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Title: Rebellion (StarGate, Book 1) by Bill McCay, Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich ISBN: 0-451-45502-9 Publisher: New American Library Pub. Date: October, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.82 (17 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: The return of Hathor...
Comment: The planet of Abydos is free, free to have chaos, free to have gun smugglers and free to have infighting among the farmers, the city folk and the caravans. They also have the freedom to mistrust the men of Earth and right when you think things can't get worse Hathor renews her conquest with a weapon so powerful that the very planet's existance is in danger.
Will O'Neil be able to fight off her attacks? Will Jackson be able to fight off her advances? Will Skaara end up the new leader of his people?
This second book in the series is interesting but NOT a stand alone book. I suggest you read the first one before this one.
Rating: 2
Summary: I was sorry I spent the time...
Comment: STORY: Colonel Jack O'Neil is sent back to Abydos as a liaison with a private corporation to harvest the rare crystal that gave the now dead Ra his technology. Little do they know but the newly freed people of Abydos aren't about to tolerate another dictatorship. Nor is Ra's vicious successor, Hathor, going to let someone else move in on her rightful territory as a god ruler.
MY FEEDBACK: To be able to compress a full novel to two cassette tapes shows that there is very little meat or character development here.
Plot lines were telegraphed and thus provided zero surprises. Characters were cardboard and had little or no depth. You are better watching a rerun episode of the Sci-Fi channel series or watching the movie again than wasting your time on this one.
The one redeeming factor that let me give this a 2 star instead of a 1 star rating: is the entire end battle goes on for a good portion of the story and thus kept me listening through the last audio tape. Yet, even this was anticlimactic as it set things up for the next book in the series. It is all more of a marketing ploy than a desire to write a good book. Highly disappointing and I'm not going to involve myself in the next book, Stargate: Retaliation.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great sequal to the movie...
Comment: While there are some flaws (and mistakes)the book has a lot to offer. The characters of Jackson and O'Neil seem to be in-character and many of the new characters, such as Hathor and Walter Draven, are very interesting. For example, Walter Draven, of the UMC, is both greedy and forward, yet knows how far he can push people. Hathor wants power, but is realistic about what she can and can not do.
The book allows you a peek at Ra's decaying empire and the reality of having a Stargate to another world. The language barrier is still a problem, no short-cuts here, and Bill McCay does not plan to make it easy for any of the characters. Both Earth and Hathor wish to exploit the planet of Abydos, whose natives just want to be left alone.
The book does give hints and flashbacks of past events to help fill in the setting and give background on some of the 'evil' characters BUT not too much.
The best part is while the book can stand alone, it is the first of a five book series. If you overlook the small flaws the story is very solid.
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Title: The Price You Pay (Stargate SG-1, Book 2) by Ashley McConnell, Dean Devlin (Creator), Roland Emmerich, Jonathan Glassner (Creator), Brad Wright (Creator) ISBN: 0451457269 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: July, 1999 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Retribution (Stargate, Book 3) by Bill McCay ISBN: 0451455568 Publisher: New American Library Pub. Date: October, 1997 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Resistance (StarGate, Book 5) by Bill McCay, Dean Devlin (Creator), Roland Emmerich ISBN: 0451456645 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Morpheus Factor (Stargate SG-1, Book 4) by Ashely McConnell, Dean Devlin (Creator), Roland Emmerich, Jonathan Glassner (Creator), Brad Wright (Creator) ISBN: 0451458168 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: 06 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Reconnaissance (Stargate, Book 4) by Bill McCay ISBN: 0451456637 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: May, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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