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Returned to Earth, the SDF-01 has a cold welcome. The threat of the Zentraedi is now turned to the planet. Interplay between the two cultures is explored, with some comedic effect. Meanwhile, emotional entanglements continue to develop, the book culminating in the highly influential and impactful death of Rick’s mentor. The very real cultural dimensions of the story line seems much better portrayed here in the novels than it does in the anime.

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What did you think of Homecoming? Was the quarantine of the SDF-1 a surprise to you? How about the adult-themed approach to death?

The death of Roy was kinda weird for me, because I read book 4 before I read book 3... I knew it was coming.

Really, reading the first books was all out of sequence for me.

Saw the anime before reading the books, so...no great surprise there. But it was the first example I'd encountered of 'The Old Hand Gets it', a trope I'd see repeated in various Gundam series.

(I already suspected that Robotech was going to be handing out character deaths since the second episode where we see a Veritech pilot very clearly get wasted by a Battlepod...from the victim's POV. VOLTRON, airing at the same period, kept saying 'Oh, our robot pilots are losing-' to explain to the kiddies why guys in pressure suits flying space fighters were exploding)

For me I think Homecoming & Battle Hymn were my low points for Macross. I loved the chase across the solar system and the humans and zentraedi trying to survive on a post apocalyptic world. The world politics stuff is kind of one dimensional to me.

As for Roy, I new it was coming because I was GMing the game before I watched an episode or read a book so I saw his stats in one of the 1e books.