The official site interviews author Karen Traviss about today’s release, Bloodlines, the second book in the Legacy of the Force series. Also included – a new excerpt.
Bloodlines excerpt!
Yesterday, Sue Rostoni said the cover for Aaron Allston’s Exile is hours away from approval… I think we may see it on starwars.com tonight.
To tide you over, there’s an excerpt of Karen Traviss’ Bloodlines beneath the cut. Continue reading “Bloodlines excerpt!”
Legacy #3 delay explained
Jan Duursema on TheForce.net Boards:
Many apologies for the delay with issue 3. Sometimes even when you think it’s all covered, there’s that one last unforseen thing that does not fall neatly into place.
We’re exploring some new territory in Star Wars with this one. Personally, I think it will be worth the wait. After 3, we should be back on track with the rest. In the meantime, I keep wondering–when this issue finally hits the stands, will we hear individual screams or will be it more like the sound of a whole planet…
Also, it seems that A Practical Man, the NJO-era Boba Fett e-novella by Karen Traviss, is available now. Won’t be much help for those of us yearning for some post-NJO action, but I suppose Fettheads need love, too.
This week at StarWars.com
Tonight we get our first official look at Star Wars Insider #89, and the cover for A Practical Man, Karen Traviss’ Boba Fett e-novella. The Insider is on it’s way out to subscribers now, and word is that this very site gets a mention. Hmm…
Also featured this week:
– Hyperspace: Old-School Star Wars. Remember mimeographs?
– Featured Blog: Mando’ade and Their Toys
– Star Wars exhibit opens in Korea
– Hyperspace: The latest issue of Bantha Tracks.
Pablo blogs the Legacy of the Force panel
Stuff’s gonna blow up! Okay, we now know that book 6 will be Inferno, Karen Traviss’ Leia is quite snarky, and you crazy Jaina/Jag kids shouldn’t give up hope.
Also… two more Republic Commando novels are on the way.
Boba Speaks
Karen Traviss points to an audiobook excerpt of Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines. It’s first person from the point of Boba Fett.
Star Wars on Trial
SF Signal points to a blog entry by Lou Anders about his essay for the book Star Wars on Trial. The book includes contributions from Matt Stover, Karen Traviss, Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Keith R. A. DeCandido for the defense, and the site even has a forum that I expect to show up on Fandom Wank the minute our nuttier fandomates discover it.
Traviss’ Fett novella to debut online
In August, Del Rey will publish A Practical Man, an e-novella by Karen Traviss filling in the details leading up to Boba Fett’s brief cameo in The Unifying Force.
Although there’s no price noted in the official release, it appears that Barnes & Noble has it retailing for $3.50.
The starwars.com item also gives fans a look at the Fettastic finished cover for Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines, which is due out in September.
Oh wow…
The cover of Darth Bane: Path of Destruction is awesome. It’s by John Jude Palencar, one of those fantasy artists whose work I like but never expected to see on a Star Wars cover.
We’ve also got names for book 4 and 5 of Legacy – #4 is Exile and #5 is Sacrifice, by Allston and Traviss respectively.
And for you NJO fans, Hyperspace is now running Greg Keyes’ Emissary of the Void, a six-part story previously printed in Star Wars Gamer and the Insider.
A sleazy joint?
Karen Traviss has a long article on writing media tie-ins at Emerald City, along with an interview at Strange Horizons. (via SF Signal, who have some of their own thoughts on tie-ins.)
It probably goes without saying that CJ is pretty positive on the tie-ins. We might not like everything (see the fanfic section) but we’re for them.