Fandemonium Books recently announced the publication of several all-new Stargate Atlantis novels, including the expansive Legacy series and the standalone titles “Brimstone” and “Death Game.”
Jo Graham partners with Melissa Scott to launch the exciting six-book “Legacy” series that picks up the SGA storyline after the events of the Season Five finale.
Graham’s first novel, “Black Ships,” was published in 2008 by the Orbit Books and received both a starred review from Publisher’s Weekly and a nomination for Best First Novel of the Year from Locus Magazine. Her second novel, “Hand of Isis,” also received high praised by Kirkus Review.
Together they open the six-book series with “Stargate Atlantis: Homecoming,” to be published late 2010. The novel depicts a unified Wraith who have one goal: kidnapping Dr. Rodney McKay and stealing his hyperdrive secrets. Legacy will be the first multiple-book story arc published by Fandemonium.
Since Legacy follows the events of Season Five, Fandemonium promises to take “our favorite characters into brand new territory — which means that anything can happen, to anybody! The stakes have never been so high.”
The six Legacy titles are all slated for publication over the next two years:
Book 1: “Homecoming” – October 2010
Book 2: “The Lost” – February 2011
Book 3: “Allegiance” – June 2011
Book 4: “Avengers” – October 2011
Book 5: “The Secret” – Spring 2012
Book 6: “The Inheritors” – Summer 2012
Can’t wait for Legacy for your SGA fix? Fandemonium has you covered with two new standalone Atlantis titles.
“Brimstone” is co-authored by David Niall Wilson and Patricia Lee Macomber. Fandemonium describes the story as follows: “When a moon inexplicably leaves its planetary orbit for a collision course with its own sun, Rodney McKay’s interest is piqued. What he discovers is enough to make him dance, for an entire Ancient city – the size of Atlantis – is there for the taking. But the city is not as abandoned as he had first believed and the team soon encounter a sect of unascended Ancients living far beneath its surface …”
David Niall Wilson is the author of The DeChance Chronicles, a 5-book series following the exploits of Detective DeChance as his explore a vampiric world prone to magic and mystery. Patricia Lee Macomber’s work has previously appeared in the horror magazine Cemetery Dance and the anthology Joined At the Muse.
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Not canon, not interested.
I agree with Jenks; I'd be interested if these were canon and truly carried on the story, although also somewhat saddened that any movie would then take place later (presumably after the novels).
But since they can do whatever with these novels and then do the movie as if the novels were never written, well 'what's the point' I guess is how I feel about them. Maybe if the community gives them rave reviews I'll still check them out, but unlikely.
Interested to see what the rest of the community thinks about this.
Can't wait! The authors sound like they have a good handle on the characters, from what I've read and even if they aren't canon, hopefully they will be enjoyable.
Evidently MGM approved them, so they at least won't be too out of character or storyline.
I will read them; I like to think of the stories as what might be happening in a parallel universe - not canon, but entertaining nonetheless.
Meh.
Awesome, can't wait. I read these books like episodes.
novels??? that dont have anything to do with the story thats lame they need to stop making all this other crap and make the sg-1 movie and sga movie
Well, it has worked with Star Trek pretty well, so why not here.
Can't wait. I've given up hope waiting for an SGA movie to ever be made.
I've enjoyed the Fandemonium books I've read so far. So canon or not I look forward to the continued adventures of the Atlantis crew.
I never expected to be looking forward to new Stargate next month.
I think the books are great. If the franchise is healthy and has an active fan base, it's a good sign.
I've been reading all of the novels. I don't care whether they are cannon or not. They're entertaining for the most part and help fill the gap in lieu of movies and new television episodes.
As for their impact on the DVD movies I really can't see that these have any negative impact whatsoever. The books are published by Fandemonium which I don't believe is affiliated with MGM. I'm sure they pay a hefty licensing fee. Also, I think it's good to see books and other merchandise being made as it will support the franchise. I'm sure MGM takes a look at the merchandising revenue as an indicator of the franchise health. If there's more money to be made in merchandising and licensing then it's more likely that they will make more Stargate movies. So, at least indirectly, buying the books should have a positive impact on the decision to make the movies.