Tuesday, August 22, 2006

SFF Blog Tour - Kathy Tyers

This month's blog tour is looking at Kathy Tyers, who's work I first encountered through the wonderful Star Wars novel Truce at Bakura. She eventually crossed over to the CBA market, with the Firebird Trilogy and Shivering World.

Of these three the only one that I have fully read is Truce at Bakura. Which takes place almost immediately after the events seen in Return of the Jedi. And shows an unlikely alliance between the alliance and the empire against an invasion of lizardlike aliens. I was very impressed with the creativity and depth shown in this book. That helped move those who served in the empire from being the faceless two-dimensional villians.

Be sure to visit Kathy Tyers' website at www.kathytyers.com

You can read more in-depth discussions of Kathy Tyers writing at the other tour blogs:

John J. Boyer, Valerie Comer, Bryan Davis, Beth Goddard, Rebecca Grabill, Leathel Grody , Karen Hancock, Elliot Hanowski, Katie Hart, Sherrie Hibbs, Sharon Hinck, Pamela James, Jason Joyner, Tina Kulesa, Rachel Marks, Shannon McNear, Rebecca LuElla Miller, Cheryl Russel, Mirtika Schultz , Stuart Stockton , Steve Trower , Speculative Faithm The Bedford Review

8 Comments:

Blogger Rebecca LuElla Miller said...

Kool, that's the first I've heard about her Star War novels (besides that she wrote them). It sounds intriguing.

Becky

1:54 PM, August 22, 2006  
Blogger Rebecca said...

Hey! Good of you to link to Kathy's website (I keep forgetting to do that).

4:02 PM, August 22, 2006  
Blogger Camy Tang said...

I love Kathy Tyers! She's one of the best writers out there.
Camy

11:54 PM, August 22, 2006  
Blogger Elliot said...

But I thought you liked lizardlike aliens?! You're cheering for the wrong team!

9:30 AM, August 23, 2006  
Blogger Elliot said...

But I thought you liked lizardlike aliens?! You're cheering for the wrong team!

9:30 AM, August 23, 2006  
Blogger Stuart said...

My aliens are not lizardlike, thank you very much. They are dinosoid, and dinosaurs are not lizards :p

11:42 AM, August 23, 2006  
Blogger Elliot said...

Ohhhhhh....

4:21 PM, August 23, 2006  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi Stuart --

I really wasn't trying to do lizards, either. I was thinking saurian, too. Something like Psittacosaurus. That's why they talked in birdcalls.

Thanks for the kind words, and please tell your friends who require "blogger" registration for guest comments that it's the only reason I didn't/couldn't thank them, too!

Best,
Kathy

8:50 PM, August 23, 2006  

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