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Ghoster #2
Backblast
Back again in a new space adventure are Conek Hayden and his robot sidekick Cge. Once again Conek finds himself on the wrong side of the law as he dodges the establishment and fights for his life
- GenresScience Fiction
224 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1989
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January 11, 2025
Pulp sci-fi. Strong Star Wars influences (the smuggler with a heart of gold who befriends a heartwarming little droid, one of a connected pair of droids).
Fast-paced. Lots of blasters and space battles ... too many space battles to really have a plot. An annoying number of misused homophones (or just typos??), and more random encounters than you can shake a hand blaster at. And way, way more subplots / missing companions / damsels in distress than this author can really keep track of. Certainly more than I could.
There's actually an attempt at building a political background (not a deep one ... the rulers are venal, paid off by a faceless mining corporation). Their chief henchman (NOT Darth Vader) disappears into hyperspace in a (NOT Tie) fighter after getting a control surface shot off in a dogfight.
Received in the annual Christmas pulp SF exchange, and a worthy title in that list. 3.5 fun stars.
Fast-paced. Lots of blasters and space battles ... too many space battles to really have a plot. An annoying number of misused homophones (or just typos??), and more random encounters than you can shake a hand blaster at. And way, way more subplots / missing companions / damsels in distress than this author can really keep track of. Certainly more than I could.
There's actually an attempt at building a political background (not a deep one ... the rulers are venal, paid off by a faceless mining corporation). Their chief henchman (NOT Darth Vader) disappears into hyperspace in a (NOT Tie) fighter after getting a control surface shot off in a dogfight.
Received in the annual Christmas pulp SF exchange, and a worthy title in that list. 3.5 fun stars.
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