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Old 03-07-2011, 12:28 PM   #47
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Originally Posted by ardeegee View Post
Yes. I found the same in the past when I tried to read some official, published Star Wars-related novels I had bought in a batch from Ebay. In the few I attempted to read, the writing and the stories are so awful I gave up on them and eventually years later tossed the whole box. If you want a taste of the awful fan-fiction quality of the official "expanded universe" material, just browse the Wookipedia.

But I've also found over the years that many, many people have a much lower bar for what they consider good writing than I do.
I had the great misfortune of reading the Asmiov estate-approved Foundation prequels by Bear, Brin and Benford.
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