Starting down the path of NJO.

Anarchist Bunny · Post by **Anarchist Bunny** » 2004-03-11 05:23pm

Well finished the Ruin duology and starting Hero's Trial.

The ruin books were a hell of a lot better than Vector Prime, I liked how the things were handled, I wasn't bored through long portions of it like in Vector Prime(she's sick, I get it), I liked the characters more, I liked the Vong a lot more, I liked that they were both adjusting to each others style of warfare.

So far I haven't been too impressed with Hero's Trial, but I'm not that far into it.

consequences · Post by **consequences** » 2004-03-11 05:44pm

You shouldn't be that impressed with Hero's Trial. It, along with Balance Point, makes the largest concentration of "blah" in the series.

Crazedwraith · Post by **Crazedwraith** » 2004-03-11 06:01pm

consequences wrote:You shouldn't be that impressed with Hero's Trial. It, along with Balance Point, makes the largest concentration of "blah" in the series.

I dunno i quite liked the first one, the second was utterly foregettable though.

Anarchist Bunny · Post by **Anarchist Bunny** » 2004-03-11 10:04pm

Well shit, better or worse than vector prime?

YT300000 · Post by **YT300000** » 2004-03-11 10:21pm

anarchistbunny wrote:Well shit, better or worse than vector prime?

I'd say better.

Anarchist Bunny · Post by **Anarchist Bunny** » 2004-03-11 10:55pm

Are there any worse than Vector Prime?

consequences · Post by **consequences** » 2004-03-12 02:34am

Dark Journey.

Anarchist Bunny · Post by **Anarchist Bunny** » 2004-03-12 06:41pm

Jizz orcestra? WISKEY TANGO MOTHERFUCKING FOXTROT!

Ok, I understand he wants to allude to jazz, but what fucking kind of dipshit would do that and expect the book to be taken seriously. I swear I almost droped the duology right there to move on to balance point.

consequences · Post by **consequences** » 2004-03-12 06:47pm

See, that's the trouble with letting KJA be taken seriously as a writer for a series, it infects other author's brains.

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2004-03-17 01:40am

consequences wrote:You shouldn't be that impressed with Hero's Trial. It, along with Balance Point, makes the largest concentration of "blah" in the series.

Well, I found BP interesting because of Mara's pregnancy and the fact that Kathy Tyers was writing it helped give insight to those of us who cannot bear children and what t must be like to carry a living, breathing organism inside of you.

Illuminatus Primus · Post by **Illuminatus Primus** » 2004-03-17 01:41am

JME2 wrote:
consequences wrote:You shouldn't be that impressed with Hero's Trial. It, along with Balance Point, makes the largest concentration of "blah" in the series.
Well, I found BP interesting because of Mara's pregnancy and the fact that Kathy Tyers was writing it helped give insight to those of us who cannot bear children and what t must be like to carry a living, breathing organism inside of you.

Ever have a tapeworm?

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2004-03-17 01:44am

I find that the whole NJO depended on your taste. If you primarily saw SW as a way to escape the harshness of reality, then you would not like it that much. If on the other hand you're a fan of long-term story arcs, then at least I found it enjoyable. Seeing the SW galaxy get a much-needed shakeup (I mean, there's only so much that you can do with Imperial comebacks and superweapons) was worth the course of 5 years and $300 (I bought VP, BP, SbS, DW, and TUF all in hardback form). For me at least, it was an epic series that helped to make my personal life a little more interesting (alongside being one of the inspirations for writing my ST/\SW crossover).

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2004-03-17 01:45am

Illuminatus Primus wrote:
JME2 wrote:
consequences wrote:You shouldn't be that impressed with Hero's Trial. It, along with Balance Point, makes the largest concentration of "blah" in the series.
Well, I found BP interesting because of Mara's pregnancy and the fact that Kathy Tyers was writing it helped give insight to those of us who cannot bear children and what t must be like to carry a living, breathing organism inside of you.
Ever have a tapeworm?

No, but I hope you understand what I was getting at.

Illuminatus Primus · Post by **Illuminatus Primus** » 2004-03-17 01:47am

Yeah, I do. I just felt like being a shit.

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2004-03-17 01:50am

Illuminatus Primus wrote:Yeah, I do. I just felt like being a shit.

Well that's why you have the quote from Swordfish.