GFFA Literature

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feeds@kickapps.com (Aaronb1) — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:02:57 PST

I just got it and its coming on my birthday.. Yeah.. Birthday day present to me from me.

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feeds@kickapps.com (Aaronb1) — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:38:35 PST

I think i am going to get this.

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feeds@kickapps.com (Chris Wyman) — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:37:25 PST

Incredible price! I was happy to get it at $150.00 a while back.

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feeds@kickapps.com (sabacc) — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:19:46 PST

Our upcoming guest in April will be film industry sculptor Brian Muir. While I unfortunately do not see him listed in Sculpting a Galaxy I am excited to see the massive Deluxe Edition on sale for $80 at Amazon. The original price was $395, and the best price I'd seen before this was $150.

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feeds@kickapps.com (Chris Wyman) — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:55:34 PST

sabacc wrote:
Looks beautiful. I like the dedication- OXLEY? Not a very common name. Wonder if it has any bearing on the name of John Hurt's character in The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

Thank you sir. Yeah, interesting name for sure. Not something you hear very often. I've learned that when it comes to Lucas, just about everything has something to do with something else.

Campbell, not sure if you have this version or not, but I was in the book store two weekends ago checking out the Star Wars aisle and I found a paperback copy of Splinter of the Mind's Eye that had a foreword by George Lucas. It was actually very neat as he talked about how other authors were taking the characters and creating their own stories and I'm guessing that it wasn't...

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feeds@kickapps.com (sabacc) — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:43:28 PST

Looks beautiful. I like the dedication- OXLEY? Not a very common name. Wonder if it has any bearing on the name of John Hurt's character in The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

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feeds@kickapps.com (Chris Wyman) — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:54:28 PST

Here are photos of my Splinter of the Mind's Eye First Edition Hard Cover novel.

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feeds@kickapps.com (sabacc) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:51:27 PST

Very nice. I suspect that's a promo photo for some other property that has been altered for use here. It makes for a better "old Solo" than many books from the past. I almost feel like this is an image from Patriot Games with different hair and the addition of a blaster rifle.

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feeds@kickapps.com (Chris Wyman) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:03:41 PST

What an awesome cover to the next installment in the Fate of the Jedi series!

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feeds@kickapps.com (Chris Wyman) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:58:49 PST

sabacc wrote:
Thanks, Chris. Does your (new) copy feature the same Ralph McQuarrie artwork pictured on most paperbacks?

Oh yes, in all its glory.

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feeds@kickapps.com (sabacc) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:15:14 PST

Thanks, Chris. Does your (new) copy feature the same Ralph McQuarrie artwork pictured on most paperbacks?

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feeds@kickapps.com (Chris Wyman) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:25:43 PST

sabacc wrote:
I don't know my Splinter book history. Is this a Book Club edition like the first copies of the Star Wars hardback novel or was it released in stores first in hardback? I read this book in the late 80s, borrowing a buddy's parents' hardback copy.

From all my research, the first edition hard back was released in February of '78. The Sci-Fi Book Club version wasn't released until later on the same year.

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feeds@kickapps.com (sabacc) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:34:54 PST

I don't know my Splinter book history. Is this a Book Club edition like the first copies of the Star Wars hardback novel or was it released in stores first in hardback? I read this book in the late 80s, borrowing a buddy's parents' hardback copy.

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feeds@kickapps.com (Chris Wyman) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:37:37 PST

Chris Wyman wrote:

I may have one of my personal best finds to report on very soon.

For years, I've been searching for a decent first edition hard cover copy of Splinter of the Mind's Eye by Alan Dean Foster. Unfortunately, any decent copy of this version of the book goes for upwards of $200 - $300 a piece. I've wanted this book on my shelf for the collection, but not enough to spend that kind of money on it. Now, I've purchased many of my older Star Wars books through www.alibris.com and I've gotten some great deals. Apparently, I left some type of automatic search going for this particular edition of this particular book, because the other day I got an email saying that they had found something I was looking for. Once I saw what the book title was, I almost didn't even bother to check, but boy am I glad I did. The book was $45 and according...

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feeds@kickapps.com (Chris Wyman) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 09:20:35 PST

sabacc wrote:

Chris Wyman wrote:
Would you mind lending me one of your paperback copies to read?
No trouble, I'll be happy to loan one to you.

I'm the same way, I like having reference copies of many books (especially Star Wars), but I typically borrow a copy from the library to read them.

Many thanks!

Heh...the library? What's that!?

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feeds@kickapps.com (sabacc) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 03:42:38 PST

Chris Wyman wrote:
Would you mind lending me one of your paperback copies to read?

No trouble, I'll be happy to loan one to you.

I'm the same way, I like having reference copies of many books (especially Star Wars), but I typically borrow a copy from the library to read them.

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feeds@kickapps.com (Chris Wyman) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:50:49 PST

Wow, sorry to hear that you gave away such a nice piece. Anything with Ralph's autograph on it is a keeper.

Would you mind lending me one of your paperback copies to read? I have no plans of actually reading the one that's on the way if it is in fact what the description stated. It's funny, I've waited all these years to get this particular version of the book and never had plans to read it. I've always said that once I got it, I'd just get a cheap paperback to read the actual story.

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feeds@kickapps.com (sabacc) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:25:15 PST

Nice! I've got a couple of paperback reprints of that on my shelves. I kind of regret giving away a paperback of it that I bought at Celebration II. It was only a few dollars and had Ralph McQuarrie's autograph on it (from the Dreams and Visions guys before that name existed).

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feeds@kickapps.com (Chris Wyman) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:27:30 PST

I may have one of my personal best finds to report on very soon.

For years, I've been searching for a decent first edition hard cover copy of Splinter of the Mind's Eye by Alan Dean Foster. Unfortunately, any decent copy of this version of the book goes for upwards of $200 - $300 a piece. I've wanted this book on my shelf for the collection, but not enough to spend that kind of money on it. Now, I've purchased many of my older Star Wars books through www.alibris.com and I've gotten some great deals. Apparently, I left some type of automatic search going for this particular edition of this particular book, because the other day I got an email saying that they had found something I was looking for. Once I saw what the book title was, I almost didn't even bother to check, but boy am I glad I did. The book was $45 and according to the description, it was the original first edition hard cover book from...

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feeds@kickapps.com (sabacc) — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:25:07 PST

More details about the this July's The Making of The Empire Strikes Back.

GFFA Literature

feeds@kickapps.com (sabacc72) — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 07:02:41 PST

I recently finished the young adult novel SECRETS OF THE JEDI by Jude Watson. A spin-off of her Jedi Apprentice and Jedi Quest series. It's an easy read, and perhaps less sophisticated than some of her other plots, but it made for an interesting read nonetheless. The concept: Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan, and Anakin all have had secret romantic loves, this explores the Kenobi's. Before you write the idea off, it's worth taking a look at how this is handled.