Timothy Zahn

When I went looking for better Star Wars authors, because my friend had told me that the author of the book I'd been reading was horrible, the librarian, God bless her, told us that the best Star Wars author she'd come across was Timothy Zahn. He is wonderful. He does use the word "other" to name one of two interacting characters too much, though. But the first book is Heir to the Empire, and it's really good.

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