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Audiobook Review: New “Clone Wars” Anthology Tells Star Wars “Tales of Light and Dark”
A boon for fans young and old who want to spend a little more time with some of the best Clone Wars stories, and hear them through new ears.
Audiobook Review: Ol’ Blue Skin is Back in “Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy (Book I: Chaos Rising)”
The full ‘Ascendancy’ series promises to resolve the question of why Thrawn was seemingly cast out of the Chiss.
Audiobook Review: “Poe Dameron: Free Fall” Fills In the Story of All That Shifty Stuff
‘The Rise of Skywalker’ made clear that there’s a lot of ground to cover in Poe’s past; ‘Free Fall’ covers at least the top headlines.
Audiobook Review: “Golf’s Holy War” Celebrates the Eternal Verities of a Game That Needs to Change
Brett Cyrgalis’s book ‘Golf’s Holy War’ feels tangential at best to the conversations golfers really need to be having right now.
Review: Skywalker Rises a Little Higher in Star Wars Episode IX Audiobook
Rae Carson buttresses the shaky story for fans ready to flip 272 pages — or, in the case of the audiobook, to listen for nine-and-a-half hours.
Audiobook Review: Doctor Dolittle Comes Unflappably to Life
We don’t need Hugh Lofting’s Doctor Dolittle anymore, but his fans will always find ways to keep him around. A new audiobook series does just that.
Christmas Audiobook Review: V.C. Andrews’s “Flowers in the Attic”
“Flowers in the Attic” is totally a Christmas book, right? Good-golly day, yes! Mena Suvari narrates a new audiobook production.
Audiobook Review: “Star Wars: Force Collector” Sweeps the Skywalker Saga
Kevin Shinick’s young adult novel “Force Collector” is less about Easter eggs than about the Christmas present we’re all set to unwrap.
Christmas Audiobook Review: Connie Willis’s “Doomsday Book”
As a time traveler rolls the yule log and puts up with wine-drunk revelry, synthesized bells sound increasingly ominous carols over Oxford’s High Street.
Audiobook Review: “Resistance Reborn” Gets (What’s Left of) the Star Wars Gang Back Together
Author Rebecca Roanhorse had her work cut out for her. To paraphrase Obi-Wan Dylan, they not busy being born are busy dying.
Audiobook Review: “Journey” to “Rise of Skywalker” Starts With a “Spark”
Although the audiobook is aimed at ages 8-13, it’s significant for Star Wars fans of all ages if they’re breathlessly anticipating “The Rise of Skywalker.”
Audiobook Review: Gene Roddenberry’s “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” Novelization Gets a Randy Reading For Its 40th Birthday
40 years ago, Star Trek made its theatrical debut with a prismatic, shagadelic, extremely sincere film that survives as an awkward but endearing spectacle.