Comments on: I want my Sean Stewart

By: zombyboy

zombyboy — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:52:20 +0000

Late to the party, but his Star Wars novel is one of the very few that is worth reading.

Big fan. Resurrection Man was my first, but I can say I love nearly all of his books. Perfect Circle, Galveston, Mockingbird, Nobody’s Son–these are all such amazing works that I can’t believe how many of my friends don’t know his name.

I’ve done my bit to evangelize and I’m glad to see that you all are doing yours.

By: Daryl Gregory

Daryl Gregory — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:05:25 +0000

Thanks, Josh. The only thing I knew about that book was from an interview Stewart did — he said he finally got to use his fencing knowledge on a kickass lightsabre scene.

By: Josh Kidd

Josh Kidd — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:41:01 +0000

The story for the Yoda book was forgettable which I say because I have forgotten it. However, I remember very well many of the original characters which I assume Sean Stewart created. And what says “Sean Stewart” more than memorable characters.

I kind of liked it and I wasn’t annoyed by it which is more than I can say for some recent Star Wars movies. Though not usually the way I would describe a Sean Stewart novel.

By: Daryl Gregory

Daryl Gregory — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:45:26 +0000

Ditto Steph @ 3 on Perfect Circle. And I’d say the same about Mockingbird. Stewart in those books seems to be ditching some of the tools he’s relied on in previous books to focus on smaller stories that rely more on character.

And Matthew @6 — Happy Policeman is indeed lovely. But for some reason the one that keeps sticking in my mind — maybe because it was her first and the first of hers I read — is Cold Allies. It’s a little less focused than her other books, a little less in control, but the images are wonderful.

And Josh @ 2 — How is that Yoda book? I never read it, but I always wondered if there were things in it that made it evident that it was a Sean Stewart book, or if he changed his style for the sake of the franchise.

By: Matthew Wayne Selznick

Matthew Wayne Selznick — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:42:47 +0000

I also say “aye.” I’ve read “Resurrection Man” more times than I can count. It’s one of my favorite books.

And Patricia Anthony’s “Happy Policeman?” Beautiful.

Of course, taking two years and counting to complete my second novel while fans of the first pine away (and thanks and appreciation to them) puts me in no position to request anything. Still, I do.

By: Karen Wester Newton

Karen Wester Newton — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:15:50 +0000

I am that way about Neil Gaiman. I don’t want comic books, songs, or movie scripts, I want novels, dammit! But what can you do? I don’t want to live in a world where writers are chained to their computers.

By: terry l

terry l — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:33:05 +0000

Hear, hear! Sean Stewart is definitely one of the best SF novelists of recent years and when it became apparent that he was jumping ship to do other stuff I was supremely disappointed. His mastery of prose was stylish without being showy or affected. His characters are so damn *real*! And his ability to understand how magic would *really* be in a world that could access it is spot on.

I miss me some Sean Stewart too!

By: Steph

Steph — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:15:32 +0000

Thirded.

A Perfect Circle is such a compact, tidily perfect little book. Sigh.

By: Josh Kidd

Josh Kidd — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:20:45 +0000

I would love to see Sean Stewart writing novels again. I even read Yoda: Dark Rendezvous.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:43:22 +0000

Seconded.