Stargate Novel News

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Keep track with Stargate novel news. Stargate: SG-1 ran for ten seasons, with spin-off Stargate: Atlantis running for five and a third spinoff series named Stargate:Universe began in October 2009. Each series is a spinoff the 1994 feature film Stargate.

Novels allow fans to keep adventuring through the Stargate.

About Stargate Novel News

For more than a decade, Stargate: SG-1 kept fans stepping through the iris with then Colonel and later General Jack O’Neill and Dr. Daniel Jackson. The characters provided the vital connection to the Stargate film. Actors Richard Dean Anderson and Michael Shanks have become synonymous with the roles appearing in both spinoffs and in direct to DVD feature films based on the franchise.

Although the series ended production in 2007, novels allow fans to continue journeying with their favorite team members. Production is handled by Fandemonium Ltd. For fans of the series, the publishing house is determined to turn out genuine adventures that honor both the spirit and the history of the Stargate series.

The publisher assures that all books will be faithful to the canon of the series. Authors will leave the Milky Way and Pegasus galaxies as they found them. No significant or shattering changes can be made. Sam and Jack cannot get married in the current universe, but alternate universes are fair game as already demonstrated by the series.

Stargate SG-1 Novels

As of 2009, there are 13 Stargate SG-1 novels available for purchase directly from their website, via Amazon or at local booksellers. SG-1 novels focus on the SG-1 team from all years of the series. Some novels feature Jonas Quinn (Season 6) while others feature Cameron Mitchell and Vala (season 9 and 10). The novels provide a timeline reference at the beginning, allowing fans to place where the story takes place during the series. While almost anything can happen, series canon is respected.

Titles include:

SG1-13: Hydra
SG1-12: Do No Harm
SG1-11: The Barque of Heaven
SG1-10: Relativity
SG1-9: Roswell
SG1-8: Alliances
SG1-7: Survival of the Fittest
SG1-6: Siren Song
SG1-5: The Cost of Honor
SG1-4: City of the Gods
SG1-3: A Matter of Honor
SG1-2: Sacrifice Moon
SG1-1: Trial by Fire

Stargate: Atlantis Novels

Like SG-1 novels, the Atlantis series follows the adventures of the Atlantis team in the Pegasus Galaxy and can feature guest appearances by SG-1 team members such as Daniel Jackson or Jack O’Neill. Timeline references allow fans to know when the stories take place and can feature familiar faces like Carson, Weir, Todd or Michael as well as Shepherd, McKay, Teyla and Ronon.

Titles include:

SGA-9: Mirror Mirror
SGA-8: Blood Ties
SGA-7: Casualties of War
SGA-6: Entanglement
SGA-5: Exogenesis
SGA-4: Halcyon
SGA-3: The Chosen
SGA-2: Reliquary
SGA-1: Rising

Franchise Building

Keep track of Stargate novel news and upcoming releases by visiting Fandemonium’s Stargate novels dedicated website. According to the site, only published writers may submit queries for future Stargate novels. The publisher cites dedication to quality as the reason for the restriction.

In all cases, authors of the Stargate novels are also fans of the series. They follow the model of storytelling from the series, but add their own unique voices. In most cases, the Stargate novels allow the adventures to go places the series could not due to budget constraints, actor availability and general aging.