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Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue StarWars : The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, Rise of Skywalker from Lucasfilm SPOILERS: Yes. During the production of The Force Awakens the hype train was full steam ahead and I was riding on it! Writer/director JJ Abrams spoke of wanting to give something good to the existing fans, but also wanting to create a 'new mythology' for a new generation of Star Wars fans for whom this new trilogy would be their first experience and have ownership of it. I respected this approach and it excited me. I wanted something new and fresh in the Star Wars universe, that would take the galaxy far, far away in new directions, which would be thrilling for old fans like me and capture the imagination of new young fans.  I grew up with the original trilogy. My dad took us to stand in lines that wrapped around the blocks to watch the movies when I was seven to ten years old. I watched those original trilogy movies so many ti...

Unexpected, masterfully crafted, original epic fantasy. Updraft by Fran Wilde, published September 2015 by TOR Books A wholly original world, unlike anything I’ve read before! I would classify this superb novel as technically an epic fantasy, but in a world without magic, with shades of steampunk technology, a conspiracy that rocked me to the core, and a mystery that drove me to devour this book as fast as I could. I say epic fantasy because of it's scope, but not geographically as most epic fantasies are: making arduous journeys across continents to fulfill terrible fates, or find fabled lost quarry, battling with their enemies, their own fears and against nature itself. And I love that about epic fantasy. But this story stays isolated geographically into a large city in the sky whose very existence itself, and the question of why there are no other cities like this, is part of the very deep mystery. As the beginning of a series, do not expect the answers to many of th...