tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post1394070281060662299..comments2024-03-27T22:32:17.055-05:00Comments on Jeffs Gameblog: throvageJeff Rientshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-31399785567267681602010-10-18T08:58:19.420-05:002010-10-18T08:58:19.420-05:00Jeff, found this link to some scripts: http://star...Jeff, found this link to some scripts: http://starwarz.com/starkiller/ Thought you'd be interested. Some strange stuff in the "Luke Starkiller Sourcebook"Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18158916950442942918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-87451175963405062552010-10-18T08:56:47.303-05:002010-10-18T08:56:47.303-05:00My favorite Alan Dean Foster tell: "like so m...My favorite Alan Dean Foster tell: "like so many." He seems to use it at least once per novel.<br /><br />It was that phrase's occurrence in the Star Wars novelization that made me first realize that it was Ghost Written.Jeffrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09953996131312014993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-51789158676986479642010-10-18T07:07:55.228-05:002010-10-18T07:07:55.228-05:00read that book way back when I was a youth, along ...read that book way back when I was a youth, along with a couple more, maybe that's why what feels right for star wars isn't what came with the most recent movies.JDJarvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691101939920824546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-4242772301280806972010-10-18T06:31:03.575-05:002010-10-18T06:31:03.575-05:00China Mieville kept using 'recurved' in on...China Mieville kept using 'recurved' in one novel. And not about bows.Jon Hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-54249727922143308622010-10-18T06:02:44.491-05:002010-10-18T06:02:44.491-05:00Dashiel Hammett's tell was "alright."...Dashiel Hammett's tell was "alright." I think he was incapable of writing a story without using that word.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-41293672885448492522010-10-18T04:53:57.224-05:002010-10-18T04:53:57.224-05:00> I'm about 90% sure Clark Ashton Smith'...> I'm about 90% sure Clark Ashton Smith's is "turpitudes."<br /><br />His "cacchination," too, has always stuck out for me as a word you'll never see in anyone else's writing.Roger G-Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594440701279968693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-69754672196804839732010-10-18T04:19:34.444-05:002010-10-18T04:19:34.444-05:00Splinter is a fine adventure, especially when it i...Splinter is a fine adventure, especially when it is not automatically followed by the other two movies. Most people say there are discrepancies, but you know... Lucas approved this at the time, and didn't see anything wrong with it. Just ponder that one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-80364950759675888862010-10-18T03:26:12.603-05:002010-10-18T03:26:12.603-05:00Stephen R. Donaldson writes only in tells, many of...Stephen R. Donaldson writes only in tells, many of which don't mean what he thinks they mean.<br /><br />He's roynish.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05957086101403128746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-14810402415089716992010-10-18T01:07:26.170-05:002010-10-18T01:07:26.170-05:00I own (and have read) that book.
IIRC I was a bit...I own (and have read) that book.<br /><br />IIRC I was a bit disappointed, since the movie(s) was so much better. Now I understand why that was the case. Thanks!BeRKAhttp://zho.berka.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-85968086264909166052010-10-18T00:16:02.640-05:002010-10-18T00:16:02.640-05:00I love writerly habits of that sort. Of course, RP...I love writerly habits of that sort. Of course, RPG writers have them too, from Gygax's fondness for things like "Gentle readers ..." to Steve Jackson's habitual use of the phrase "so it goes" ala Slaughterhouse Five.<br /><br />Peter: My first adult fiction book was an SF tie-in too, but wasn't nearly as cool as Splinter, historically speaking ... it was Richard Lupoff's novelization of the Gil Gerard "Buck Rogers" movie (the cinematic release of the pilot for the TV show, basically). On the other hand, from what I can remember of it, I'd probably still enjoy it today, so i can only be so ashamed of it ...<br /><br />I still have it, somewhere, and I still distinctly remember picking it out at a small bookstore, some kind of birthday "you can have five books of your choice" sort of outing. The majority of books I chose were paperback collections of Ziggy cartoons.<br /><br />I've still never read more than a few pages of Splinter, myself. I didn't dislike it or anything; i just ... never bothered. I probably should.S. John Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12284417121877141161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-12260395220392519072010-10-17T23:24:28.795-05:002010-10-17T23:24:28.795-05:00I read and re-read Splinter many times as a kid......I read and re-read Splinter many times as a kid... possibly even before I saw Star Wars. It may have been one of the first adult fiction books I owned. Anyway, thanks for that blast from the past!Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-70867160697714740692010-10-17T21:16:31.681-05:002010-10-17T21:16:31.681-05:00First novel I ever read - I think it was 4th grade...First novel I ever read - I think it was 4th grade, Ms. Brancini's class at Doris French Elementary school.John Matthew Staterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02310914386482078369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-11540777886638459482010-10-17T21:12:48.022-05:002010-10-17T21:12:48.022-05:00I'm about 90% sure Clark Ashton Smith's is...I'm about 90% sure Clark Ashton Smith's is "turpitudes." Also hyphens, but I'm guilty of that one myself.Mirandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10745062840676790649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-55424573327994667882010-10-17T20:53:38.268-05:002010-10-17T20:53:38.268-05:00I read that novel years ago, sometime between the ...I read that novel years ago, sometime between the release of Star Wars and Empire Strikes back. I have recently acquired another copy of the book, to refresh my memory, since my original copy has parishes in the blackhole of paperback fiction. And, just this week I received the Dark Horse, Star Wars Omnibus; A Long Time Ago, vol. 1. Yeah, there are only three Star Wars movies.Chris Creelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15993487911122629839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-33992218900912428972010-10-17T20:12:48.193-05:002010-10-17T20:12:48.193-05:00Norman Mailer's is "glabrous". Dumas...Norman Mailer's is "glabrous". Dumas' is (oddly) "mechanically".Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.com