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Showing posts with label Books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Books. Show all posts
Monday, 23 March 2009
A Writer's Space
So I started a new book called "A Writer's Space" the basic idea of the book is to help the reader create a physical and a mental space that is conductive to write within. I've only read the first chapter so far and it seems like it will be a pretty interesting book. The biggest challenge about it so far for me is some of the questions at the end of the first chapter. See each chapter comes with a set of questions to help you develop the space you need so what I'll be doing is posting those questions and my answers to the blog as I work my way through them...
Answers to follow later when I figure them out..
Answers to follow later when I figure them out..
Wednesday, 18 February 2009
Feeling a little empty
So if you are a long time reader of the blog you might have noticed that I've had Triumph of the Moon listed as a book am 'Currently Reading' for a really long time. They could be a few reasons for it being up so long; the tiny font, the large words, or maybe the style of writing. All of those are accurate in their own way. The real reason for time it took is that I've been reading it for about 2 hours a week with a group of like mind people. In fact we've been doing this for almost two years roughly twice a month. Thanks to Ronald Hutton, we have had some amazing discussions, pushed and pulled some wonderful ideas, and finally eaten some Hamburger made from long held Myths about Wicca.
It's been a wonderful read and I would encourage any of you who read my blog to take the time and effort it can take to read the book. It isn't an easy read but it is worth it. A quick tip to someone trying to read anything by Hutton, listen to his lectures on Druidcast first. Once you've done that you'll hear his voice as you read and get more of the dry British wit he includes in his writing.
So now am off to move that link to 'Recently Finished' heading. Take a minute and click on it maybe even order it from Amazon.com you won't regret the decision, and you will certainly learn more about where many of your pagan practices come from. All in all the book left me with a deep fascination with and stronger desire to learn more about the more traditional Wicca.
It's been a wonderful read and I would encourage any of you who read my blog to take the time and effort it can take to read the book. It isn't an easy read but it is worth it. A quick tip to someone trying to read anything by Hutton, listen to his lectures on Druidcast first. Once you've done that you'll hear his voice as you read and get more of the dry British wit he includes in his writing.
So now am off to move that link to 'Recently Finished' heading. Take a minute and click on it maybe even order it from Amazon.com you won't regret the decision, and you will certainly learn more about where many of your pagan practices come from. All in all the book left me with a deep fascination with and stronger desire to learn more about the more traditional Wicca.
Friday, 30 May 2008
Dangerous Dames
Alright so the cover looked like crap, the back read like a really hokey story that was no where near believable. I normally wouldn't have given this book a second glance. However events conspired against me. I had gotten two tickets to go see the priemier showing of "Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?" My wife was at work so I went with one of the guests from Keycon Liana K. Of course we ended up getting there early so what else does one do while waiting for a movie. We went to the big book store in the mall.
Together we wandered through the section discussing various writers and books that we had enjoyed and would recommend. This was her recommendation, I suggested Krushiels Avatar in the end after we looked at various books. I walked out with this one and she walked out with my recommendation and three other books on Winnipeg.
I was pleasently surprised with my purchase and hope Liana K was as well. The book reads like an old dime store Detective novel like Sam Spade or something along those lines. The big difference is that instead of being set in some gritter underworld city like New York it is set in the future. The year 2057 to be exact and a lot has changed, there is teleportation, holograms, hover cars and all make and manner of robots and ray guns. If you have ever seen the Popular Science magazines of the forties and fifties is kind of has that feel and look to it. I guess you could say it is a Pulp Future Setting.
The main character Zach is the last legal and fully licensed detective in the world. They offer a very good explaination as to why there are no more licenced detectives in the book so I won't repeat it here other than to say the reasoning was sound and believable. In an attempt to keep the review spoiler free I won't go in to either of the two stories in the book. I want to keep the mystery intact. I will say I enjoyed the second one more then the first but that having read "The Plutonium Blonde" first did make the second story much more enjoyable.
Together we wandered through the section discussing various writers and books that we had enjoyed and would recommend. This was her recommendation, I suggested Krushiels Avatar in the end after we looked at various books. I walked out with this one and she walked out with my recommendation and three other books on Winnipeg.
