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All new novel based on the hit TV series Stargate SG-1. Follow Colonel Jack O'Neill and the Stargate SG-1 team as they travel from planet to planet vai the Stargate to safeguard humanity in a hostile Galaxy. This is another compulsive read for Stargate fans!
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Hydraplane past this one,
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This review is from: Stargate SG-1: Hydra: SG1-13 (Mass Market Paperback)
I'm an avid sci fi reader and usually I can devour a SG-1 book inside a few hours but this book took me three months to slug through. I heard it won some awards, I don't know why. The first half of the book is spent following everyone BUT SG-1. Then when we finally catch up with our heros, everything is so jumbled and confused by the alternative SG-1's running around that you have to reread several sections and chapters just to figure out which team you're following. Once, after one character refers to another's death, I went back and reread three chapters trying to figure out when we learn about that character's death. Turns out we don't learn about that death until two chapters AFTER the reference. It was frustrating, slow going and painful. It's not the worst book I've ever read, but it's time I can never get back. At least until I can build a decent time machine (and when I do, erasing this mistake will be high on my list of things to do).The verdict: If you're a hardcore Stargate fan like me, go ahead and buy it, prop it up on the shelf but don't bother cracking it open. If you're just a moderate fan, skip this one.
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3.6 out of 5 stars (7 customer reviews) 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Too much in one book,
By L. Berry "the wraith" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Stargate SG-1: Hydra: SG1-13 (Mass Market Paperback)
I've always had a bit of a soft spot for Stargate books that wrapped up previous plot lines. It's nice to finally get some closure. I hope that lends weight to my review of this book, which I find to be rather disappointing.First, the good stuff: WE finally find out about at least two plot points used in old SG-1 episodes, namely the Quantum mirror, and Harlan and his android "clones" of SG-1. The writing seems sound at first, balancing the action with the techno-babble. Where did it all go wrong? There is an old saying "Too many cooks spoil the broth". in my experience with SG-1 novels, books with two authors never turn out quite right, and that holds true here. The first thing to discuss is the trust and there crew of renegade scientists. It seems illogical and impractical to create a large offworld base they couldn't even stay in contact with regularly, to create several robot copies of SG-1 to find alien goodies. Expensive too, considering the alternatives. it then splits up into a story about four different SG-1's that gets more than a little confusing. at some point, one of the copy teams decides to go looking for the origin of the quantum mirror, finding a world that it's hard to imagine even insane robots would hazard visiting. The reasoning becomes even more scewed at this point, with pointless decisions being made all around.The novel wraps up with a nice dosage of "WTF just happened?' And you are left trying to figure out what the consequences they talked about are, and what the fourth SG-1 copy is going to do with itself. This is a book I recommend for diehard SG-1 fans, because it ties up loose ends, but not to the casual reader, as the plot quickly becomes mired down, and confusing. 8 of 12 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Easily the best Stargate novel yet,
By Geonn W. Cannon "geonn" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Stargate SG-1: Hydra: SG1-13 (Mass Market Paperback)
I've read almost all of the Stargate novels, and I've enjoyed them all. But there was always something that irked me at least a little bit in them. Not so with this novel. It has absolutely everything you could hope for; technobabble (which, according to a source I trust, is actually non-nitpick-able), great team moments, a solid and tight plot, references to the series without relying too heavily on the past. It satisfies on pretty much every score.With this book, you'll get classic SG-1 doing what they do best: saving the galaxy. There's humor, action, everything you could want. This book is SG-1 at it's finest. I look forward to more novels by these two fantastic authors. 2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
decent Read,
By Gatie ""For Bollywood"" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Stargate SG-1: Hydra: SG1-13 (Mass Market Paperback)
I buy all the Stargate series books just to keep them going and I have enjoyed the majority of them. I think this writer has a decent grasp of the characters, however I found the way the book was written to be somewhat confusing. i know it was supposed to be written that way, but it was a little much trying to keep it all straight. Good idea, but it needed a better execution.
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