So I finished reading "Vector Prime"....

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-06-12 10:58am

Unfortunately for me, my entry into the EU has been "Vector Prime." (mainly because it was the only EU book available at my library)

I can easily understand why the NJO is so reviled after reading it - it seemed rather formulaic compared to the movies and the Yuuzhan Vong biotechnology didn't make any sense at all - but it wasn't terrible. Rather mediocre.

But since I realized the folly of starting my forays into the Extended Universe with the NJO, I have decided that next time I'll put my hands on a SW novel, it'll be the Thrawn Trilogy. Even though I'll have to go to a store miles away in Copenhagen to buy it.

Any commiserations?? (sp?)

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2003-06-12 12:41pm

You should have started with Kevin J. Anderson. By comparison, all of the rest of the EU is good.

Admiral Drason · Post by **Admiral Drason** » 2003-06-12 01:26pm

If you read the Zahn books first like I did then every thing else seems bad except for Allston's books their preaty good.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2003-06-12 04:41pm

Admiral Drason wrote:If you read the Zahn books first like I did then every thing else seems bad except for Allston's books their preaty good.

And SbS, an astonishingly strong entry into the NJO.

Dorsk 81 · Post by **Dorsk 81** » 2003-06-12 06:22pm

Darth Yoshi wrote:You should have started with Kevin J. Anderson. By comparison, all of the rest of the EU is good.

I started with The Jedi Academy Triology

Brother-Captain Gaius · Post by **Brother-Captain Gaius** » 2003-06-12 06:34pm

Heir to the Empire, bwahaha. Read it (slowly, as I was young) while on the car trip to Yellowstone.

/semi random

YT300000 · Post by **YT300000** » 2003-06-12 06:44pm

I started with the Hand of Thrawn duology. Very, very good.

Dorsk 81 · Post by **Dorsk 81** » 2003-06-12 06:48pm

YT300000 wrote:I started with the Hand of Thrawn duology. Very, very good.

Weren't u slightly wondering who Mara and Thrawn and Talon Karrade were?

YT300000 · Post by **YT300000** » 2003-06-12 06:52pm

Dorsk 81 wrote:
YT300000 wrote:I started with the Hand of Thrawn duology. Very, very good.
Weren't u slightly wondering who Mara and Thrawn and Talon Karrade were?

I learned all that one the Internet months before. I know everything that happens in the EU, even though I haven't touched most of the books.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-06-12 06:57pm

Dorsk 81 wrote:
YT300000 wrote:I started with the Hand of Thrawn duology. Very, very good.
Weren't u slightly wondering who Mara and Thrawn and Talon Karrade were?

Might have already known who they were by reading some of the "non-fiction" Official literature and other resources.

That's how I know about some of the stuff in the X-Wing series despite the fact that I've never read them. Same goes for some other parts of the EU, like the NJO.

First exposure to the EU novels was the Thrawn Trilogy back in the mid 90s.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-06-13 10:29am

Master of Ossus wrote:
Admiral Drason wrote:If you read the Zahn books first like I did then every thing else seems bad except for Allston's books their preaty good.
And SbS, an astonishingly strong entry into the NJO.

The pre-SBS novels in the NJO aren't required reading if you want to read the story of the war against the Yuuzhan Vong??

(If there's one good thing about the Vong - it is that I really like saying "Yuuzhan Vong" with a faux Scottish accent)

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-06-13 10:31am

Darth Yoshi wrote:You should have started with Kevin J. Anderson. By comparison, all of the rest of the EU is good.

You forgot "Glove Of Darth Vader." That makes anything seem good in comparison. I mean, come on - the Empire being re-united by a three-eyed freak?

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-06-13 10:50am

Simon H.Johansen wrote:
Darth Yoshi wrote:You should have started with Kevin J. Anderson. By comparison, all of the rest of the EU is good.
You forgot "Glove Of Darth Vader." That makes anything seem good in comparison. I mean, come on - the Empire being re-united by a three-eyed freak?

Remember that three eyed freak was the Emperor's son

God that was such crap....

Okay yeah some prior NJO reading is needed for Star By Star...but if you know the major casts...you'll get by pretty well.

And honestly it's the best of NJO. Denning is another author I would reccomend for EU reading(apparently Tatoine's Ghost is very good as well)

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-06-13 01:32pm

Ghost Rider wrote:
Simon H.Johansen wrote:
Darth Yoshi wrote:You should have started with Kevin J. Anderson. By comparison, all of the rest of the EU is good.
You forgot "Glove Of Darth Vader." That makes anything seem good in comparison. I mean, come on - the Empire being re-united by a three-eyed freak?
Remember that three eyed freak was the Emperor's son

God that was such crap....

I sincerely hope that the three-eyed freak wasn't the result of the Emperor's relationship with Ysanne Isard, for even she doesn't deserve that.

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2003-06-14 05:20pm

Simon H.Johansen wrote:I sincerely hope that the three-eyed freak wasn't the result of the Emperor's relationship with Ysanne Isard, for even she doesn't deserve that.

No, it was some alien woman. Anyway, that book was, unfortunately, my entry into the EU. As a result, I managed to stomach KJA.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-06-15 01:35am

Darth Yoshi wrote:
Simon H.Johansen wrote:I sincerely hope that the three-eyed freak wasn't the result of the Emperor's relationship with Ysanne Isard, for even she doesn't deserve that.
No, it was some alien woman. Anyway, that book was, unfortunately, my entry into the EU. As a result, I managed to stomach KJA.

Incidentally, I spotted some KJA novels on the shelf of my school's library. I might check'em out.

VongWarrior07 · Post by **VongWarrior07** » 2003-06-15 04:31pm

I started in the EU with vector prime as well.

BTW:The Vong Will Crush you infedel scum!

Dorsk 81 · Post by **Dorsk 81** » 2003-06-15 04:41pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:
Dorsk 81 wrote:
YT300000 wrote:I started with the Hand of Thrawn duology. Very, very good.
Weren't u slightly wondering who Mara and Thrawn and Talon Karrade were?
Might have already known who they were by reading some of the "non-fiction" Official literature and other resources.

That's how I know about some of the stuff in the X-Wing series despite the fact that I've never read them. Same goes for some other parts of the EU, like the NJO.

First exposure to the EU novels was the Thrawn Trilogy back in the mid 90s.

Yea, I get what u mean, I didn't read Truce At Bukura but I knew who the Sii-Ruuk were from one of the books all about characters, like Exar Kunn, read up on him in there.
Guess it wouldn't be that big of a mystery for long anyway cos as the books go along the usualy dropped references like "and Mara, who years before had wanted to kill the little farmboy was now married to him" ok yea I know thats not a direct quote but you get the idea.

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2003-06-15 06:15pm

VongWarrior07 wrote:I started in the EU with vector prime as well.

BTW:The Vong Will Crush you infedel scum!

You joking, right? The Vong are doomed. And one more thing:

Mitth`raw`nuruodo · Post by **Mitth`raw`nuruodo** » 2003-06-15 06:21pm

I think I started with "Han Solo at Star's End", it was so long ago I really don't remember... I have read almost all of the EU books, just looking for 1 or 2 of the NJO books and some older things...