I was pleasently surprised with my purchase and hope Liana K was as well. The book reads like an old dime store Detective novel like Sam Spade or something along those lines. The big difference is that instead of being set in some gritter underworld city like New York it is set in the future. The year 2057 to be exact and a lot has changed, there is teleportation, holograms, hover cars and all make and manner of robots and ray guns. If you have ever seen the Popular Science magazines of the forties and fifties is kind of has that feel and look to it. I guess you could say it is a Pulp Future Setting.
The main character Zach is the last legal and fully licensed detective in the world. They offer a very good explaination as to why there are no more licenced detectives in the book so I won't repeat it here other than to say the reasoning was sound and believable. In an attempt to keep the review spoiler free I won't go in to either of the two stories in the book. I want to keep the mystery intact. I will say I enjoyed the second one more then the first but that having read "The Plutonium Blonde" first did make the second story much more enjoyable.
Wednesday, 7 May 2008
Is faith evil?
So am getting close to the end of Richard Dawkins book "The God Delusion" and once I've finished I'll post a over all review of the book and my thoughts on it. I've also downloaded a 2 part BBC show that he took part in called "The Root of all Evil" he disliked the name. However the BBC wanted to use it to get peoples attention. Either way it goes well with today's blog about the book.
Like with any talk on religion I honestly don't believe that these things describe everyone who believes. However it certainly does apply to what I would like to think of as a very vocal minority.
The section I just finished was entitled "What's Wrong with Religion" he over the course of the chapter he covers a lot of material and makes a number of interesting points. I won't go in to all of them but will mention a couple that caught my attention. I think the most interesting one was the importance placed and not placed on life. For example the importance placed on the unborn life of a newly conceived baby, one so young it is barely more than a few cells. They cry out that it is murder and that all life is scared, even the potential of life. By that logic a woman being raped shouldn't fight back because there is the potential of life. The logic is clearly flawed in my opinion. I guess it doesn't help that many of the same people who protest and in some cases call for the deaths of Homosexuals, and murders. I would have thought all potential life would include the living.
Richard also introduces the reader to the term 'American Taliban' not a phrase he coined but one that certainly seems to fit. A lot of the quotes that the site shows go hand in hand with the believes of the Taliban just change it from Christianity. It doesn't matter if your Christian, Pagan or Atheist click on that link at the start of this paragraph and read through some of the quotes. Many of them made me just shake my head while others disgusted me. Sadly a lot of these people represent (Or pretend to represent) a large number of Christians and as such they are often seen as a representation of Christianity as a whole.
But lets get on to the real subject of this blog "Is Faith Evil?" Richard makes the argument through out the book and more directly in this chapter that Faith is Evil not just in reference to the extremists like the Taliban (In either Country) but faith in general. Here is what seems to be the root of his logic that led to it.
Faith is evil because it requires no justification and brooks no argument.
The argument continues on to say that even teachings moderate religions though not extremist in themselves are an open invitation to extremism. Due to the way all principles of faith must be respected. After all if everyone is to be expected to accept and respect your religion, you should be expected to respect others. That includes the Osama bin Laden, suicide bombers, the abortion doctor killers all of them do what they do out of faith.
Here is where I have to disagree I certainly expect people to respect my own faith path as a Wiccan. I respect people of other faiths, I don't in anyway feel the need to or the responsibility to respect any person whose faith leads them to hurt, kill or even threaten other people. My own belief includes the words "Eight words the Wiccan Rede fulfill — an ye harm none, do what ye will" To put it simply you're free to do what you want so long as it doesn't hurt anyone else. It's a straight forward and to the point I suppose you could argue that under that rule abortion wouldn't be allowed, but then you would have to figure whom the pregnancy would hurt more the unborn fetus without nerves to feel or the mother (A whole and complete person)
Faith itself isn't evil what is done in the name of faith often is. I could post a laundry list of evil things done in the name of religion and include them all. My own is in that list as well although not on the same scale as the big 3 religion, after all we haven't been around for more then a hundred years. We as people need to look beyond our faith and realize that people worship how they worship and it is up to them to decide how they do it. Its not my(or anyone else) place to tell them what they can and can't do, so long as they are not doing it to me.
Now my own faith is a mystery religion and people who follow it are actively encouraged to study and learn. In fact people regular question the basic tenants of faith that we follow. It is through questioning that we learn and come to better understanding of the mysteries. We don't take things on blind faith, that's one of the things that love most about Wicca. I encourage people of every faith to do the same, question everything, learn and research it. All it should do is strengthen your faith, if it does something else perhaps your following the wrong path. If someone is telling you just to believe something and not to question it them maybe they have something to hide. By questioning and furthering our own understanding of our faith and our beliefs we can better stop people from doing with evil acts under the banner of our faith.
