empire and rebellion – Cannonball Read 17

This broke my brain.

Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

December 4, 2024 by carmelpie 1 Comment

Thoughts that lead to action can be dangerous. Thoughts that do not, mean less than nothing. ― Ann Leckie, Ancillary Justice Ships have feelings. ― Ann Leckie, Ancillary Justice Nineteen years, three months, and one week before I found Seivarden in the snow, I was a troop carrier orbiting the planet Shis’urna. ― Ann Leckie, Ancillary Justice One Esk is an ancillary of the sentient ship called Justice of Toren. The ship has human avatars, known as ancillaries, which were acquired via conquest. Justice of […]

Welcome to the new Star Wars expanded universe.

March 22, 2015 by narfna 2 Comments

If this is what the new Star Wars canon is going to look like, sign me up. Of course, I’m sort of being facetious, because Kevin Hearne isn’t going to be writing all of those books, and he’s largely why this book works as well as it does. Heir to the Jedi is the third book in the Empire and Rebellion series, but because this one was published after Disney bought Star Wars, it’s the only one that is still considered canon. I have no idea […]

Really well-written Han Solo adventure.

March 20, 2015 by narfna Leave a Comment

I honestly shouldn’t be surprised that I liked this book as much as I did. James S.A. Corey’s Expanse series has crawled its way into my favorites slowly but surely, book by book. Corey has learned how to write exciting science fiction with engaging characters. Their* dialogue is differentiated and entertaining (and character illuminating), and their prose has the perfect balance of authorial voice and mimicry for the tone of the Star Wars universe and its characters. Their Han Solo is spot-on. They’re just good writers, […]

Princess Leia shows off her skillz.

March 18, 2015 by narfna 5 Comments

Razor’s Edge is the first in a loose trilogy of books commissioned in the Star Wars Expanded Universe* designed to let bigger name sci-fi authors play around with the characters in this world, and also to spotlight each of the ‘Big Three’ in their own novels. Each novel can stand on its own, but they all take place in the time between Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back, after the destruction of the first Death Star. Razor’s Edge is Leia’s novel, and while I thought it […]

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