Pursuit of the Nashtah
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| Title: | Pursuit of the Nashtah |
| Publisher: | Hill Valley Press |
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| Author(s): | Nora Mayers |
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| Date(s): | May 1994 |
| Medium: | fanzine |
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| Fandom: | Star Wars |
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Pursuit of the Nashtah is a Star Wars 175-page novel in three parts written by Nora Mayers and published in 1994.
The zine contains several full-page illustrations by Dani Lane, Z.P. Florian, and Mark and Melea Fisher, with incidental art by Nora Mayers. The cover art is by Wanda Lybarger.
It was given an Honorable Mention for Best SW Long Story in the 1994 Star aWards. The zine debuted at MediaWest*Con.
Earlier Renditions of a Chapter, and Of Two Characters
An early version of Part One of Pursuit of the Nashtah was originally published under the title, "And For The Republic," in the 'zine, From A Certain Point of View, No. 5, published by Carolyn Cooper. It has been revised and is being reprinted here with her permission.
The characters Nova and Phloth were created by Cypher and have been borrowed with her permission. The early adventures of Nova, Phloth, and Solo may be found in the Harrison Ford 'zine, Flip Of A Coin published by Paula Truelove and Jenny McAdams.
About
From an ad in Southern Enclave:
It was not Luke's youth that made Genral Khala Jhen Rhessa dislike him as much as it was his own fear of the unknown. Rhessa was far more secure with a strong arsenal than with old superstitions and he found the idea of the Jedi as a major source of the Republic's protection a frightening concept. Somehow Skywalker had to be stopped.
From a description in Star Wars Zine Bibliography:
Luke and Leia discredited as children of Darth Vader. Crazy general. Mon Mothma in detention. Han has hibernation sickness. Obi Wan and Yoda are trying to keep Han and Leia apart - they want Leia to marry another.
Inside Art
Dani Lane
Dani Lane
Dani Lane
Dani Lane
Z.P. Florian
Z.P. Florian
Z.P. Florian
Z.P. Florian
Mark Fisher
Mark Fisher
Mark Fisher
Melea Fisher
Reactions and Reviews
"The Pursuit of the Nashtah" by Nora Mayers. Good stuff... Nora has a firm grip on the "and then it gets worse" school of plotting and it had me glued to the page. Two concepts set this apart from other post-ROTJ fanfic (and pro fic) ... the attitude of the New Republic government toward Luke, combined with the general problems of setting up a new, democratic government (a few fanficers have addressed this, but it's fairly rare) and the Real Agenda of Yoda and Obi-Wan re Luke and Leia. I don't want to spoil the novel for anyone by revealing the latter, but ... wow ... I loved it! It's one of those ideas I wish to Force I'd thought of myself. (No Rieekan in the novel, but you can't have everything.) [1]
I picked up a copy of Nora Mayers Pursuit of the Nashtah, flipped through it and was immediately hooked! What a great story! Action, suspense ... trashing Of course, there wasn't time at the con for real reading. I left that until the flight home. I highly recommend Nora's work. Buy yourself a copy today and join your favorite heroes on another adventure against some unexpected enemies. [2]
References
- ^ from Southern Enclave #39
- ^ from Southern Enclave #39