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Battlestar Galactica: Redemption

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After "Paradis", "Destiny" and now "Redemption" read like combined and inflated scripts for Richard Hatch's proposed season for a new "Battlestar Galactica" sequel TV series. The problem is that they're too episodic, with too little resolution. They don't stand well as novels on their own. There's been little real plot advancement, just incidents, stuff happening, and all shortly after the post "Paradis" split of the fleet (it's telling that half the fleet doesn't actually get to its destination, while the other half stays where they were at the start of the book). With the demise of ibooks, I have to wonder if Richard Hatch will get to finish telling the meta story. It still feels undone.

I have to disagree with the other reviewers of this book... I found it hitting square on with the central theme of Glen Larson in its connection to the ancient mysteries of the bible, atlantis, toletecs, mayans etc... The premise of Battlestar Galactica was that our pre-history wonders from around the world, which even now we struggle to explain were part of the early settlement of the the colonies, the 13th tribe. Richard's book plays into this theme very neatly with the space story of Noah's ark. The let your mind wonder connection between the two is what made this story so enjoyable for me. Try to think of the tale of Noah's ark being a story of this ark and I do believe if one is not too critical this story does come alive. Read it for yourself and you'll see Richard is doing a fine job carrying on Mr. Larsons story line.

this book is pretty useful as a paperweight. With all due respect to Richard Hatch, the book doesn't flow well. It seems choppy. There are places throughout the book where the story moves from one character to the next without any break in the text to notify the reader. I found myself reading sections several times trying to figure out what was going on. Maybe this is the fault of the publisher, or formatting the print, and not the author.

I leapt at the chance to own one of Hatch's novels. Prior to reading this book, I was looking for copies of his previous Battlestar Galactica books to add to my collection. Now I'm not so sure.

The ending of this novel leaves the impression there will be more to come. Check your local library for future books, but leave your money in your wallet. (Unless you need a good paperweight...)

I enjoyed all of these Hatch Battlestar books and its a shame he's not allowed to continue by the old owner of the original BattleStar Galactica stuff. This stand off makes Glen look bad and it only hurts the fans. So I hope the series is allow to continue soon.

Not bad. Glad to see that Hatch is continuing the original storyline from Glen A. Larsons TV-series and books. I personally find the old Galactica better than the new Galacatica.

This book did not have a real story in it expect for the romance of apollo and sheba. Mr. Hatch needs to add more action and adventure. Where did it go with this story. It was like reading a soap opera. If he writes another one I hope he adds a lot more than he did for this one.

another junk book in a series that has gone on to long, i have now read all seven books and i can only say that i am disappointed i expected better from richard hatch than this, the plotline seems to be standing still and i have lost interest in whether the galactica and its sister ship find earth, this series of books deserves to be put out of its misery like a wounded dog that has no hope ,the sooner the better its become like a soap opera i cant believe that this crap is based on the 1978 tv series i would rather repeat these episodes on my dvd player than read another installment of this ongoing yawn fest ,i books may no longer be around to publish these novels and to be honest i can see why now ,my cat sparky could produce better prose than this what a waste of my time and money , i get sick alot and have been in hospital recently i read paradis while i was there, and there is no depth to any of the characters protrayed here apollo is some sort of mystic while starbuck is way to shallow enough said, still i wouldnt mind banging anthena thats about the only thing these novels have got right, save yourself time and pain and read someting better like terry brooks or robert jordan.