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Second entry in Marvel's new Star Wars Legends series, this (as the title suggests) is set between the events of The Rise of the Sith, and of A New Hope.

Following on from Vol. 1 of the same ([b: Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Empire, Volume 1|23153104|Star Wars Legends Epic Collection The Empire, Volume 1|John Ostrander|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1420825979s/23153104.jpg|42700777]), the stories in here are all inter-connected through the use of recurring characters, with Vader popping up occasionally to play a pivotal role.

As before, some of the stories (and Artwork) are better than others: for my money, the best is probably 'Blue Harvest', followed closely by 'Out of the Wilderness'. The full list is as follows:

Parallels (parts 1 to 5)
Vector (parts 5 and 6)
Blue Harvest (parts 1 to 5)
Out of the Wilderness (parts 0 to 5)
  
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Awix (3310 KP) rated Faust (1926) in Movies

Oct 28, 2019  
Faust (1926)
Faust (1926)
1926 | Fantasy, International
8
7.8 (5 Ratings)
Movie Rating
You can't really judge a film this old (93 years and counting) by modern standards, as it is the product of an entirely different sensibility and is in a mode we rarely see nowadays - it's not naturalistic and doesn't want to be, instead presenting an almost impressionistic series of images as it tells its story.

You might expect it to be slow and heavy, but for the first hour and a bit this rattles along at a tremendous pace - the Devil makes a bet with an Archangel for the soul of the alchemist Faust, granting him eternal youth, wealth, worldly pleasures, and so on. It's still visually impressive and often unexpectedly funny (Emil Jannings as the Devil gives a great comic performance)- a bit earnest and melodramatic in places, but you kind of expect that. Very watchable - I hope I look this good when I'm 93.
  
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Allison Knapp (118 KP) created a post

Jan 18, 2019  
Just a heads up...
I have listed one of my current WIP with the idea that, until I am ready for Beta readers, and eventually get it self published, I would like to share a little bit of my writing experience with you all. I will be sharing a video blog depicting the different experiences which I will be going through as I finish my first draft, go through editing and revisions, seek out Beta readers, and do my best to promote the heck out of my finished project. I will be sharing plenty of behind the scenes information, as well as stories of how this story idea came to be, and my early struggles with the writing process before I came to join Smashbomb. I hope you all enjoy these videos and hopefully you will feel like you have played a special part of my whole creative experience.
     
Pretty Lost Dolls (Pretty Little Dolls #2)
Pretty Lost Dolls (Pretty Little Dolls #2)
Ker Dukey | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
10
10.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
omfg this book was so explosive from beginning to end.
i fell more in love with jade and dillon (didn't think that was possible)
i fell more in hate with macy and benny (if that's possible)
im usually a person who can predict what is going to happen in a book and i speed read but this ......i mean ...... the evil and gore i just did not see some parts coming .
i really don't know what to say without spoiling this book.
lets just say the anger and hate i felt while reading this book was raw and real but at the same time the happiness and glimmers of hope were amazing this book had me gripped all the way through and hooked like an addict also think i literally was shouting out loud at this book .....eeeek i love it now on to the next x