An alternate take on "Stargate"

Brikar · 02-15-2006, 02:52 AM

I'm packing up a bunch of old books from around the house to donate to the local library's upcoming book sale, and I came across a curious paperback: "Stargate: Rebellion".

Now, I remember buying the book. But I don't actually remember reading the book. Now having read it over a week later, it's sort of interesting to compare it to 9 seasons of "Stargate SG-1".

So it's some time after the original "Stargate" movie. Daniel Jackson is living on Abydos and helping to educate the populace there. Jack O'Neill has gone home and is rebuilding his marriage. For the time being, the Stargate is shut down inside "Creek Mountain". The government decides a return Abydos is in their best interests after having studied the strange quartz material brought back from the Abydos mine ("naquada" in the TV show, though simply referred to time and again as "quartz material" in the book). O'Neill, Kawalski and Feretti, the three surviving members of the original expedition are sent back through the Stargate along with representatives of the United Mining Corporation to strike a deal with the Abydonians to mine the quartz material.

Meanwhile, on the distant planet Tuat, Ra's empire is in chaos. Here, the "gods" are not aliens as in the TV show, but humans. Godhood is a position to be attained, and when one falls another takes the name and place. On Tuat, Ra's accountant and secretary for lack of better terms, awakens Hathor from her centuries' long slumber in a sarcophagus to take control of Ra's shattered and crumbling empire. Hathor quickly unites the lesser gods beneath her rule and decides to mount an expedition to discover the fate of Ra. She refits an ancient battlecruiser and sets off for Abydos with a skeleton crew of untrained technicians and a small force of warriors and "udajeet" (death glider) pilots.

It's not the best book. It's rife with grammatical and spelling errors, and the plot kind of takes a while to get going. And to be honest, save for the characters I was familiar with from the show and the movie (Jackson, O'Neill, Kasuf, etc) I pretty much lost track of who was who. But it's a pretty interesting read, if just to compare it to where SG-1 went with the same basic setup.

If anybody wants to take a gander, I'll send it along.

Arik · 02-15-2006, 10:38 PM

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Brikar stopped drinking long enough to mumble

Here, the "gods" are not aliens as in the TV show, but humans.

They were aliens in the movie, too...

Brikar · 02-16-2006, 12:07 AM

Only Ra was an alien. The others were just human warriors, and Ra was like the King of the "gods". This book continues that, making the lesser gods humans, whereas the TV show made the gods Goa'uld.

02-15-2006, 02:52 AM	#1 (permalink)
Brikar The Dude Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,606	An alternate take on "Stargate" I'm packing up a bunch of old books from around the house to donate to the local library's upcoming book sale, and I came across a curious paperback: "Stargate: Rebellion". Now, I remember buying the book. But I don't actually remember reading the book. Now having read it over a week later, it's sort of interesting to compare it to 9 seasons of "Stargate SG-1". So it's some time after the original "Stargate" movie. Daniel Jackson is living on Abydos and helping to educate the populace there. Jack O'Neill has gone home and is rebuilding his marriage. For the time being, the Stargate is shut down inside "Creek Mountain". The government decides a return Abydos is in their best interests after having studied the strange quartz material brought back from the Abydos mine ("naquada" in the TV show, though simply referred to time and again as "quartz material" in the book). O'Neill, Kawalski and Feretti, the three surviving members of the original expedition are sent back through the Stargate along with representatives of the United Mining Corporation to strike a deal with the Abydonians to mine the quartz material. Meanwhile, on the distant planet Tuat, Ra's empire is in chaos. Here, the "gods" are not aliens as in the TV show, but humans. Godhood is a position to be attained, and when one falls another takes the name and place. On Tuat, Ra's accountant and secretary for lack of better terms, awakens Hathor from her centuries' long slumber in a sarcophagus to take control of Ra's shattered and crumbling empire. Hathor quickly unites the lesser gods beneath her rule and decides to mount an expedition to discover the fate of Ra. She refits an ancient battlecruiser and sets off for Abydos with a skeleton crew of untrained technicians and a small force of warriors and "udajeet" (death glider) pilots. It's not the best book. It's rife with grammatical and spelling errors, and the plot kind of takes a while to get going. And to be honest, save for the characters I was familiar with from the show and the movie (Jackson, O'Neill, Kasuf, etc) I pretty much lost track of who was who. But it's a pretty interesting read, if just to compare it to where SG-1 went with the same basic setup. If anybody wants to take a gander, I'll send it along. __________________ "A million monkeys typing until the end of time will produce the complete works of William Shakespeare. Ten thousand monkeys typing for ten thousand years will write a Hemingway. Ten monkeys typing over Columbus Day weekend will give you a Dan Brown." http://olympusmans.blogspot.com http://benforrealz.blogspot.com

02-16-2006, 12:07 AM	#3 (permalink)
Brikar The Dude Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,606 View Edit History:	Re: An alternate take on "Stargate" Only Ra was an alien. The others were just human warriors, and Ra was like the King of the "gods". This book continues that, making the lesser gods humans, whereas the TV show made the gods Goa'uld. __________________ "A million monkeys typing until the end of time will produce the complete works of William Shakespeare. Ten thousand monkeys typing for ten thousand years will write a Hemingway. Ten monkeys typing over Columbus Day weekend will give you a Dan Brown." http://olympusmans.blogspot.com http://benforrealz.blogspot.com Last edited by Brikar; 02-16-2006 at 01:49 AM.

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