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Does this guy suck or is he good?

IIRC he wrote Traitor and Shatterpoint. I hated Traitor, but Shatterpoint is ok. I don't expect it to be any better/worse than the other two prequel novels, really.

It's not like he gets to write the story or dialogue or anything, I fail to see why the exact author matters.

Ender wrote:It's not like he gets to write the story or dialogue or anything, I fail to see why the exact author matters.

his writting style matters.

IIRC Steven King was seriously considered by LFL to pen the novel. That would have been awesome.

zombie84 wrote: IIRC Steven King was seriously considered by LFL to pen the novel. That would have been awesome.

Hmmm...That just gives me some disturbing images. Actually, their somewhat cool crossover images. I mean, with Stephen writing it, you'd have scenes where Amidala and the twins are stuck in a speeder being attacked by a rabid Womp Rat. Also, let's not forget the potential sith abilities of "the Walking Dude."

I think Ill shut up now....

Traitor was alright, Shatterpoint wasn't even tolerable. And yes, it does matter. Even when you think it shouldn't. Because Salvador wrote the Ep II novel and it lacked. Had tons of information in it, but seemed to lack. Where as the other novelisations were great, TPMs was bad ass.

Connor MacLeod wrote:IIRC he wrote Traitor and Shatterpoint. I hated Traitor, but Shatterpoint is ok. I don't expect it to be any better/worse than the other two prequel novels, really.

I hated Shatterpoint, but more for the plot line than the writting style. I guess I'll have to just wait and see how he does with the novel.

I absolutely loved traitor, I thought it was one of the best SW books ever to have been written

They should just bring back Terry Brooks. The Epiosde I novelisation was astounding.

I actually enjoyed the TPM novelisation better than the actual movie. I read the book before i saw the movie and after the movie i felt cheated.

zombie84 wrote:They should just bring back Terry Brooks. The Epiosde I novelisation was astounding.

Not suprising given that Brook's whole career is producing knocks offs of other people's works.




Still, I think the Episode One novelization was almost better than the actual film. A good author can make a lot of difference because while the dialogue and plot are fixed, that's just the beginning of a good novel.

Not suprising given that Brook's whole career is producing knocks offs of other people's works.

Sword of Shannara might have been a condensed version of LotR, but subsequent books in the Shannara series struck out in their own direction.

I thought Traitor was great, I also think the TPM novelization was great. I don't really have a problem with Stover writing the Ep. III novel, but I'd prefer Brooks writing it.

Knife wrote:

Not suprising given that Brook's whole career is producing knocks offs of other people's works.

Sword of Shannara might have been a condensed version of LotR, but subsequent books in the Shannara series struck out in their own direction.

They aren't the same sort of direct rip-off that Sword was but they were incredibly formulatic, cliche ridden, and uninventive. After that he turns out generic fantasy cludge instead of cludgifying LotR.