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Message no. 1
From: Jason Ustica <usticaj@****.COM>
Subject: Zahn, and SR books (was Re: Striper Assassin)
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 1995 21:09:45 -0700
On Wed, 13 Sep 1995, Stainless Steel Rat wrote:

> >>>>> "MN" == Mika Nikolic <MNik@***.COM> writes:
>
> MN> try the Star Wars trilogy
>
> I did. I never could bring myself to bother with the third. Tim Zahn is
> just a mediocre author. Why should I bother with mediocraty when I can
> read talented authors.

Same here. Zahn's writing... for lack of a better word... sucked. I got
halfway through the second book and quit. It just wasn't interesting. By
far the best Star Wars book (though I haven't read them all) was The
Truce at Bakura. It had an interesting plot, interesting characters, the
writing was good, AND I didn't have to read three books to complete the
story.

Back to Shadowrun. Does anyone have a quick review of 2XS? I know Nigel
Findley wrote it, and I like his writing, but is the story worth spending
the time to read? It's one of the only SR books I haven't read and was
wondering what everyone else thought of it.

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Message no. 2
From: Dustin Wood <cukoo@*****.NET>
Subject: Re: Zahn, and SR books (was Re: Striper Assassin)
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 1995 21:26:43 -0700
>Back to Shadowrun. Does anyone have a quick review of 2XS? I know Nigel
>Findley wrote it, and I like his writing, but is the story worth spending
>the time to read? It's one of the only SR books I haven't read and was
>wondering what everyone else thought of it.
>
2XS is one of the best Shadowrun books, there is one element I didn't like,
but to tell you would be to ruin the story. Anyways, I am not fond of the
SR books, unfortunate, because I love the setting and genre. The only other
one I really found worth while enough to read past the first chapter or so
was Burning Bright, that one is IMHO the best of the SR books by far.
Message no. 3
From: Andre' Selmer <031SEA@******.WITS.AC.ZA>
Subject: Re: Zahn, and SR books (was Re: Striper Assassin)
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 08:52:02 +0200
}Back to Shadowrun. Does anyone have a quick review of 2XS? I know Nigel
}Findley wrote it, and I like his writing, but is the story worth spending
}the time to read? It's one of the only SR books I haven't read and was
}wondering what everyone else thought of it.

I haven't read it in about a year, but I remember enjoying it, I
would place it about 7 - 7.5 on a 10 point scale. A point is that if
you are planning to buy the next Shadowrun Novel comming out, I would
suggest you read 2XS as the character in that book also occurs in one
of the next two, the other novel contains Harliquin



Andre'

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Message no. 4
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Zahn, and SR books (was Re: Striper Assassin)
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 11:05:11 +0200
>2XS is one of the best Shadowrun books, there is one element I didn't like,
>but to tell you would be to ruin the story. Anyways, I am not fond of the
>SR books, unfortunate, because I love the setting and genre. The only other
>one I really found worth while enough to read past the first chapter or so
>was Burning Bright, that one is IMHO the best of the SR books by far.

Have to disagree with you there. I read Burning Bright because I wanted more
info on what happened to Chicago and I did get some nice ideas for places to
let the PCs visit, but apart from that... The writing was just crap, IMO,
the story was OK but on the whole I think the book could have been done a
_lot_ better.

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Message no. 5
From: Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@***.NEU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Zahn, and SR books (was Re: Striper Assassin)
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 10:08:02 -0400
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>>>>> "JU" == Jason Ustica <usticaj@****.COM> writes:

JU> Back to Shadowrun. Does anyone have a quick review of 2XS?

Nice setup, pathetic ending. It starts as something inspired by Dashiel
Hammet and turns into a poor Lovecraftian immitation for no readilly
apparent reason.

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Message no. 6
From: Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@***.NEU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Zahn, and SR books (was Re: Striper Assassin)
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 10:10:06 -0400
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>>>>> "JU" == Jason Ustica <usticaj@****.COM> writes:

JU> By far the best Star Wars book (though I haven't read them all) was
JU> The Truce at Bakura.

Try the Han Solo trillogy by Brian Daley. It's recently been reprinted
by Del Rey as a single large volume. Aside from the stuff George Lucas
wrote himself, these are IMO the best Star Wars novels.

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Message no. 7
From: Ed <equine@*****.PIC.NET>
Subject: Re: Zahn, and SR books (was Re: Striper Assassin)
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 10:36:16 -0600
>Back to Shadowrun. Does anyone have a quick review of 2XS? I know Nigel
>Findley wrote it, and I like his writing, but is the story worth spending
>the time to read? It's one of the only SR books I haven't read and was
>wondering what everyone else thought of it.
>


I do not read very often but when I did read this book I really enjoyed it.
It kept me in suspense throughout the whole book...I kept wanting to read
more even though I had to stop so I could eat and sleep. It is work like
2XS that will make me really miss Nigel Findley.


Ed
Message no. 8
From: Dave Stone <dstone@******.DREAMSCAPE.COM>
Subject: Re: Zahn, and SR books (was Re: Striper Assassin)
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 11:34:09 -0400
On Wed, 13 Sep 1995, Jason Ustica wrote:
> Back to Shadowrun. Does anyone have a quick review of 2XS? I know Nigel
> Findley wrote it, and I like his writing, but is the story worth spending
> the time to read? It's one of the only SR books I haven't read and was
> wondering what everyone else thought of it.

2XS is pretty good...it has quite a few nice betrayals that
really show how the Shadows work...I liked it.

Dave

| David Stone -- dstone@******.dreamscape.com |
| "Five ride forth, and four return. Above the watchers shall he |
| proclaim himself, bannered across the sky in fire..." |
Message no. 9
From: "Gary L. Kelley" <gkelley@*****.NET>
Subject: Re: Zahn, and SR books (was Re: Striper Assassin)
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 00:50:53 -0500
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>>>>>> "JU" == Jason Ustica <usticaj@****.COM> writes:
>
>JU> By far the best Star Wars book (though I haven't read them all) was
>JU> The Truce at Bakura.
>
>Try the Han Solo trillogy by Brian Daley. It's recently been reprinted
>by Del Rey as a single large volume. Aside from the stuff George Lucas
>wrote himself, these are IMO the best Star Wars novels.
>
Have you read the Lando books(also in one single volume by Del Ray) or the
collectoin of short stories that take place in Mos Esly Cantena
K.R.K.

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