Oh, forgotton realms, NJO, this man can do it all! Wait, he didn't read any other SW material before writing Vector Prime? He's more of a genius than i thought!
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Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 10:44 pm
elvisnake Oh, forgotton realms, NJO, this man can do it all! Wait, he didn't read any other SW material before writing Vector Prime? He's more of a genius than i thought! How so? The last time we say the Solo kids, they were in their early teens. Suddenly they were these philosophical kids that were totally OOC.
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