Kurts review


Pipeweed pastime


Isengard has fallen, Merry and Pippin go looking around Isengard, finding a storage room, full of delights. They find some of their beloved pipeweed, Without any hesitation they start smoking the pipeweed. Getting high they express romantic feelings for one another.

In my opinion the author tried too hard to be funny and lost the essence of what I imagine Merry and Pippin are like and would perhaps be like if they were 'high'. If the reader were to imagine the characters of Merry or Pippin high the idea of laughter and joking along with making more trouble then normal would come to mind rather than an expression of romantic feelings. As a Lord of Rings fan I didn't enjoy the attempt at humor from the author.

The needs of many

The story begins with King Logan making false promises to the people of Aurora. It then proceeds with King Logan forcing his little sister to choose who dies between the man who she loves or the group of innocent people. After the loss of her love, she, with the help of her followers over throws her brother, the tyrant King.


In my opinion the story lacked depth as it jumped to the end too quickly without engaging the reader with the back-story of how the heroine got her followers. Having played the game (Fable III) the story is based on , I felt that it was an important part of the plot as it shows the difference between in the moral makeup of the character and Logan. The writer does show that the heroine made good moral choices, sparing Logan's life and choosing strangers over her character's love.

Han Vs Food

Han walks in to the cafeteria to see all the pilots complaining that their food is to spicy. He tells everyone to stop complaining, its not that hot. Princess Leia confronts Han saying that he cant handle it either. Han's ego leads him into making a bet that he can eat four times the amount of spice.

I really enjoyed this story it had humor with a twist at the end making it worth the read. In typical Han style from the Star Wars movies Han wouldn't back down to the Princess. This leads him to eating too much spicy food, with his pride at stake he continues to consume. By the end of it I was laughing out loud. I really enjoyed the last line talking from a first person view and engaging the reader. Well worth the read.





I'll just call you my conscience

The rebel alliance are preparing for their assault against the death star. Han solo and Chewbacca have received their reward and are leaving the Rebels to their fate. Its not long before Han starts questioning his decision.

I enjoyed this story as a Star Wars fan. The ideas and insight of the author into the character Han's made me feel that this could have been what Han Solo was thinking before he went to help his friends destroy the death star. In the movie it left it up to the individual viewer to wonder what made him change his mind. The author suggested while Han portrayed a strong individual, friendship and loyalty played a big role in his thought process.

The Aurorion Express

The Aurorion Express is a luxury cruise-liner ship and has been noticed that it is heading deep into a planets atmosphere creating great alarm. The Jedi counsell call on Qui-gon and Obi-Wan to investigate. They are met on board the cruise-liner by resistance from the Trade Federations battle droids who had taken over the ship. Sensors are down and it seems unclear if some of the crew are working with the Trade Federation.

It could be a good story if the author was more clear about how to write dialogue between characters. The author doesn't consistently start a new line for a new speaker and has left out some speech marks so the reader is unaware when the sentence ends. This led to some confusion for the reader and an inability to gain a true sense of what the author was trying to convey