rooty

rooty.bsky.social

17 October 2026 16:43

Great catch. The early NJO is pretty thinly plotted so I assume it's coincidence, or Stover working backwards, rather than deliberate foreshadowing. But that makes it cooler imo - I love the sense that the NJO authors have quite a long leash, rather than working to a very tight outline.

rooty

rooty.bsky.social

10 October 2026 16:34

newjediorder.substack.com/p/xiii-traitor does traitor still hold up, twenty-four years later? you bet it does. in which i set out my stall for this being the most important - and probably best - Star Wars novel.

Alakadoof

alakadoof.bsky.social

10 October 2026 13:52

An internet hero did something similar once. youtu.be/MBfnQcFNCp4

Josh

geekcritique.org

10 October 2026 13:52

I'm doing it the @dkvine.com way. Except a generation later and with a massive speed up. (ICYDK, as a child Hyle decided he couldn't move onto the next area until he got his first Pokémon to level 100. IIRC he actually turned it into a Blastoise on Route 1.)

rooty

rooty.bsky.social

03 October 2026 09:13

aye, they seem to be to held in high regard but i find them pedestrian in the extreme. i think allston is best when he's writing very tightly focused stories with a local scale - so EL1 plays to his strengths! his broader galaxy-spanning stuff misses the mark for me.