Never been one to really battle, but I may just hop in tonight and go balls to the wall and just force the issue. And get destroyed.
And yeah with all this Hapan shite I was thinking I might as well reread Courtship, except I distinctly remember disliking that one. I think I only disliked The New Rebellion and (shudders) The Crystal Star more. Zahn's the best, Stackpole's immediately winning me, and Anderson is at least upper-readable. ...Even though he single-handedly destroyed Dune (yes, single-handedly, because I think Brian Herbert was just credited to put the Herbert name on the cover).