Like with any talk on religion I honestly don't believe that these things describe everyone who believes. However it certainly does apply to what I would like to think of as a very vocal minority.
The section I just finished was entitled "What's Wrong with Religion" he over the course of the chapter he covers a lot of material and makes a number of interesting points. I won't go in to all of them but will mention a couple that caught my attention. I think the most interesting one was the importance placed and not placed on life. For example the importance placed on the unborn life of a newly conceived baby, one so young it is barely more than a few cells. They cry out that it is murder and that all life is scared, even the potential of life. By that logic a woman being raped shouldn't fight back because there is the potential of life. The logic is clearly flawed in my opinion. I guess it doesn't help that many of the same people who protest and in some cases call for the deaths of Homosexuals, and murders. I would have thought all potential life would include the living.
Richard also introduces the reader to the term 'American Taliban' not a phrase he coined but one that certainly seems to fit. A lot of the quotes that the site shows go hand in hand with the believes of the Taliban just change it from Christianity. It doesn't matter if your Christian, Pagan or Atheist click on that link at the start of this paragraph and read through some of the quotes. Many of them made me just shake my head while others disgusted me. Sadly a lot of these people represent (Or pretend to represent) a large number of Christians and as such they are often seen as a representation of Christianity as a whole.
But lets get on to the real subject of this blog "Is Faith Evil?" Richard makes the argument through out the book and more directly in this chapter that Faith is Evil not just in reference to the extremists like the Taliban (In either Country) but faith in general. Here is what seems to be the root of his logic that led to it.
Faith is evil because it requires no justification and brooks no argument.
The argument continues on to say that even teachings moderate religions though not extremist in themselves are an open invitation to extremism. Due to the way all principles of faith must be respected. After all if everyone is to be expected to accept and respect your religion, you should be expected to respect others. That includes the Osama bin Laden, suicide bombers, the abortion doctor killers all of them do what they do out of faith.
Here is where I have to disagree I certainly expect people to respect my own faith path as a Wiccan. I respect people of other faiths, I don't in anyway feel the need to or the responsibility to respect any person whose faith leads them to hurt, kill or even threaten other people. My own belief includes the words "Eight words the Wiccan Rede fulfill — an ye harm none, do what ye will" To put it simply you're free to do what you want so long as it doesn't hurt anyone else. It's a straight forward and to the point I suppose you could argue that under that rule abortion wouldn't be allowed, but then you would have to figure whom the pregnancy would hurt more the unborn fetus without nerves to feel or the mother (A whole and complete person)
Faith itself isn't evil what is done in the name of faith often is. I could post a laundry list of evil things done in the name of religion and include them all. My own is in that list as well although not on the same scale as the big 3 religion, after all we haven't been around for more then a hundred years. We as people need to look beyond our faith and realize that people worship how they worship and it is up to them to decide how they do it. Its not my(or anyone else) place to tell them what they can and can't do, so long as they are not doing it to me.
Now my own faith is a mystery religion and people who follow it are actively encouraged to study and learn. In fact people regular question the basic tenants of faith that we follow. It is through questioning that we learn and come to better understanding of the mysteries. We don't take things on blind faith, that's one of the things that love most about Wicca. I encourage people of every faith to do the same, question everything, learn and research it. All it should do is strengthen your faith, if it does something else perhaps your following the wrong path. If someone is telling you just to believe something and not to question it them maybe they have something to hide. By questioning and furthering our own understanding of our faith and our beliefs we can better stop people from doing with evil acts under the banner of our faith.
Wednesday, 23 April 2008
Oh my Goddess!!!!
Ender's Game the Comic
By Ryan Penagos
Orson Scott Card: a man with a clear vision. Undeterring, Unyielding, vigilant, he knows what he wants to see: an Ender's Game movie. But before the award-winning novelist's hallmark work can get to the big screen, he's making damn sure the look, feel, design, atmosphere—Ender's Game's entire visual spectrum—is perfect. Hoq does he plan to do that? By bringing the beloved property to Marvel Comics.
