Four Dragons, AKA Daniel Sucks At Wéiqí...

[magnavox_23]

I have only just read Four Dragons because The Power Behind The Throne killed my mojo for the novels dead. It undoubtedly starts off with Jack & Daniel at each other's throats (as per your usual early season 7 slash fic :P). Asshat!Jack comes into play as he tends to do in the later novels so I was a tad worried that this one would follow suit with

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[magnavox_23]

I think the pansy line was in The Power Behind The Throne, wasn't it? Or was it when Jack was pegging MREs at Daniel's head?

Jack was OOC for the first part of the book yes, that's what irritated me and made me wonder if this book would go down that same path of not being able to distinguish between someone being authoritative and a jackass. It wasn't until Sam took command and he and Sam had that lovely scene in the ship's bathroom (of all places!) that he finally 'dropped the act'. I do adore the Jack & Sam friendship when written like this.

I liked Sacrifice Moon for the early team goodness, even though it was a bit of a bloodbath. :P Barque was excellent and Hydra had a few mistakes, but all in all wasn't bad. :)

[carlinjona]

Pansy? Chucking MREs at Daniel?? ::Blink:: (Amends To Read list...)
I read Four Dragons and mostly liked it. I did think the licence given to Huang by the SGC went a bit beyond credibility. I suspected the same about Skaara, so that would be nice if he turns up in the sequel. Would have liked Daniel a bit more proactive, too.
((Thanks for the kind comments, btw.)) Sacrifice Moon rocks!

[sg_wonderland]

I have to confess, I've never read any of the SG-1 novels. It really doesn't sound like I've missed very much. I think I will stick with fanfic; at least if I get screwed, it was a freebie.

[cleothemuse]

If you ever want to try one, read "Barque of Heaven". Heck, I'll even let you borrow my copy, though that'd mean robbing the mahvelous carlinjona of a penny or two in royalties if you bought your own ;)

[sg_wonderland]

See how ignorant I am? I had NO idea Caprice had written any SG-1 novels.
:::scurries off to order copy of mine own::::

[magnavox_23]

I second this! Barque is love! <3

[cleothemuse]

I gave up on Fandy books after the garbage heap of blindingly obvious plot "twists" and twu wuv that was "Relativity". I have heard glowing reviews from the fandom about "Sunrise", though, so I might give it a try.

[cleothemuse]

Also: 'fic rec! There's an excellent use of Yu and Chinese culture in eilidh17's "Feudal Lies".

[magnavox_23]

Ooh, thanks for the link!

[magnavox_23]

LOL! I didn't mind Relativity, even if I did figure out who the mysterious old guy was pretty early on. It was nowhere near as bad as Alliances with the alien sex farm. ;P

I have just received Sunrise in the post (though I have also ordered Transitions and it was supposed to come with it) so I am deciding between that and Homecoming, the first of the 6 novels that finish off the Atlantis storyline after Enemy At The Gate.

[campylobacter]

I haven't read FOUR DRAGONS, and probably won't. Thanks for sloughing through it so I don't have to. :P

My disappointment in ROSWELL is enough to put me off most of Fandy's offerings.

[magnavox_23]

My squee for finally having Vala and Cam in novel form tended to override many of Roswell's failing qualities... :P

[lc59]

What did you not like about Roswell?

[campylobacter]

I couldn't get past the first chapter where the authors had to prove the antagonists are EVOL by using CHILDREN as human shields.

WTF. DO NOT WANT.

Children. CHILDREN. Children being put in the way of semi-automatic weapons fire. That shit would NEVER make it to broadcast TV. Or even a straight-to-DVD movie. :P I'd rather read pages of poorly-written smut than half a page of violence towards children.

[callygal1]

I have read all the books mentioned so far in the thread and replies. I just bought Vallhala but haven't finished it yet.... I too have been appalled at how poorly the authors "get" the characters. Do they watch the show??
Sacrafice Moon was my favorite so far....

[magnavox_23]

The problem was that the majority of the early novel authors were from the ol' Jack/Sam section of fandom, so those novels kind of had that leaning which I did not care for as I like the novels to be gen, or when I choose to, read with slash goggles of my own. :P

Now, Fandemonium are only employing professional authors and are after more male authors which I can only imagine is an attempt to get more boys/men reading the SG novels. problem is, these professional authors have not seen the show and do not know the characters as well as those of us who have been in the fandom for years. This all accumulates into massive fuck ups like The power Behind The Throne.

Valhalla wasn't too bad, though it did feel like they just tacked Jonas in there for the hell of having him in one of the novels.