is this starcraft book worth buying for a dollar

[SteveWinwood]

i saw it at the dollar tree

i recognize the authors name at least but I couldn't tell you a single thing he's written

or just make this thread of what video game books are good

 

[@TheFriendlyBro]

Got anything else you can spend that money on?

 

[Masoyama]

Zahn is great. He wrote the Thrawn books. I wouldn't read a Star-craft book though so who knows.

 

[Static]

Zahn wrote the Heir to the Empire trilogy of Star Wars novels, the books that feature a blue dude named Thrawn after the end of Return of the Jedi. I think it was sort of well regarded? No idea how this Starcraft book is.

 

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[newmoneytrash]

Zahn wrote the Heir to the Empire trilogy of Star Wars novels, the books that feature a blue dude named Thrawn after the end of Return of the Jedi. I think it was sort of well regarded? No idea how this Starcraft book is.

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the thrawn books are like a revival point for the whole franchise because of how good they were

i can't speak to the quality of this book but he's a very talented author

 

[elenarie]

If you are into Diablo / Warcraft / Starcraft, then yes, all lore books are worth their regular prices, let alone on sale. :)

 

[Majadamus]

If you have to ask at this point, is it really worth it to you?

 

[Hella]

Read it and then watch the ending to Starcraft 2: Legacy of the Void.

 

[Static]

Read it and then watch the ending to Starcraft 2: Legacy of the Void.

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No one recommending this can have their head on right. Book must be bad.

 

[elenarie]

No one recommending this can have their head on right. Book must be bad.

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Sorry for liking something that you don't. I'll go get my head checked. 🤷

 

[Reddaye]

Tim Zahn is generally a good author. I'd say for a dollar it's worth picking up.

 

[Static]

Sorry for liking something that you don't. I'll go get my head checked. 🤷

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Sorry to have been so derogatory. I just thought that there was near-universal distaste for the end of Starcraft 2's story. Glad to have found not one but two people who enjoyed it.

 

[duckvalentine]

you're at the dollar tree? maybe make sure there's not like, a *really cool hat* or a nice cooking pot that only costs a dollar. especially if you only have one dollar to spend.

but otherwise hell yeah, video game book for a dollar.

 

[capitalCORN]

Yeah sure why not. Reading is like educational or something.

 

[SkyOdin]

The only Starcraft novel I have read was Liberty's Crusade, a novel so abjectly terrible it made me permanently swear off media tie-in novels of all kinds. It was an awful rehash of the Terran campaign from Starcraft 1 from the perspective of a journalist who felt like a creepy author self-insert character who pushed aside Jim Raynor as the main protagonist and romanced Kerrigan. However, that novel was written by Jeff Grubb, otherwise known for writting terrible D&D adventure modules. I would sincerely hope this novel you are considering buying would be of better quality than that.

 

[Drayco21]

Echoing that I can't speak to the quality of this book, but Zahn is phenomenal.