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From the Bookshelf: In A Faraway Galaxy
Nov. 21st, 2013 05:57 pmThe Prequel Appreciation Society's review of "The Star Wars Heresies" made a direct comparison of it to a book "self-published" in 1984, calling "In A Faraway Galaxy" "the very best look at the first set of Star Wars films". It seemed a bold statement holding the older volume to a high standard, but it did pique my interest. When a quick search turned up some used copies for what seemed quite reasonable prices, I ordered one of them.
Perhaps with impressions of at least some "early" fanzines having been composed on typewriters and illustrated with naive zeal, I might even have been a little amused by the first impression as I cut open the package and pulled the book out its cover was "austere"; for some reason, I thought a bit of books from the 1960s as opposed to the 1980s. Inside, though, things looked quite professional, even if the textured paper kept me thinking of a "vanity" project. A Caltech bookstore inside the front cover also suggested the book hadn't just lurked in some underground of well-connected fans.
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Perhaps with impressions of at least some "early" fanzines having been composed on typewriters and illustrated with naive zeal, I might even have been a little amused by the first impression as I cut open the package and pulled the book out its cover was "austere"; for some reason, I thought a bit of books from the 1960s as opposed to the 1980s. Inside, though, things looked quite professional, even if the textured paper kept me thinking of a "vanity" project. A Caltech bookstore inside the front cover also suggested the book hadn't just lurked in some underground of well-connected fans.
( Interpretations of interpretations )