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Summary: Battlestar on the offensive! Warhawk is a triumph! part 2/2
Review: (Continued from part 1)With regards to Baltar, Hatch uses a touch of revisionism when it is explained how Baltar managed to be in control of Cylon baseship in the Armageddon novel. Hatch rightfully ignores the final TV episode "Hand of God" where Balter was released by Adama in return for providing him the information about a Cylon baseship that was threatening the Galactica. In Warhawk, Hatch cleverly rewrites Galactica history by explaining that Balter merely escaped from the Colonials by bribing a prison warden before stealing a viper and flying back to the Cylons. I do think Hatch is doing the BSG saga a service by simply omitting any of its faults from his continuation, but there seems to be an instance where he seems to rewrite some of the revisions which he previously included in the Armageddon novel. I refer of course to his explanation of the Cylons and their make-up. In Armageddon, Hatch correctly explains that the Cylons are organic (which corresponds with the original concept of the Cylons before the studio-execs wrongly interfered and had them re-written as fully mechanical robots for the TV series). But in Warhawk Hatch backtracks a little and pays some lip service to this studio-maligned concept of the Cylons by providing some unneeded exposition explaining that the organic Cylons did create some fully mechanical drones to augment their military near the end of their thousand year war with the Colonials. I feel that Hatch should not have become a "revisionist" about his own revisonism which he created regarding the Cylons. He should have left the explanation of Cylons as being reptillians-cyborgs, period!! Even if it was contrary to any scene in the TV series where the Cylons are referred to as being robots. This awful concept of Cylons being mindless mechanical robots was one which was forced upon the BSG TV saga by the studio-execs, much to the regret of Glen Larson. Even Robert Thurston, in his novel adaptions of the Galactica TV episodes, totally ignored the TV series and continued to refer to the Cylons as being organic. I felt that Hatch should have done this as well. Another aspect that I didn't like about Warhawk was the revelation regarding Count Iblis : *****SPOILERS******!! In the Warhawk novel it is revealed that Count Iblis is the Cylon Imperious leader. This totally contradicts the previous novel where Iblis himself explains to Apollo that he had only helped the Cylons in their evolution to being reptillian cyborgs but that he did not interfere in their affairs. It also contradicts the TV series where Iblis did not have any control over the Cylons and their empire. Personally I think that Hatch should have kept the characters of the Imperious Leader and Iblis as separate entities and not have them as being the same person. However I will give Hatch the benefit of the doubt as it could be explained in later novels that Iblis had either taken the form of the Cylon Imperious leader (like he did with ambassador Puck in the Armageddon novel) or had simply possessed the Leader, in order to control the Cylon forces and usethem against the Colonials. *********End of Spoilers!!****** Finally I would recommend Warhawk to any BSG fan, whether they be casual or purist. It is very well written and has great action sequences. It also has a cliffhanger ending of sorts (I won't mention any more about it in this review!) which will surprise the readers and make them even more impatient in their wait for the next brilliant novel. Alas this novel is another startling example of how the BSG TV saga would have fared in the hands of creative people like Richard Hatch.
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Summary: Battle(stunk)star Galactica
Review: BAD. Bad. Bad! Richard, come down from orbit and get a grip ... I am not much of a Sf person, but, all the mind stuff is bad for a book. Stick with the Cylons.
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Summary: WONDERFUL!!! BLESS ALL THE LORDS OF KOBOL!
Review: I am really enjoying these new Battlestar Galactica books. I always loved the show and the intricate and well though out plots (at least the first half of the season). And these books seem to continue in this same vein. The characterizations and connections are intricate and moving. I have always wondered what might have been. Richard's ability to keep things exciting and intriguing is wonderful. I had only one nit. In the book, Rigel is characterized as a man -- in the TV show he was a she. (The girl who always got that great line, "You may launch when ready." I can't wait for the next installment. May the Lords of Kobol bless and keep you, Richard!
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Summary: Good read, but could be better
Review: I enjoyed this book overall and hope that the series will continue and result in a feature film or renewed TV series, but I feel Hatch & Golden are too often repeating the show "The Living Legend" without Adama. Some new characters and 2 Battlestars are added at the end making the future of the fleet a bit more secure. So the book end somewhat happy, somewhat sad...with Starbuck live? I hope Hatch continues with his nice job on "Armageddon" with his next work, and can feast on some fresh ideas rather than trying to repeat on 21 year-old episodes. So overall it is a good read and I will indeed read his next...
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Summary: Good read, but could be better
Review: I enjoyed this book overall and hope that the series will continue and result in a feature film or renewed TV series, but I feel Hatch & Golden are too often repeating the show "The Living Legend" without Adama. Some new characters and 2 Battlestars are added at the end making the future of the fleet a bit more secure. So the book end somewhat happy, somewhat sad...with Starbuck live? I hope Hatch continues with his nice job on "Armageddon" with his next work, and can feast on some fresh ideas rather than trying to repeat on 21 year-old episodes. So overall it is a good read and I will indeed read his next...
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Summary: Very Good, and Keeps You on Your Toes
Review: I found this novel and the one before it to be very interesting. I read earlier on this page that someone did not like the usage of telepathy between Apollo and Athena. Personally, I found it to add considerably to my understanding of the plot. The only bones I have about this is this: Regarding the the Quorum, just how dumb can they get sometimes? Especially in accordance with Balter. I know everyone has their opinions, but if ya'll have seen the videos of Galactica, then you will remember how the Quorum once thought that they made a hasty retreat from the Cylons, AFTER the Cylons destroyed their colonies! But enough on some people's lack of common sense. This is a good novel to read, and it is a pleasant diversion from the usual plots of Star Trek and Star Wars.
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Summary: No more of these books please.
Review: I hope this is the last Galactica novel ever written. Again as with the first book, there isn't much of a story here. Apollo having these psi-powers with which he can see into the universe is a weak version of what Luke can do with the Force. Again they borrow too much from Star Wars and Star Trek, and the end result is Galactica is once again the space opera that never took off, where as Star Wars and Star Trek continue to live long and prosper.
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Summary: Not as good as the first one, but very good nonetheless.
Review: I liked Warhawk very much, though it was not as good as Armageddon, in my opinion. I think that Hatch and Golden portrayed Commander Cain very well, Lloyd Bridges would be happy with the way the charcter turned out. The Viper Duet was an interestingly fresh idea as well. Only two small nit-picks though: 1-Didn't Captain Hecate die in the first novel as well? I recall reading a passage where Dalton saw Hecate's Viper collide with a Raider. 2-I got the impression that there would be a greater interaction between Baltar and Iblis in this novel, though I liked how Iblis was revealed in the final lines of the novel.
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Summary: Not as good as the first book in the Series, but readable
Review: I think this book went a little too much into the psi- thing and too little into the Cylons. There is a lot of action, but I wish that the storyline had been developed a little more.
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Summary: Like the second part of a trilogy
Review: I was hooked reading this book until the very end. It also seemed as if it was finished early with so many storylines left hanging. Preferred the first book overall but will definately read the third if/when it is published. Good to see the books written in a similar fashion to the original TV series.
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