First of all I must state that I tend to have problems to find SW books, any kind of SW books in any book shop over here, I have complained about it more than once in my blogs, and only recently I have been I have decided to start getting my SW EU through Amazon.com. But, the way I got the NEC is far more interesting that just clicking one button online...

I had a friend living in Paris, and last January went to visit her, stayed at her house and she and her bf showed me around, not only the monuments and museums but also we did some shopping. They took me to this shop knowing that I'm a SW fan and knowing I'd love to take a look at it... Huge shop where I managed to finally decide to pick up the "New Essential Chronology". I realized that there was no way to get the book into my suitcase without damaging it somehow (I had done quite some shopping already), so I asked my friend to keep it and take it back to Spain with her when she moved back here. That was last week... So finally last week I had the NEC in my hands; at the same time that I was about to start the Thrawn trilogy... One piece of advice, never try to start two very addictive readings at the same time... I've been switching from the NEC to the Thrawn books since last Thursday... and I finally finished reading the NEC today.

Not only is a great tool to help you check any doubts you may have about timeline or when did what happen, also, if it's been a while since you read some stuff mentioned in one book series, you can check whatever incident it's been referred to in a very short time. It's a history book, well structured and with some wonderful illustrations btw...

And it will also prove helpful if you have to choose what EU you want to read or not... If the summary of what's going on in there from the NEC doesn't attract you enough to read the books, you will always know enough of what happened when you find references in other books...

All in all... I absolutely love it! And it was worth the wait.

Rating: Outstanding