The Joy of Erudition’s Reviews > Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu > Status Update
The Joy of Erudition
is 9% done
The beginning exposition has been very boring and hard to get through. The author also chose not to use Lando's name at all for the first 3 pages, only calling him "the young gambler", until finally another character calls him by name, as if we don't already know who we're reading about. Plus, the story is written from Lando's point of view, and he knows what his own name is, so why pretend it's a mystery?
— Oct 12, 2025 08:55PM
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The Joy of Erudition
is 27% done
I had heard these were bad, but I was hoping it was just a case of outlandish plots, which would have been the "good" kind of bad. I need to lower my expectations for this one.
One interesting thing is that we have what they're calling a sorcerer showing up here, appearing in a puff of smoke. Granted, Darth Vader was called a sorcerer in the first movie, but here there hasn't been a single mention of the Force.
— Oct 21, 2025 10:37PM
One interesting thing is that we have what they're calling a sorcerer showing up here, appearing in a puff of smoke. Granted, Darth Vader was called a sorcerer in the first movie, but here there hasn't been a single mention of the Force.
The Joy of Erudition
is 13% done
Really sloppy book. How are these buildings "ruins" if they're sealed and impenetrable even by laser cutters? How do these creatures' offspring survive if the adults only reproduce in gravity wells that crush them within hours? Elsewhere, characters play sabacc on an asteroid with minimal gravity so people can launch themselves through the air, but they toss objects onto a table and the objects fall normally.
— Oct 17, 2025 12:30AM