Tentatively kicking off later this year, the ENDER'S GAME comic—overseen by Card with Jake Black as creative consultant, edited by Nick Lowe, written by Chris Yost (X-FORCE) and drawn by Pasqual Ferry (ULTIMATE IRON MAN II)—isn't the first of the seminal writer's works to get the comic treatment, but it's definitely the biggest.
"[WYRMS and ALVIN MAKER] were sort of the warm ups," says Card. "Marvel picked [them] up and brought [them] to a wider audience. I'm proud of what they did with [them]. Those are also highly visual stories, but I'm thrilled to have ENDER'S GAME finally hitting the 'small screen.'
"I'm thrilled because this is actually the first move of ENDER'S GAME into a visual medium," notes the author, who began the series with a short story in 1977 and published the first "Ender's Game" novel in 1985. "We've been waiting for the movie for a long, long time, but Hollywood just doesn't see it. They read the book and then they realize that the book all takes place inside the main character's head. I'm hoping Marvel will show [Hollywood] how it's done, because you guys know how to put the story down in a visual way so that it comes to life."
ENDER'S GAME tells the story of an unassuming young boy named Ender Wiggin who, along with the world's most gifted children, attend Battle School to prepare them for the fight of their lives—and to save humanity from its greatest threat. Wiggin will rise up to be the greatest warrior and leader that the human race has ever known. The epic saga follows Ender and his friends as they grow to become the last hope and line of defense for all of mankind.
In addition to ENDER'S GAME, Marvel will concurrently publish the companion series, ENDER'S SHADOW.
"ENDER'S SHADOW was sort of an accidental book," says Card. "I was just going to take a character called Bean, who [is] an important but not that huge character in ENDER'S GAME, who was going to have a few chapters showing his early life, his time in battle school and then move right on to the rest of his story. But I fell in love with the stuff I was finding about his life before he gets to Battle School. By the time he gets there he's a really fascinating character to me. He's really smart and in a way he's giving Ender a run for his money with being the hero of the story."
Stay tuned to Marvel.com for more on ENDER'S GAME and ENDER'S SHADOW and look for our video interview with the legendary writer on Tuesday!
By Ryan Penagos
Orson Scott Card: a man with a clear vision. Undeterring, Unyielding, vigilant, he knows what he wants to see: an Ender's Game movie. But before the award-winning novelist's hallmark work can get to the big screen, he's making damn sure the look, feel, design, atmosphere—Ender's Game's entire visual spectrum—is perfect. Hoq does he plan to do that? By bringing the beloved property to Marvel Comics.
Tentatively kicking off later this year, the ENDER'S GAME comic—overseen by Card with Jake Black as creative consultant, edited by Nick Lowe, written by Chris Yost (X-FORCE) and drawn by Pasqual Ferry (ULTIMATE IRON MAN II)—isn't the first of the seminal writer's works to get the comic treatment, but it's definitely the biggest.
"[WYRMS and ALVIN MAKER] were sort of the warm ups," says Card. "Marvel picked [them] up and brought [them] to a wider audience. I'm proud of what they did with [them]. Those are also highly visual stories, but I'm thrilled to have ENDER'S GAME finally hitting the 'small screen.'
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ENDER'S GAME tells the story of an unassuming young boy named Ender Wiggin who, along with the world's most gifted children, attend Battle School to prepare them for the fight of their lives—and to save humanity from its greatest threat. Wiggin will rise up to be the greatest warrior and leader that the human race has ever known. The epic saga follows Ender and his friends as they grow to become the last hope and line of defense for all of mankind.
In addition to ENDER'S GAME, Marvel will concurrently publish the companion series, ENDER'S SHADOW.
"ENDER'S SHADOW was sort of an accidental book," says Card. "I was just going to take a character called Bean, who [is] an important but not that huge character in ENDER'S GAME, who was going to have a few chapters showing his early life, his time in battle school and then move right on to the rest of his story. But I fell in love with the stuff I was finding about his life before he gets to Battle School. By the time he gets there he's a really fascinating character to me. He's really smart and in a way he's giving Ender a run for his money with being the hero of the story."
Stay tuned to Marvel.com for more on ENDER'S GAME and ENDER'S SHADOW and look for our video interview with the legendary writer on Tuesday!
