STAR WARS ANTHOLOGIES

STAR WARS
TALES OF THE BOUNTY HUNTERS

Edited by Kevin J. Anderson / PAPERBACK
Bantam Spectra Book / Dec-1996 / ISBN 0-553-56816-7

[BOOK DESCRIPTION]

In a wild and battle-scarred galaxy, assassins, pirates, smugglers, and cutthroats of every description roam at will, fearing only the professional bounty hunters - amoral adventures who track down the scum of the galaxy... for a fee. When Darth Vader seeks to strike at the heart at the Rebellion by targeting Han Solo and the Millenium Falcon, he calls upon six of the most successfull - and feared - hunters, including the merciless Boba Fett. They all have two things in common: lust for profit and contempt for life...

 

[CONTENTS]

Therefore I am: The Tale of IG-88

by Kevin J. Anderson

Payback: The Tale of Dengar

by Dave Wolverton

The Prize Pelt: The Tale of Bossk

by Kathy Tyers

Of Possibel Futures: The Tale Zuckuss and 4-LOM

by M. Shayne Bell

The Last one standing: The Tale of Boba Fett

by Daniel Keys Moran

STAR WARS
TALES FROM JABBA'S PALACE

Edited by Kevin J. Anderson / PAPERBACK
Bantam Books / Jan-1996 / ISBN 0-553-50413-4

[BOOK DESCRIPTION]

In the dusty heat of twin-sunned Tatooine lives the wealthiest gangster in a hundred worlds, master of a vast crime empire and keeper of a vicious, flesh-eating monster for entertainment (and disposal of his enemies). Bloated and sinster, Jabba the Hutt might have made a good joke - if he weren't so dangerous. A cast of soldiers, spies, assassins, scoundrels, bounty hunters, and pleasure seekers have come to his palace, and every visitor to Jabba's grand abode has a story. Some of them may even live to tell it...

 

[CONTENTS]

A Boy and his Monster: The Rancor Keeper's Tale

by Kevin J. Anderson

Taster's Choice: The Tale of Jabba's Chef

by Barbara Hambly

That's Entertainment: The Tale of Salacious Crumb

by Esther M. Friesner

A Time to Mourn, a Time to Dance: Oola's Tale

by Kathy Tyers

Let Us Prey: The Whiphid's Tale

by Marina Fitch and Mark Budz

An then there were some: The Gamorrean Guard's Tale

by William F. Wu

Old Friends: Ephant Mon's Tale

by Kenneth C. Flint

Goatgrass: The Tale of Ree-Yees

by Deborah Wheeler

And the Band Played on: The Band's Tale

by John Gregory Betancurt

Of the Day's Annoyances: Bib Fortuna's Tale

by M. Shayne Bell

The Great God Quay: The Tale of Barady and the Weequays

by George Alec Effinger

A Bad Feeling: The Tale of EV-9D9

by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens

A Free Quarren in the Palace: Tessek's Tale

by Dave Wolverton

Tongue-tied: Bubo's Tale

by Darly F. Mallett

Out of the Closet: The Assassin's Tale

by Jennifer Roberson

Shaara snd the Sarlacc: The Skiff Guard's Tale

by Dan'l Danehy-Oakes

A Barve like that: The Tale of Boba Fett

by J. D. Montgomery

Skin Deep: The Fat Dancer's Tale

by A. C. Crispin

STAR WARS
TALES FROM THE EMPIRE

Edited by Peter Schweighofer / PAPERBACK
Bantam Books / Dec-1997 / ISBN 0-553-50686-2

Edited by Peter Schweighofer / PAPERBACK
Bantam Books / Dec-1997 / ISBN 0-553-57876-6

[BOOK DESCRIPTION]

Culled from the pages of the Star Wars Adventure Journal, one of the most popular Star Wars magazines in the field today, comes this exciting new short-story collection. Here are stories from such award-winning and New York Times bestselling authors as Timothy Zahn, Michael A. Stackpole, and Kathy Tyers as well as exciting newcomers, including Erin Endom, Laurie Burns, and Patricia A. Jackson. From the desperate flight of a civilian mail courier carrying vital Rebel intelligence through an Imperial blockade, to a suicidal commando raid on an impregnable Imperial prison, to a Corellian smuggler mysteriously hired by an actor turned Jedi Knight turned Imperial assassin for one final transformation, these tales capture all the high adventure, imaginative genius, and nonstop action that are the hallmarks of the Star Wars saga.

