Conquerors' Legacy (The Conquerors Saga, Book Three)

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Summary: Zahn's books border on tedium
Review: Harking back to the days of Dickens, I have concluded that Zahn is obviously paid by the word. Unfortunately, Zahn does not have the pulse of humanity that Dickens did. Of course, I don't expect a profound world view: we're talking about space-opera here. I read Zahn's Star Wars Trilogy and am now almost done with Conqueror's Legacy, the third in his Conqueror series. Zahn has a penchant in the Conqueror series (and in the Star Wars Trilogy) for running numerous plots and subplots, running them all over the galaxy and then tossing them all together, a sort of car crash ending extravaganza. However, in the process, Zahn's story loses my interest. In revisiting some of the sub-plots in Conqueror, I find that I don't remember what was going on the last time I was there, and, frankly, don't really care any more. Maybe I'm just not attuned to the MTV editing. In trying to paint a sweeping epic, Zahn just clutters up the landscape. The characters herein are not particularly interesting and the plot is fairly standard stuff, although I like the idea behind the Mrachanis behind-the-scenes engineering of much of the conflict.

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Summary: I'm Just Sorry It's Over
Review: I really liked this book. I beat my mom to reading it luckily, and it was really great. The first one I really liked and same with the seconed, but this might just be the best of the three. It includes all of the characters from both books, so instead of just haaving one species P.O.V. on the story, you get both, and everyone you want from both. I found the story exciting, and parts of it funny, and I would recommend it to people, especially if they are sciencefiction lovers.

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Summary: I'm Just Sorry It's Over
Review: I really liked this book. I beat my mom to reading it luckily, and it was really great. The first one I really liked and same with the seconed, but this might just be the best of the three. It includes all of the characters from both books, so instead of just haaving one species P.O.V. on the story, you get both, and everyone you want from both. I found the story exciting, and parts of it funny, and I would recommend it to people, especially if they are sciencefiction lovers.

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Summary: About the trilogy - I actually found myself THERE
Review: I was surprised to read some negative reviews about one or more book of the trilogy: Conquerors' Pride, Heritage and Legacy. The first book is narrated from an almost exclusively human viewpoint. The second book shows things from the alien viewpoint and Zahn uses it to develop on the alien culture, and you realize in the end that they have worries and interests just like us. In the third book humans and aliens finally make contact and so Zahn goes back and forth between aliens and humans. I think that Zahn did a very good job at developing the story in this way. It's tough to write an entire book only on an alien species' viewpoint, and Zahn should be given credit for this. I think he did such a good job because while I was reading I often built such a clear mental picture of the scenes that I felt as if I were there myself! (And sometimes wished I HAD been). When I finished the first book, I had to wait for months - and suffered terribly - before the second one came out, and so it went for the third. The bottom line is this: in the science fiction genre, if you like suspense, adventure, space battles, and if you like to read about aliens, "good" or "bad" as they may be, then you won't be disappointed.

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Summary: Zahn is now my second favorite author behind Asimov
Review: I was thouroughly impressed with Zahn's three Star Wars novels, so I went looking for more of his work on sci-fi. I found "Conquerors' Pride" and enjoyed it. I had to wait an eternity for the next book "Conquerors' Heritage" but it was worth the wait. I had to wait another eternity for "Conquerors' Legacy" to come out, but it was even better than the first two books in the series. Zahn is a master at writing from different points of view. The subtle little things that make a day go wrong or go right are explored from both sides. Sometimes luck is a factor, and sometimes naivete is a greater factor. I look forward to more of Zahn's works, and I recomend that anyone into sci-fi read his books. (and Mr. Zahn, if you read this, thank you for the many hours of enjoyment you have given me) : )

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Summary: Zahn is now my second favorite author behind Asimov
Review: I was thouroughly impressed with Zahn's three Star Wars novels, so I went looking for more of his work on sci-fi. I found "Conquerors' Pride" and enjoyed it. I had to wait an eternity for the next book "Conquerors' Heritage" but it was worth the wait. I had to wait another eternity for "Conquerors' Legacy" to come out, but it was even better than the first two books in the series. Zahn is a master at writing from different points of view. The subtle little things that make a day go wrong or go right are explored from both sides. Sometimes luck is a factor, and sometimes naivete is a greater factor. I look forward to more of Zahn's works, and I recomend that anyone into sci-fi read his books. (and Mr. Zahn, if you read this, thank you for the many hours of enjoyment you have given me) : )

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Summary: Zahn is now my second favorite author behind Asimov
Review: I was thouroughly impressed with Zahn's three Star Wars novels, so I went looking for more of his work on sci-fi. I found "Conquerors' Pride" and enjoyed it. I had to wait an eternity for the next book "Conquerors' Heritage" but it was worth the wait. I had to wait another eternity for "Conquerors' Legacy" to come out, but it was even better than the first two books in the series. Zahn is a master at writing from different points of view. The subtle little things that make a day go wrong or go right are explored from both sides. Sometimes luck is a factor, and sometimes naivete is a greater factor. I look forward to more of Zahn's works, and I recomend that anyone into sci-fi read his books. (and Mr. Zahn, if you read this, thank you for the many hours of enjoyment you have given me) : )

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Summary: Amazing series
Review: Impresive, this serie is a great job

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Summary: Wish there was more...
Review: Pride was exciting, and Heritage was a really good transition. This last episode was one heck of a continuation. I only wish there was more...

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Summary: Okay SF, but not top shelf
Review: The "Conqueror"-trilogy is okay, if you are really doped out by overwork or illness. Obviously the entire trilogy could be condensed into a single book at less than the length of one of its parts. That is not the way the world works. From a commercial point of view it pays more to produce three separate books. I guess I cannot fault Zahn for going for the big bucks: he did produce other work that is highly original! But don't look in this trilogy for imaginitive SF.