Posted on 11/09/04
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Dark VoyageBy Alan FurstRandom House, 256 pages, $34.95The risk with all franchises, as anyone who has eaten drive-through-window cuisine or watched the last two Star Wars movies knows, is that some of the creative elements that hooked us in the early days can start being taken for granted. A stale apple fritter here, a miscast Darth Vader there, and the next thing is you're wondering if those in charge still have the passion for what the factory pumps out.
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