A Guerra de Apolo

Battlestar Galactica #13

by Glen A. Larson, Robert Thurston, A.S. Soares (translator)

O belo planeta Yevre está a ser progressivamente devastado por um velho conflito, uma guerra que dura há já tanto tempo que ninguém recorda a origem. Atraídos ao planeta pela promessa provisões para a frota da Galactica, Apollo, Croft e Sheba são capturados.

Compelidos rapidamente a ingressarem numa unidade de combate, tornam-se carne para canhão de uma guerra que não é a sua. No fragor da batalha Apollo luta para manter vivos os companheiros... e pergunta a si próprio se alguma vez voltará a ver a Estrela-de-Batalha Galactica.

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction, Media Tie In

171 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1987

About the author

Glen Albert Larson was an American television producer and writer best known as the creator of the television series Battlestar Galactica, Quincy, M.E., The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, B. J. and the Bear, The Fall Guy, Magnum, P.I. and Knight Rider.

Reviews

[Jerry · Rating 2 out of 5]

Unfortunately, this was a terrible book, and not something I can recommend. I was going to give it one star, but I bumped it up to two because, well, because I at least finished it. I guess it shows how desperate I am for BSG stories.

The characters, with the *possible* exception of Xiomara, are stereotypical, cardboard-cutouts, with cringe-inducing dialogue and no incentive to get to know them better.

The plot is unremarkable, with little nuance, and full of Deus ex machina plot devices. And if you follow SciFi, especially BSG, you've already seen this plot a million times.

The writing is basic and unsophisticated. If you gave me this story and told me it was a high-schooler submitting a draft for a writing contest, I would say it was awesome. But if you said it was from a published author with an actual editor and publisher, well, I wouldn't believe you.

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I noticed Amazon and Goodreads have a slightly different meanings to their 5-point scale. I thought it was odd to have a different rating for the same book on two different sites, so I came up with my own scale below. For the record, it is fairly close to Amazon's scale, but allows me to be consistent between the two sites.

5 - Fantastic. Life-altering. Maybe only 30 in a lifetime.
4 - Very good.
3 - Worth your time.
2 - Not very good.
1 - Atrocious.

[Linda · Rating 2 out of 5]

The planet Yevra is plagued by a war that has gone on for so long no one remembers the cause. Apollo and ship mates become captured and made a fighting unit. Apollo tries to keep his team mates alive. Starbuck and Adama come to find and rescue them

[Dan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a thoroughly enjoyable Battlestar Galactica (BG) adventure that took place entirely off BG and on a planet. Sheba, Kroft, and the protagonist Apollo, after landing on a planet meet new characters. The three BG crew members then become conscripted against their will into a planetary war. Lost to BG, it looks like they will be stuck fighting in a senseless war the rest of their lives while the BG continues on its way to Earth.

The writing style of the novel is very readable and the concepts introduced on the waging of war and how to gain conscripts is original and clever. The book is a fun, easy military science fiction story with no bells or whistles, but well told.

[Clayton Barr · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fair-to-middlin' novel in the Battlestar Galactica universe. Commander Adama gets to fly a Viper during the course of the story! http://battlestar.popapostle.com/html...