This link opens in a pop-up window
A refugee returns to her home planet in search of a missing ship that holds the key to saving humanity. …
In the fading light of a dying star, a soldier for hire searches for a missing refugee ship and uncovers …
With no water, no air, and no native life, the planet Gora is unremarkable. The only thing it has going …
Centuries after the last humans left Earth, the Exodus Fleet is a living relic, a place many are from but …
Centuries after the last humans left Earth, the Exodus Fleet is a living relic, a place many are from but …
Rocannon's World is a science fiction novel by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin, her literary debut. It was published …
Rocannon's World is a science fiction novel by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin, her literary debut. It was published …
Rocannon's World is a science fiction novel by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin, her literary debut. It was published …
**50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION—WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY DAVID MITCHELL AND A NEW AFTERWORD BY CHARLIE JANE ANDERS
Ursula K. Le …
Alex has all but given up on her dreams of becoming a published author when she receives a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: …
**50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION—WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY DAVID MITCHELL AND A NEW AFTERWORD BY CHARLIE JANE ANDERS
Ursula K. Le …
Content warning Spoilers for character reveal
There is only one named female character (Zahara Cody) in this story (there's technically a second, Kai Zook, but she is incredibly minor; all we learn about her is that she's attractive and has kids), and pretty much every other named character has a segment where they either think or talk about her attractiveness. At one point Han Solo (more on that later) thinks of her as "the lady doctor." One could say that's just being true to his character, but on top of everything else, it just felt unnecessary and excessive.
Aside from that, I found the idea of horror set in the Star Wars universe to be a pretty intriguing concept, but, for me at least, this ended up being a just okay horror story and a just okay Star Wars story. The introduction of Han and Chewie especially ruined it. The horror is completely undermined when you have characters who you know can't come to any meaningful amount of harm.
All-in-all, unless you're specifically looking for Star Wars horror and don't mind unnecessary sexism, there are much better books you could pick up.
