‘Lost World’ (1995) shows dinosaur novels not extinct
‘Jurassic Park’ flashback (Book review): Crichton borrows the title and the concept from Doyle’s novel and also creates a modern Professor Challenger.
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‘Jurassic Park’ (1990) brings dinos back to life
‘Jurassic Park’ flashback (Book review): While the science is sleight of hand, there’s a reason why this novel stands as Crichton’s masterpiece.
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Death Star’ (2007) (Book review)
While it’s not on many fans’ short list of the best “Star Wars” novels, Michael Reaves’ and Steve Perry’s “Death Star” (2007) is one of the most interesting “Star Wars” novels. It has elements of two ideas […]
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Allegiance’ (2007) (Book review)
As “Rebels” moves the Disney timeline into the era of non-clone stormtroopers, it’s a good time to look back at the definitive novel about Legends stormtroopers, Timothy Zahn’s “Allegiance” (2007). More than merely allowing a reader to […]
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Millennium Falcon’ (2008) (Book review)
When the “Episode VII — The Force Awakens” teaser trailer came out a couple months ago, it wasn’t Rey or Finn or Poe or the Sith lord who got the most buzz. The “character” people were most […]
Movies, TV, books and comics John is looking forward to in 2015 (Commentary)
Here are 10 movies, TV series, books and comics I’m looking forward to in 2015: “Marvel’s Agent Carter” (TV show, Jan. 6, pictured) – While I’m not a huge fan of the Marvel movie franchise, I […]
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Force Unleashed II’ (2010) (Book and comic review)
Out of all the Legends stories that went unfinished due to Disney’s rebooting of the timeline, none is more of a cliffhanger than the “Force Unleashed” saga. At the end of 2010’s “The Force Unleashed […]
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Force Unleashed’ (2008) (Book and comic reviews)
“The Force Unleashed” (2008) – the multimedia project highlighted by a video game, novel and comic — despite being a fairly recent endeavor, is among the first Legends material to be wiped out by the new Disney canon (specifically […]
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Yoda: Dark Rendezvous’ (2004) (Book review)
Throughout the entire George Lucas “Star Wars” reign, we never got Yoda’s backstory, partly because it was declared off limits and partly because few authors would be brave enough to tackle such a responsibility. However, […]
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘MedStar II: Jedi Healer’ (2004) (Book review)
While I disagree with the canceling of the Expanded Universe, one positive aspect of the new Disney canon is that all future projects will be connected to each other. On the other hand, part of […]