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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
The Cylons' secret is that Craig Shaw Gardner can't write, Sep 16 2006
In this original novel, Craig Shaw Gardner tells a tale set 20 years after the end of the Cylon War. This is the story of a young Colonel William Adama, second in charge of the Battlestar Galactica, and Saul Tigh, on a mission to explore the fringes of known space and reclaim for the Colonies previously abandoned territories. Although an armistice is in effect, and annual meetings are scheduled so that humans and Cylon can engage in peaceful negotiations, the Cylons have not been seen since the War's end, or so everybody thought, until now.
The story begins with a flashback to the moment the original Cylon War began, which marks the point where this novel begins to disappoint with its absurdity. As a huge fan of Sci-Fi channel's newly imagined Battlestar Galactica series, I had high expectations for this original novel. Not because I am a sci-fi fanatic, but because Galactica is the first television programme in a long time to be written for an audience with an IQ above that of a sewer rat and the memory span of a mosquito. This novel, however, falls well short of the standard set by Ron Moore and David Eick. Unlike the brilliant television series, the writing is disengaging, disingenuous, and predictable. In a bizarre reversal, the television characters have shrunk to become two-dimensional and uninteresting. Unlike the series, the plot is accidentally comical, totally unbelievable, and completely disengaging.
If you love Sci-Fi's gripping, sexy, intelligent and mesmerizing Battlestar Galactica, then do yourself a favour and stay away from these 302 pages of tripe. If you hope to gain some insight into the minds of Bill Adama, Saul Tigh, or Tom Zarek, or if you were hoping to find out what led the Cylons to unleash the apocalypse on their unsuspecting creators, you won't find it here. As much as I love the new Galactica series, I won't be buying the next instalment by Craig Shaw Gardner. Craig, you sure know how to kill a good story.
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