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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 5099793" data-attributes="member: 710">Timothy Zahn - Star Wars. He created some of the most interesting and lasting characters of the Expanded Universe - Mara Jade, the smuggler Karrde, Captain Palleaon and several more. Though I am not sure if one shouldn't rue the day he introdued Fey'lya. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> And the books itself were very good.I would agree with Micheal Stackpole, especially the stuff around Rogue and Wraith squadron. (He did not write all of them, and I am not certain he actually made something for Wraith squadron, but this was one of the series I enjoyed most.)It has been a while that I read Star Trek novels, and I read a lot at the time, so I have trouble remembering all the authors. I've heard good things about Peter David, but I don't remember a specific book from him. The authors I do remember are Diane Duane (her books seem to particular excel in the "pure" science fiction aspects) and John M. Ford. His Klingon book might be out-dated and contradicted by canon these days, but it was well written and created an interesting view on the early Federation and the Klingon culture. If I was to retcon the Startrek universe or the Klingons, I would probably steal liberally from him. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />This pretty much the only shared fiction series I followed. I have read two and a half Eberron novels by now. The first two of the Lanternlight novels, one book set in the area of Eberron ruled by Meduas, and one set around some heroes and the (Hob)Goblin Empire. (If I just could remember all the names or be bothered to look it up!). The Lanternlight novels are okay. I enjoyed the book in the "Medusa territory", especially since it was high-magic and with lots of monsters. Very unusual and interesting. The Goblin books - I couldn't stand the whiny Dragonmarked protagonist. Even though I might normally enjoy something about and around Goblins and Hobgoblins.</blockquote>

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