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If you’ve been waiting for the paperback to pick up Timothy Zahn’s Choices of One, Tuesday is your lucky day. And you get that spiffy new cover to boot!
Comic fans will have something in the shops this week, too: Blood Ties: Boba Fett Is Dead #3 is on the shipping list for Wednesday.
Our next book release, John Jackson Miller’s Lost Tribe of the Sith: The Collected Stories, is coming up in about a month.
It’s yet another comic-only release week, so head to the comic shop on Wednesday for Dawn of the Jedi: Force Storm #5, which concludes the new series’ first arc, and Darth Vader and the Ghost Prison #2.
Book folks, you’ll finally have something to pick up next week – the paperback of Tim Zahn’s Choices of One. After that, we’re looking at the mostly-reprinted Lost Tribe of the Sith: The Collected Stories by John Jackson Miller (July 24) and, finally, Aaron Allston’s X-Wing: Mercy Kill (August 7.)
Coming to your local comic shop on Wednesday is Knight Errant: Escape #1, the beginning of a new storyline for Kerra Holt and crew. There are two versions of the cover – one by Benjamin Carré (above left) and the variant by Mike Hawthorne.
It’s also time to be on the lookout for Star Wars Insider #134, notable to EU fans for the short story ‘Getaway’ by Christie Golden, starring Jaina Solo and Jag Fel.
It’s a particularly family-friendly Wednesday, with a new omnibus collecting Marvel’s Ewoks and Droids comics the only new Star Wars in town.
Our next book release, on the 26th, is the paperback of Timothy Zahn’s Choices of One, with a spiffy new cover. John Jackson Miller’s Lost Tribe of the Sith: The Collected Stories is due on July 24, with our next completely new book, Aaron Allston’s X-Wing: Mercy Kill, on August 7.
Lo, there is a comic coming out on Wednesday. Keep an eye out for Darth Vader and the Ghost Prison #1 in your local comic shop.
We’re in a dry period for Star Wars books, with nothing but reprints for the next couple months, but certain Jaders may be interested to hear that the third and final book of Mira Grant’s Newsflesh trilogy, Blackout, is out today. Despite being fairly adverse to zombies, I recommended the first book, Feed, way back in 2010.
It’s another week of slim pickings. Comic fans, at least, can head out on Wednesday to find Dawn of the Jedi: Force Storm #4.
We’re still two weeks to our next book release, the paperback reprint of Paul Kemp’s The Old Republic: Deceived.
There’s only one release this week, but it isn’t until Saturday, when you can head to a participating comic shop for Free Comic Book Day. Among the offerings is a two-sided Star Wars/Firefly book from Dark Horse – no, not a crossover, just two stories. And yes, there are plenty of kid-friendly choices and they really are FREE, so bring the younglings.
Our next couple book releases are paperback reprints: Paul S. Kemp’s The Old Republic: Deceived (May 29) and Timothy Zahn’s Choices of One (June 26.)
Have you heard about Jeff Grubb’s Scourge yet? Because it comes out Tuesday and I swear I have an entire EUbits worth of links for it. At least someone is excited… Roqoo Depot even has a reader’s guide.
Last week, Grubb chatted about the book on Facebook. (For the impatient, TFN has a recap.) He also chatted with the Fictional Frontiers podcast, EUCantina, Rooqoo Depot and Suvudu.
The reviews have been pretty positive, at least so far: Read up at EU Cantina, Lightsaber Rattling, Knights Archive, NJOE and Roqoo Depot. Or you can try a 50-page excerpt to see if it’s to your tastes.
Meanwhile, it’s a good week for comic fans, with three comics and a trade collection coming to stores on Wednesday. Two of the books – Crimson Empire III: Empire Lost #6 and Dark Times: Out of the Wilderness #5 – close out their storylines, while another begins with Blood Ties: Boba Fett is Dead #1. And for the final offering, the third volume of Invasion, Revelations, is collected.
Just one new release this week: Dawn of the Jedi #3, though also shipping are reprints of #1 and #0.
The next book release is coming up next week, with Jeff Grubb’s Hutts-and-Jedi tale Scourge available on the 24th. Oddly, the Star Wars Books folks are having a chat for the book this week… I don’t think we’ll be recapping it, though we’ll be sure to link you to someone who does.
On Wednesday, Agent of the Empire closes out its first arc with Iron Eclipse #5, while Knights of the Old Republic: War #4 heads into its own conclusion. Apparently Captain Trips has struck the GFFA? Or maybe they just need more cowbell.
Our next book release, in two weeks, will be Jeff Grubb’s Scourge. Hutts! Whoo. Maybe they’ll have Captain Trips, too.