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Banner of the Stars Light Novel #1-3
Banner of the Stars Volumes 1-3 Collector's Edition
Volumes 1-3, now in a collectors hardcover edition, and with a brand new translation!
You journeyed with Jint and Lafier through three volumes of interplanetary-scale action and intrigue in CREST OF THE STARS. Through pain and companionship, they forged their way through an impossible ordeal unscathed. But that adventure, though grand, was just the introduction to a larger, decades-spanning chronicle of galactic war. Join our two heroes, now bona fide starpilots appointed to a warship in an Abh Empire fleet, as they participate in their very first official military operation. They are tasked with helping defend a strategically crucial star system from the Three Nations Alliance. Complications arise, however, when they learn that their commanding officer is none other than the sister of the Abh baron they killed three years prior!
You journeyed with Jint and Lafier through three volumes of interplanetary-scale action and intrigue in CREST OF THE STARS. Through pain and companionship, they forged their way through an impossible ordeal unscathed. But that adventure, though grand, was just the introduction to a larger, decades-spanning chronicle of galactic war. Join our two heroes, now bona fide starpilots appointed to a warship in an Abh Empire fleet, as they participate in their very first official military operation. They are tasked with helping defend a strategically crucial star system from the Three Nations Alliance. Complications arise, however, when they learn that their commanding officer is none other than the sister of the Abh baron they killed three years prior!
650 pages, Hardcover
Published February 2, 2021
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December 26, 2022
he jumps around a lot w the characters, only Jin and lafiel are constants really, everyone else is just thrown in when needed.
The author and frustratingly teases the readers along in a world that is MASSIVE, idk why he bothered to write a language for the characters if he wasn’t going to follow through with the world building.
much of the book is boring and could be summarized in a single paragraph what all major events took place.
in a book where you have a large scale galactic war between the humankind empire of ABV vs the UH, the PSSU, greater alkont and Hania federation you only see the events from the perspective of the lead generals inside of basic generic ships.
Idk why he even made it like that, why have a war between multiple organized planetary empires if
You have no intention of letting the readers find out about them through the story?
And the two main protagonists who survived hell in the first one and came out on top, forming an unbreakable bond together?
Yeah nothing further happens between the two.. their relationship doesn’t go any further and morioka honestly forgets about them.
And don’t get me started on how boring and pointless the “prisoner” exchange part was.
The author and frustratingly teases the readers along in a world that is MASSIVE, idk why he bothered to write a language for the characters if he wasn’t going to follow through with the world building.
much of the book is boring and could be summarized in a single paragraph what all major events took place.
in a book where you have a large scale galactic war between the humankind empire of ABV vs the UH, the PSSU, greater alkont and Hania federation you only see the events from the perspective of the lead generals inside of basic generic ships.
Idk why he even made it like that, why have a war between multiple organized planetary empires if
You have no intention of letting the readers find out about them through the story?
And the two main protagonists who survived hell in the first one and came out on top, forming an unbreakable bond together?
Yeah nothing further happens between the two.. their relationship doesn’t go any further and morioka honestly forgets about them.
And don’t get me started on how boring and pointless the “prisoner” exchange part was.
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January 28, 2025
Hard SF that focuses on "sociological science" are somewhat rare, but these stories definitely fit the bill. They are also, at the same time, composed of long, rambling discussions between characters who tend to have very anime- and manga-inspired personalities. All of this makes Banner of the Stars novels something of a mess in terms of narrative. The plots don't always work, and they often stop and start in jagged ways, like an old car sputtering in startup.
That's not to say that the books are bad. They are their own things, and if you take them for what they are, they're pretty enjoyable. They're not high literature, but they're not simple light novels or genre fiction either. Morioka's extensive linguistic creation is also noteworthy, and this translation does what it can to represent Baronh (pronounced Baronyuh, apparently) as well as it can be. I wish there were more English-language resources to get into it all!
That's not to say that the books are bad. They are their own things, and if you take them for what they are, they're pretty enjoyable. They're not high literature, but they're not simple light novels or genre fiction either. Morioka's extensive linguistic creation is also noteworthy, and this translation does what it can to represent Baronh (pronounced Baronyuh, apparently) as well as it can be. I wish there were more English-language resources to get into it all!
June 24, 2021
Loyalty to home planet or to space elf gf? The Big Questions.
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July 27, 2021
Well done. Though some early parts were not as interesting.
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