Tuesday, 8 April 2008
The God Delusion - Pagan Point of View
So as am sure you've seen on the book shelf widget on the left that one of the books am currently reading is the The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. It's a very enjoyable read so far and am maybe a quarter of the way through it. He doesn't pull any punches in his writing style and doesn't make any excuses for his opinions. I can easily see how it could really be a difficult read for Christians to work through. While the author makes it clear from the beginning that he applies the same logic to any and all gods he does make his primary arguments against the Christian God since that will be the one that the majority of his readers will be familiar with.
As an avid reader I was pleased by the start of the book, which opens with the following instead of a dedication. Once I read that I was excited to read on.
As an avid reader I was pleased by the start of the book, which opens with the following instead of a dedication. Once I read that I was excited to read on.
In Memoriam
Douglas Adams
(1952 - 2001)
"Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful
without having to believe that there are
fairies at the bottom of it too?"
He spells out his main goals in the preface of the book giving the readers an a good idea of where he is heading with the book. As some one who believes in the Divine, I have to say I agreed with a lot of what he had to say and his goals. The one thing that really stood out for me was the concept of a Muslim Child and a Christian Child. There is no such thing, children are far to young to make decisions about things like that. So it would be much better to describe them as children of Christian / Muslim parents. As a parent myself this idea really hit home, I remember having to deal with my eldest daughter who was raised part time in a born again Christian house hold. Where she was taught that various things where evil and would result in people 'burning in the fires of hell' . It caused a lot of problems for her and our house over the years since a lot of the people she knew at our house and liked fell in to the groups she was being taught to hate.
In the early portion of the book he uses for terms fairly regularly when talking about various historical figures.
Atheist - a person who denies or disbelieves the existence of a supreme being or beings.
Agnostic - One who believes that it is impossible to know whether there is a God.
Theist - belief in the existence of a god or gods
Deist - The belief, based solely on reason, in a God who created the universe and then abandoned it, assuming no control over life, exerting no influence on natural phenomena, and giving no supernatural revelation.
The first two terms I had heard in the past and knew what they meant, but I had never heard the term deist used before, I find the term very interesting. Despite being a Wiccan I would put myself some where between Deist and Theist. On one hand I believe in the existence of Gods and of Goddess, but am not so certain that they really care what we do one way or the other. The best description I've every used to describe it is that the Divine is like a diamond. While the various Gods and Goddess's that we use in worship are facets of that Divine source.
The book goes on to deal with common arguments in favor of a God, but again it focuses on Christian arguments in favor of a Christian God. So while they are interesting to read from a pagan prospective they are not all that relevant. Personally I've found that the majority of them I've had brought to me by Christian friends when they lean am Wiccan. In response I used a lot of the same points that are being used by Richard and the people he is quoting.
Well that brings you to the same place I am in the book. I'll post more as I read on.
Monday, 31 March 2008
The Tales of Beedle the Bard
Ok well apparently next book in the Harry Potter universe has now been released. It is a published copy of the book from last novel 'The Tales of Beedle the Bard' The whole book is hand written and hand drawn by Rowling herself. The problem with this of course is that there are only 7 copies of the leather bound novel in existence.
As am sure you will no doubt have guessed this small number of books will lead to a much higher then average price. Amazon.com purchased there copy at a Sotheby's Auction in London for a meer 1,950,000 Pounds. The proceeds of the auction went to the "The Children's Voice Campaign. A charity Rowling helped to set up.
For more informationa and photos of book itself please check www.amazon.com/beedlebard
As am sure you will no doubt have guessed this small number of books will lead to a much higher then average price. Amazon.com purchased there copy at a Sotheby's Auction in London for a meer 1,950,000 Pounds. The proceeds of the auction went to the "The Children's Voice Campaign. A charity Rowling helped to set up.
For more informationa and photos of book itself please check www.amazon.com/beedlebard
Saturday, 9 February 2008
Assault on Reason
So the other day my wife brought home a couple of books for both of us. The plan being that she would read one of them while I read through the other since in the end we both want to read each of the books. I took Al Gore's book 'The Assault on Reason' since it was a book I have been wanting to read for a while.
Basically I started it today on the bus ride home from work and it's been a fairly interesting read so far. What what he has talked about so far he is going to spend a lot of time looking at how the politics of America has changed and more importantly how the interaction by the common American with the politics has changed. I've been fairly impressed by the way it reads so far, it comes across a lot like the way speaks. At a guess I would say a lot of what I have read so far comes from speeches he has given over the years.
