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writerlibrarian's review
3.0
it was surprisingly good.It had all the good oneliners of the pilot.. like "he's Canadian... I'm sorry" exchange especially when Shanks is Canadian and so is Hewlett and Torri.
It has all the scripts parts and added layers of what's going on in their heads.. like .. the exchange between Jack and Daniel after Jack arrives at the base after escaping the drone.. the exchange goes.. "Warm welcome" Daniel goes .. wasn't me... we all knew watching.. yeah this time.. well, that's in the book. The whole power play between Weir-Sumner-Sheppard is good. As far as novelization goes it's a not bad at all.. I've seen and read much much worst. The awe of Sheppard when flying the puddle jumper for the first time, we saw it in Sheppard's face but we get what was in his head too. The writer fleshed out Teyla and the whole contempt Sumner had for the Athosians it wasn't really played on hard in the pilot but in the book yep. Bottom line I enjoyed it, the fact that I enjoyed the pilot a lot probably helped.
It has all the scripts parts and added layers of what's going on in their heads.. like .. the exchange between Jack and Daniel after Jack arrives at the base after escaping the drone.. the exchange goes.. "Warm welcome" Daniel goes .. wasn't me... we all knew watching.. yeah this time.. well, that's in the book. The whole power play between Weir-Sumner-Sheppard is good. As far as novelization goes it's a not bad at all.. I've seen and read much much worst. The awe of Sheppard when flying the puddle jumper for the first time, we saw it in Sheppard's face but we get what was in his head too. The writer fleshed out Teyla and the whole contempt Sumner had for the Athosians it wasn't really played on hard in the pilot but in the book yep. Bottom line I enjoyed it, the fact that I enjoyed the pilot a lot probably helped.
redatt's review against another edition
3.0
Summary: Stargate Command sends a multi-national team of explorers on a possible one-way mission to the Pegasus galaxy. They are in search of the Lost City of Atlantis and a hoped for wealth of knowledge and technology. Things go wrong, naturally.//
Hmm, well, I've never much liked novelizations of film and television episodes and I've never really loved spin-off/tie-in novels (yet somehow I frequently find myself reading them), but I think I actually preferred reading Rising to watching it. Except for the book not having Sheppard's utterly bizarre facial expressions, I don't think anything much was lost. In fact, this quick, effortless "must-read for all fans," according to the blurb, "includes deleted scenes and dialog not seen on TV," so one might say something is actually gained.
Still, like all --at least, all in my experience-- such novelizations it was a bit bland. I guess these things are a bit like writing by numbers (letters? hee) for the author.
Hmm, well, I've never much liked novelizations of film and television episodes and I've never really loved spin-off/tie-in novels (yet somehow I frequently find myself reading them), but I think I actually preferred reading Rising to watching it. Except for the book not having Sheppard's utterly bizarre facial expressions, I don't think anything much was lost. In fact, this quick, effortless "must-read for all fans," according to the blurb, "includes deleted scenes and dialog not seen on TV," so one might say something is actually gained.
Still, like all --at least, all in my experience-- such novelizations it was a bit bland. I guess these things are a bit like writing by numbers (letters? hee) for the author.
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