1st March 2025

Here’s the latest book I just finished, one I remember from way back. Published just after the very first Star Wars film, A New Hope (as it’s called now), it was the first book to tie in with the film and continue the story of Luke and Leia along time before the Empire struck back. I remember Alan Dean Foster from other movie novelisations from the same era, such as Alien and The Thing but I’d never read this one until now, when a friend lent me his copy. My reading material tends to lean more towards the horror/crime genre nowadays so it made a great change to get into a science fiction book, and a movie tie-in from one of my favourite movies at that. It was a fun read, nostalgic, and interesting to see early characterisation before they developed in the next two films in the trilogy (a few times I wanted to shout at Luke, ‘Don’t go there, Luke - she’s your sister!) and situations that that would bear similarities to events in the movies. It definitely rekindled my love of science fiction books, so I’ll be seeking out more of that genre in 2025, I think.