You might be wondering why I as a Canadian would be reading a book on American. Well if you are wondering that I strongly suggest taking a good look at the world around. Sadly the politics of America has a massive impact on the politics of the world. We may not like it, the majority of us don't want it but we can't change it. So it's best that we understand it.
Well more on the book as I read futher.
Basically I started it today on the bus ride home from work and it's been a fairly interesting read so far. What what he has talked about so far he is going to spend a lot of time looking at how the politics of America has changed and more importantly how the interaction by the common American with the politics has changed. I've been fairly impressed by the way it reads so far, it comes across a lot like the way speaks. At a guess I would say a lot of what I have read so far comes from speeches he has given over the years.
You might be wondering why I as a Canadian would be reading a book on American. Well if you are wondering that I strongly suggest taking a good look at the world around. Sadly the politics of America has a massive impact on the politics of the world. We may not like it, the majority of us don't want it but we can't change it. So it's best that we understand it.
Well more on the book as I read futher.
Wednesday, 23 January 2008
Book review - Star Wars Allegiance
I've been a fan of the Star Wars Universe for a long time, and used to read everything that came out for it. That all came to a rapid and sudden stop when they start with the New Jedi Order books started coming out. I just couldn't get in to them at all, didn't enjoy the concept, the events, even the some of the characters I had a hard time getting in to. So that brought my love affair with Star Wars novels to a crashing end.
Last week I was in our local bookstore and noticed a new Star Wars novel, the first thing I noticed on a closer was that it was by Timothy Zahn. The same person who wrote my all time favorite series in the Star Wars Universe The Heir to the Empire series. A quick scan of the back was enough to confirm that it was a time period in the Universe that I enjoyed, so I picked it up.
The book runs with four main story lines which all meet at various points through book and end for a dramatic climax. Story lines focus on of course Han, Luke, and chewie in one group, Mara Jade in the next, a group of Stormtroopers, and Leia. In the end I honestly think I would have enjoyed the story more had it focused on just the small group of stormtroopers and Mara Jade. While the rest of it did add interesting bits to the story, and filled in a bit of the story of main characters between episodes 4 and 5. It didn't overly add to my own enjoyment of this story.
My favorite aspect of the book was the deserter Stormtroopers who were struggling to figure out there own way and trying to stay true to their own values and the oaths they had made to the Empire. They struggled with some of their past actions like following orders to slaught innocent aliens. They also tried to stay true to the oath they took to protect and defend the empire. I hope that someone picks up their story and writes a few more books about them.
The book opens up with an acknowledgement that I feel is worth mentioning. The idea behind a small group of stormtroopers that are the main characters in the novel came from a fan. Albin Johnson the fan who founded the 501st legion, which is a group of fans that dress up as Star Wars characters at conventions, most commonly Stormtroopers. It's great in my opinion to see the fans getting some acknowledgement for what they do.
Last week I was in our local bookstore and noticed a new Star Wars novel, the first thing I noticed on a closer was that it was by Timothy Zahn. The same person who wrote my all time favorite series in the Star Wars Universe The Heir to the Empire series. A quick scan of the back was enough to confirm that it was a time period in the Universe that I enjoyed, so I picked it up.
The book runs with four main story lines which all meet at various points through book and end for a dramatic climax. Story lines focus on of course Han, Luke, and chewie in one group, Mara Jade in the next, a group of Stormtroopers, and Leia. In the end I honestly think I would have enjoyed the story more had it focused on just the small group of stormtroopers and Mara Jade. While the rest of it did add interesting bits to the story, and filled in a bit of the story of main characters between episodes 4 and 5. It didn't overly add to my own enjoyment of this story.
My favorite aspect of the book was the deserter Stormtroopers who were struggling to figure out there own way and trying to stay true to their own values and the oaths they had made to the Empire. They struggled with some of their past actions like following orders to slaught innocent aliens. They also tried to stay true to the oath they took to protect and defend the empire. I hope that someone picks up their story and writes a few more books about them.
The book opens up with an acknowledgement that I feel is worth mentioning. The idea behind a small group of stormtroopers that are the main characters in the novel came from a fan. Albin Johnson the fan who founded the 501st legion, which is a group of fans that dress up as Star Wars characters at conventions, most commonly Stormtroopers. It's great in my opinion to see the fans getting some acknowledgement for what they do.
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