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Marc Millers Traveller Gateway to the Stars

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Gateway is one fo the best novels based on a role-playing game. It is well written, true to the Traveller universe, has good characters, and a highly exciting plot. Unfortuanately, it is very much the first book of an -ilogy that will never be completed, since Imperium Games, the owners of the Ttraveller franchise ar now out of business.

This book is a fair beginning to what I hope will be a series of novels based on the Traveller's Universe. The story adheres very close to the role-playing game's setting and texture. As a long time fan of Travellers, I liked the plot although the editing mistakes at times are a bit distracting. The story moves at a good pace, but is slow in some places due to wordy dialogues and for readers who are familiar with Travellers' jargons will find the pre-requisite explanation to non-Traveller readers a bit redundant. Overall, a good first attempt.

I have to say that this book may not fit tightly into the RPG know as traveller and yes there are mistakes in it. However I found this book to be very good, although the ending is disapointing I cant wait for the next book. I have never played Traveller even though I have a copy of T4 but if the Author/Editors where all hard core Players then they would not have time to write a book. So got easy.

I have to say that this book may not fit tightly into the RPG know as traveller and yes there are mistakes in it. However I found this book to be very good, although the ending is disapointing I cant wait for the next book. I have never played Traveller even though I have a copy of T4 but if the Author/Editors where all hard core Players then they would not have time to write a book. So got easy.

A slow build up to anti-climax. Little depth, little action. As a Traveller player since year-one, I had to read it. I had hoped that it would be good enough that I could use it to lure others into playing. Alas, it is not. At the last, when the words "to be continued" appeared, I said a small prayer that sometime between now and then they would find a writer.

This weak attempt to revisit Traveller RPG is juvenile in its plot, characters, and action. The original game is a classic and many friends still regale the fun had with the game; this book's attempt to capture the flavor of the RPG experience is lacking in depth and originality. Poorly named characters with hokey sounding objectives seem like a corny kick at the can.

Reading Peirce Askegren's novel "Gateway to the Stars," set in Marc Miller's "Traveller" universe, claims to be the first Traveller book. Unfortunately, this is more of a threat than a treat.

This book is poorly written, with poor structure, poor word choices, and poor characters. The story is more than adequate, but the execution should have been.

Given all that, I still think old fans of the "Traveller" RPG will enjoy reading this book, even if it seems to contradict much of the source material.

Clearly the editors have failed to do their job here, given several obvious errors up to and including the following, "The Traveller role-playing game, originally pulbished in 1997 and now in its fourth edition . . ." Hmmm, sounds like that date is about twenty years too new.

I only wish this was an exception, instead of the rule.