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For the price of one, you get three Lando Calrissian novels: LANDO CALRISSSIAN AND THE MINDHARP OF SHARU, LANDO CLARISSIAN AND THE FLAMEWIND OF OSEON, and LANDO CALRISSIAN AND THE STARCAVE OF THONBOKA. You know him as a gambler, rogue, and con-artist; Lando's always on the frontier scanning his sensors for easy credits and looking for action in galaxies near and far.
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GOLD-BRAIDED FLIGHT CAP carefully adjusted to a rakish angle, a freshly suave and debonair Captain Lando Calrissian bounded down the boarding ramp of the ultra-lightspeed freighter Millennium Falcon-and cracked his forehead painfully on the hatchcoaming. Read the first page
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GOLD-BRAIDED FLIGHT CAP carefully adjusted to a rakish angle, a freshly suave and debonair Captain Lando Calrissian bounded down the boarding ramp of the ultra-lightspeed freighter Millennium Falcon-and cracked his forehead painfully on the hatchcoaming. Read the first page
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THE STORY:
Three to be precise. In 'Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu', Lando and his odd droid companion Vuffi Raa are forced to seek out the secrets of the lost Sharu people. The second story 'Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon' has Lando and Vuffi Raa hunting a notorious criminal, but an old enemy and some new ones seek to stop them. Finally, in 'Lando Calrissian and the StarCave of ThonBoka' Lando's Millennium Falcon is mistaken for a giant space creature by another such creature, leading Lando and Vuffi Raa to lend their aid to the Oswaft people against the Empire.
Three to be precise. In 'Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu', Lando and his odd droid companion Vuffi Raa are forced to seek out the secrets of the lost Sharu people. The second story 'Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon' has Lando and Vuffi Raa hunting a notorious criminal, but an old enemy and some new ones seek to stop them. Finally, in 'Lando Calrissian and the StarCave of ThonBoka' Lando's Millennium Falcon is mistaken for a giant space creature by another such creature, leading Lando and Vuffi Raa to lend their aid to the Oswaft people against the Empire.
WHAT'S GOOD:
It's interesting to see Lando's early adventures as we see him develop his poor piloting skills, whilst attempting to earn a fortune (a character trademark). I quite liked the idea behind the third story, as the Empire makes it's first real appearance in the series. There's a very interesting idea in this book too; Rokur Gepta tries to kill Lando with chagrin. I thought using psychic powers to embarass someone to death was a rather novel idea! Also if you've read about sabacc and wondered how it works, these books finally give you a pretty good idea.
WHAT'S BAD:
Most of it really. The stories are generally boring, the characterisation is bad and the dialogue is appalling. There are few links to the rest of the Star Wars saga and this book suffers for the fact that it tries to create everything from scratch (even Lando isn't much like his movie persona). I was also sorely disappointed by the Battle of ThonBoka (which had such promise) and the secret of Vuffi Raa's origins is just stupid.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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While L. Neil Smith did occasionally use the wrong terms, one must remember that this was one of the early Star Wars books, before all this knowledge was so widely known. This book is one of the best Star Wars books written. The plots are fantastic, but that's what makes them fun. I found everything interesting. This was a strange book to say the least, but it's funny, has intricate connecting plots, and is just fun to read.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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this book is'nt really that bad. The problem is that the author obvously never saw Star Wars. All he knows is Lando Calrissian and the Millenium Falcon. No Emperor , Empire , zero descriptions of the ships , something called the Centrality (Neil Smith probably meant "the Empire") , wrong terms (i.e , "faster than light" instead of "Hyperspace"), and just what the HELL is Rokur Gepta doing commanding the Imperial Navy??? . Despite these obvious errors , the book is funny. the conversations between Lando and the awseome Vuff-Raa are hysterical. and the plot is,nt that bad , just goofy and too unbelivable ( a race of starship biengs that can destroy Imperial Warships in just one shot?). This is a nice book though , and it's so unpredictable that you'll have a hard time putting it down.
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Very descriptive and emotive
At first i wouldn't have thought to read a book about Lando, but after buying a copy.. at a book sale I began to really enjoy the book. Read more
Published on 1 July 2000
This book stunk.
It was ssssssssooooooooooooooooooooooo boring. I fell asleep well reading it.
Published on 29 Aug 1999
Though not the best of Star Wars, it had its moments.
The Lando Calrissian Adventures, being one of the set of older Star Wars novels, are often overlooked by both the die-hard, and the wanna-be Star Wars fan alike. Read more
Published on 1 Jun 1999
Die hard SW fans only
Its OK but will never be like any of Zahns novels. It does though provide a better look at Lando Calrissian. Read more
Published on 12 May 1999
A good way to kill time
While this is by far not one of the best books in the Star Wars series, it most definatly worth reading if your a die hard fan. Read more
Published on 2 Feb 1999
Show me the Lando
Back in the day when there was no massive glut of Star Wars books, you had Splinter of the Mind's Eye, the Han Solo triliogy, and this very little known saga of Lando adventures. Read more
Published on 23 Jan 1999
It is a good insight on Lando Calrissian
I think that this book gives you a better feeling as to why Lando Calrissian is the way he is. Reading this book, was no different then reading the otehr Star Wars book. Read more
Published on 18 Sep 1998
Only if you're a big fan
I read this series because I had finished all of the other Star Wars books, and when I read a series, I want to read EVERY SINGLE BOOK in that series. Read more
Published on 13 July 1998
this book was very boring and hard to get into.
I'm sure L Neil Smith is a perfectly good author, but his style is totally wrong for Star Wars.
Published on 15 Jan 1998
Boring. Very boring.
If you like Star Wars books, great! This book still may not be for you! I read the first novel of the trilogy and quit after that. Read more
Published on 13 Jun 1997
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