Re the Zahn Star Wars books-- I have first printings of those hardcovers somewhere in my basement, though I'm sure they're all beaten to hell and back.
I think they came out in 1991, which means that while it certainly did *seem* like it had been over ten years, it had actually been eight since "Return of the Jedi." I liked them okay, but nothing Star Wars book related has for me ever touched SPLINTER OF THE MIND'S EYE by Alan Dean Foster. Speaking of Zahn-- and I mentioned this on FB the other day, but probably only a couple of you saw it, so I'll repeat it 'cause it's kind of funny-- he had a table right around the corner from mine at ImagiCon in Birmingham in May. He's from Illinois, as is my wife, and she *thought* that his brother was one of her high school science teachers. So she told me to ask him if the teacher (whatever his name is) was Tim's brother. So I approached him and introduced myself and said, "My wife wants to know if (whatever) is your brother." And even as I'm asking the question, he's shaking his head and looking down and saying, "No, no..." And then he blinks and looks up at me and says, "Wait-- who?" And I repeated the name and he smiled and said, "Yeah, that's my brother. Sorry-- I'm constantly being asked if Paula Zahn is my sister and she's not, so I just automatically start saying 'no' when asked if I'm related to someone." I don't exactly know why, but that encounter oddly felt like a small victory. Hah. --Van -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
