Death Star Home Page For You!

April 6th, 2010 Star-Wars-Movie-Posters Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

I’d give it an 8 for scope and chustpa and a 2 on delivering the goods. Although I don’t believe the Great Pyramid was ever a tomb the author never convinced me that it was a “death ray” machine. He constantly quotes other authors who use the same unsubstantiated “facts” to support their theories. And then he quotes himself by using a diminutive type face in the middle of the page as another source. Again and again he made claims that seemed as silly as, …if I made ham and eggs for breakfast, the great pyramid is a death weapon. Yes I learned a little more than I already knew about the Great Pyramid from reading Hancock’s books on the Giza complex, but the assertions needed more substance behind them. I’m hoping the government in Egypt will allow more scientific exploration of the Pyramid so humanity will at last find out what it was really built for, but until then its all speculation.


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  • Casas [ 06Apr10]

    While I haven’t read every Star Wars book, I’m a chick whose read enough of them (around a dozen) to have gotten tired of the OMG EPIC story arcs introduced with each set wherein no, seriously guys, THIS TIME we’re REALLY facing the end of the Galaxy as we know it! While I enjoyed the original movie trilogy, I was suffering from Star Wars fatigue.

    This book woke me the hell up, that’s for sure!

    I picked it up based on the badass cover and reading that it was a zombie story set in the Star Wars Universe. Star Wars? Zombies? How could I resist? I didn’t think it could possibly live up to the cover, but boy did it ever. It was light on the wangst that tends to crop up in the other novels, and heavy on the zombies and High Octane Nightmare Fuel. Kind of like H.P Lovecraft in space.

    Now, I don’t consider myself a gore lightweight, but I had to pause a few times while reading to let the horror of a certain scene just sink in, which I consider a mark of good horror writing. There were also a few scenes of genuine emotion that, yes, got me a bit choked up.

    The only thing that was a bit off was the inclusion of 2 “classic” characters which I didn’t feel added much besides fanservice. While slightly jarring, their inclusion certainly didn’t ruin the book for me, they just seemed somewhat superfluous.

    If you like horror and Star Wars, you’d probably enjoy this book. If you get easily grossed out, you should definitely give this a miss. Now I can’t wait for the prequel, Red Harvet. I’m actually excited about a Star Wars novel again!

     
  • Alimi [ 06Apr10]

    Trig and his brother Kale are prisoners on the imperial prison barge called The Purge. Life is normal on The Purge until it runs into a Star Destroyer floating through space. A boarding party is sent aboard, only half of them return, bringing back a horrible disease that kills almost everyone and then turns them into zombies. Only a few people survive this part: Trig and Kale, the doctor, two smugglers, and a crazy captain of the guards. How will they survive the thousands of flesh-eating zombies.

    My favorite part is when the zombies are eating this one dookie’s face. I think that the reader should know that the book will scare your pants off. I think this book should be read by all people who read. A thriller! — Maxwell

     
  • Eggers [ 07Apr10]

    I am a big fan of the Star Wars EU, and this book was definitely not worth the price. It really shouldn’t even have the name Star Wars in the title, since if you changed a few names, there would be no references AT ALL to the Star Wars Expanded Universe. The book is disjointed and not like any other Star Wars book I have read to date. Skip this one!

     
  • Fee [ 07Apr10]

    I’ve been in love with Star Wars since my dad first showed me “A New Hope” as a kid, and I’ve read almost all of the Star Wars books, including older ones I got from my Uncle and the kiddie scholastic readers. Since I’m a pretty big Star Wars fan and had no real opinion one way or the other onn Zombies, I bought and read the book.

    Actually, I was pretty exited when I first got it. The hype was big, and the cover looked awesome, (I still think it looks awesome.) Sadly, the cover’s just about the best part.

    I’ve only seen a handful of “zombie movies”- just the Resident Evils and I Am Legend. However, even with the little to go off, I coud see all the “twists” in the plot from miles away. I don’t tend to watch scary movies, because I frighten easily, but despite the amount of gore in this book, I was never frightened. Mostly, I was just yawning.

    So based on my limited experience, it didn’t make it as a horror book. Nor did it really feel like Star Wars to me. Sure, Han and Chewie were there. The Imperials and their virus were the source of the zombies. But it simply never felt like something from the universe; it was more like a hollow imitation. You could have easily substitued the Imperials for just about any evil big corporation ot goverment from another popular series and changed the aliens to say, those out of Mass Effect, and it wouldn’t have made a difference at all.

    So it’s not really a Star Wars book, and it’s not really a (succesful) horror book. So what does this leave us? A poor attempt and some really cool jacket art.

