Armageddon

by Christopher Golden and Richard Hatch

Book Overview

Twenty years after the final episode of the Battlestar Galactica television series, the ragtag fleet of Colonial survivors continues its quest to find Earth, which is believed to be the home of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067101191X
• ISBN13: 9780671011918
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

The epic saga continues 20 years on............(PART 1)

NB: This review is in two parts.Armageddon is not the best battlestar galactica book I have read, I feel that accolade should go to Robert Thurston/Glen Larson's original BSG novel. The reason, beside's that it is brilliantly written, is that it is the story of BSG at it's most raw. The novel was written directly from the original script as the first episode (Saga of a Starworld!) of BSG was being filmed, hence the reason why there are pre-production paintings of the battlestar and it's vipers displayed within the novel as opposed to actual FX shots from the episode. The story reflected how Larson originally envisioned the BSG saga to be, with the Cylons being scripted as a sort of cybernetic reptillian hybrid, plus Serina (Apollo's love interest) survives at the end of the novel as it was originally scripted. Though for the TV episode, at Jane Seymour's request, the death of her character was written into the final shooting script and filmed, only to have her death then edited out again of the episode when test audiences found it too upsetting. So I would recommend the Thurston/ Larson original novel to any fan of BSG who wanted to see how the story was originally envisioned. The reason why I mentioned that novel in this review is because Hatch's Armageddon returns the BSG saga to this standard. I have read some of the unfair complaints here about how Hatch is only glorifying his character of Apollo at the expense of the others. This is untrue, actually the plot revolves around quite a lot of the original characters (some of whom merely served as window dressing in the TV series) as well as the new ones. Hatch actually creates an intriguing character out of Athena, turning her into a thoughtful but discplinarian individual who finds herself promoted to battlestar commander.Hatch not only ressurrects the BSG saga but also adds a touch of much-needed revisionism to it's studio-induced faults. For instance Hatch completely ignores the final TV episode "The Hand of God" in his continuation (which I welcome because I always found the idea of Adama releasing Baltar just because he aides them in destroying a Cylon base ship absolutely ridiculous - I mean the presence of the base ship threatened Baltar's life as much as the Colonials, there was no need to make any bargains with the traitor!). Hatch most probably ignored this episode because at the end of the it the Colonials receive a transmission of the Apollo moon landing from earth which led way to the whole awful Galactica 80 concept. The Cylons themselves also undergo some revisionism as Hatch reverts them back to their reptillian/cyborg origins. I think this is the most welcome change! I hated the way the studio execs interferred and had the Cylons rewritten as being robots (explained to us through an awful piece of exposition between Apollo and boxey which was added at the last minute to episode 1 befored it aired on TV. Thankfully the cinema version had no such interference!). Another character

An Absolute Treat!

I am a fan of Battlestar Galactica. This novel perfectly recaptures the feel of the show with a masterfully written plot, more details to the beloved characters of the series. Even Baltar is back. The action is brilliantly vivid and exciting. And the ending is just right. I definitely want to read the sequels.

Battlestar Galatica Armageddon

Battlestar Galatica Armageddon is one of the best books I have read in long time , this book was written by Richard Hatch and Mr Golden it contiues where the tv serial left before battlestar Galatica 1980 it starts where Starbuck has been lost , it a true Battlestar Galatica story I recommend any fan of this Tv show will love the book.

Armageddon

Excellent reading. Richard Hatch has stayed true to the original premise of Battlestar Galactica. One cannot help but empathize with the characters, old and new. As well, the plot is well developed. I cannot wait for the next book!

I don't care what anyone says THIS BOOK ROCKS!

I thought this book wouldn't be that good because of the reviews on the site. BUT they were wrong! I like this book because it has alot of adventure! and flying vipers, I always love reading about flying in space battles, and the pure excitement! this book is in no way borring! I missed out for about a year when I didn't read this book. SO DON'T YOU MISS OUT and order this book right now! buy some excitment!