 

What's more, the centerpiece of this magnificent collection is the short novel Side Trip, the first-ever collaboration between Timothy Zahn and Michael A. Stackpole, in which a freighter smuggling arms for the Rebels is commandeered by an Imperial Star Destroyer led by a mysterious helmeted figure who claims to be the notorious bounty hunter Jodo Kast. It is all part of a devious plan that includes Hal and Corran Horn, who are working undercover to nail the infamous Corellian warlord Zekka Thyne. But one slipup can get them all killed.

 

Collected for the first time, Star Wars: Tales from the Empire is one book no fan will want to be without.

 

[CONTENTS]

First Contact

by Timothy Zahn

Tinian on Trail

by Kathy Tyers

The Final Exit

by Patricia A. Jackson

Missed Chance

by Michael A. Stackpole

Retreat from Coruscant

by Laurie Burns

A Certain Point of View

by Charlene Newcomb

Blaze of Glory

by Tony Russo

Slaying Dragons

by Angela Phillips

Do No Harm

by Erin Endom

Side Trip Part One

by Timothy Zahn

Side Trip Part Two

by Michael A. Stackpole

Side Trip Part Three

by Michael A. Stackpole

Side Trip Part Four

by Timothy Zahn

STAR WARS
TALES FROM THE NEW REPUBLIC

EDITED by Peter Schweighofer and Craig Carey / PAPERBACK
Bantam Books / Dec-1999 / ISBN 0-553-50598-X

EDITED by Peter Schweighofer and Craig Carey / PAPERBACK
Bantam Books / Nov-1999 / ISBN 0-553-57882-0

[BOOK DESCRIPTION]

Written by some of today's leading science fiction writers, these tales sweep us into a world where the only laws are cunning, force, and power -- and only the bravest, craziest, and deadliest dare to tread. Here mercs and smugglers, gangsters and warriors fight toe to toe, side by side, and behind each other's backs in the backwaters of a universe ripped apart by war....

On Zelas II a man and a woman are held prisoner in a dark cell, each fighting in their own way for survival at the hands of Imperial captors -- and a chance for escape that could cost one of them their life. On the tortured landscape of Ryloth, Fenig Nabon awaits a ship of women warriors to complete a dangerous deal: the smuggling of a troupe of dancers to the homeworld of the Hutts -- only to get more than she bargained for.a And in a stunning new novella written especially for this collection by Hugo Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Timothy Zahn and Michael A. Stackpole, Senator Garm Bel Iblis, believed dead at the hands of an Imperial assassin, teams up with Hal Horn in a duel against the Empire's most dangerous agent. At stake are the plans for a terrifying new weapon called the Death Star -- and the fate of both Empire and the New Republic.

 

[CONTENTS]

Interlude at Darkknell

Part One by Timothy Zahn

Part Two and Three by Michael A. Stackpole

Part Four by Timothy Zahn

Jade Solotaire

by Timothy Zahn

Gathering Shadows

by Kathy Burdette

Hutt and Seek

by Chris Cassidy and Tish Pahl

The Longese Fall

by Patricia A. Jackson

Conflict of Interest

by Laurie Burns

No Disintegrations, Please

by Paul Danner

Day of the Sepulchral Night

by Jean Rabe

Uhl Eharl Khoehng

by Patricia A. Jackson

The Last Hand

by Paul Danner

Simple Tricks

by Chris Cassidy and Tish Pahl