    My advice, would obviously be not to read it. But if you feel like you really have to (whether because you don’t believe me or because you just HAVE to read every SW book known to man, like me) I’d suggest borrowing it from your local library, or buying it second hand at a discount store.

     
  • Moseby [ 08Apr10]

    This book was hilarious! Zifnab? Oh, come on! It’s freaking Fizban for crying out loud. Weis is a Goddess. She can write some of the funniest awesome. Zifnab (Fizban) and his easily offended dragon made the book. I actually had to buy this one, ya’ll.

     
  • Day [ 08Apr10]

    This was much better Dragon wing, but I got bored. The wizard character was the most entertaining and I’d like to see a series based on his character. I feel no desire to keep going with the series.

     
  • Brewer [ 09Apr10]

    The book is great. The authors make you care about the characters and it’s hard to put it down – I agree with some reviewers that the beginning is little bit slow…but later the pace is picked up. Also as I read the book I noticed that I did not want it to end…the reading process itself gave so much pleasure.

     
  • Mercado [ 09Apr10]

    One of the great book series available. I am a DL fan, but this series is better and short and sweet with 7 books. All were good without other authors to ruin anything.

     
  • Neuhoff [ 10Apr10]

    This toy was purchased as a Christmas gift for my son. I remember him opening it and being very excited. Christmas Day it took me an hour to get it enough together so the parts weren’t “popping” out. After my struggles, my son promptly took it apart and turned it back into Darth Vader. It has never seen it’s Death Star shape since that day. Well, today he pulled it out and asked me to transform back into the Death Star. This thing really sucks. I tried to follow the worthless instructions to no avail. I have been working on it for about a half hour and finally said enough was enough. My son was watching me and trying to help but it just does not fit together well. Like some of the other reviewers have stated… the tolerances are just to TIGHT! Once you get one part in it’s place, another pops off. Then you go back and put the popped off piece back in place another one pops off. It’s a never ending cycle. As I’m writing this, my son is singing a new song he made up… “I hate this Death Star… lalalala”. I think we will play a game with it and destroy it outside later by smashing it with a sledge hammer and then setting it on fire. What a waste of $$$$.

     
  • Huey [ 10Apr10]

    This toy is amazing, I had no idea it even existed until I was walking through the swap meet and saw it. First reaction, is that Darth Vader? Second look, is that a TRANSFORMER??? I picked it up, took it home and after about 5 minutes it was in full Death Star mode. I didn’t even have instructions or a box or the Light Saber that came with it. Now that I know this exists, I am going to buy one new in box to add to my Star Wars collection.

     
  • Edmundson [ 11Apr10]

    Just got this for my son for Christmas. What a disaster. It took my husband at least 45 minutes to unbox and try transforming it into the death star. What a joke. It took him several attempts through the day to get it finally into the finished transformed position. The pieces kept unsnapping before he could move to the next step. Don’t waste your money like we did. Will be trying to take it back tomorrow. Ours was also missing the cape.

     
  • Jordan [ 11Apr10]

    As mentioned in numerous other reviews, the Death Star transformation is not for the faint of heart. It requires perseverance, full engagement, and deft hand steadiness to execute. If the Primus and Unicron are rated Skill Level 4, this thing should be about a 6. It takes patience and practice to learn how to best approach it. That’s why I rated it high in educational, “brain” value… The Darth Vader mode is cool – with noises and lights and trash talk, but the conformation is not comparable to Unicron or Primus. I’d put it third of the three as a robot, with Unicron the baddest, most capable. As a planet though, the Death Star is striking, and embodies the ultimate evolution of the sphericals. It even has retractable stand legs, unlike the Primus.
    Sitting side-by-side, they make a nice ensemble. Of the three, I like the Primus best for play value – quick and easy and fun to transform and show off with. But this one can be fun if you are up for the challenge, or is cool as a noisy paperweight in whichever mode, if you aren’t…

     
  • Nyunt [ 12Apr10]

    I have read several other books by the author. One habit that I have noticed is that the author constantly refers to his previous books, making the current book seem like an infomercial for the others. The Giza Death Star had been referenced in other books and I wanted to see exactly what he had written, since the references let me curious. What I found was a book that I wanted to like, but that I had difficulty following. I used to think that the publisher just used spell check as a proof reader; unfortunately, this book seems to have missed even that level of review.

    As has been noted previously, the author makes many assertions without supporting them. The overview of classical physics and the physics he asserts were known and practiced thousands of years ago are insufficient for me to follow. I felt that the writing was disjointed and did not readily flow, which made it difficult for me to follow.

    I enjoyed the author’s books on Nazi technology and history, but I will not purchase the other two books of this series.

     
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