This book is awful. I can think of nothing more boring than reading a fact book about an awful movie in which the title character (Godzilla) fails to show up. It's really lame.

I love this book. It has great quizes and it has great pictures. Info galore. I highly recommend it.

Devlin and Emmerich are decent filmmakers, but their writing ability leaves a lot to be desired. The publisher bears the responsibility, however. The book has numerous typos and the kind of word and continuity errors that a good editor should have caught. During a critical moment, I wasn't anxious for the characters, but laughing. A character "collapsed like a sack of steak knives." Steak knives! And a character who dies on one page is back again 15 pages later. Still, the book is interesting for the background, the revelation of character and for the inherent vision--the images of light, shape and sound--that a good filmmaker must have. Please, D&E, at least hire an editor, since Signet can't be depended on.

I loved teh movie Stargate, and it's spin-off series Stargate SG1, yet this book was a terrible disappointment. Filled with continuancy errors (i.e. there is a creature that is male for most of the book, then it becomes female, a bomb countdown gets mixed up), I found reading this book a painful experience, and when I finished it, I planned to write the publisher and complain. If you want to read this book, get it from a library, and watch for the continuancy errors; it's not often that you see errors this bad in a published book.

"The passage to discovery is about to be entered..."
It all began in North Africa 8000 B.C. when a young boy walks into a dazzling beam of light in the sky. Egypt 1928, on the Giza plateau near a great pyramid, a mysterious object shaped like a giant ring is discovered, baffling scientists and archaeologists. In 1994, the U.S. government with the help of Egyptologist Daniel Jackson discovers that this mysterious object is a Stargate. In other words, a device able to create a passage through space. And now, a special team of scientists and soldiers is going to be sent through the Stargate to an unknown destination. With no idea what they will find and absolutely no clue if they can return, the team is going to have the ultimate adventure of their lives...

I first saw the movie "Stargate" (1994) before reading this book. After watching the movie and instantly finding it a terrific film, I knew I would really like to read the novelization. And I must say, I totally enjoyed reading it though I do have my complaints about it. Here is a brief descriptions of the two main characters:
Daniel Jackson: A brilliant young genius, Daniel though is scorned by the scientific community. From the first moment you read about him, I assure you that you'll find him a likable guy. Daniel is very witty and I love it when he gives his speech in the beginning of the story.
Colonel Jack O'Neill: Jack is a retired operative of the U.S. special forces. Though tough and in every way a soldier, he also has a troubled past. Can't help but love him, I love his outward facade of being the 'perfect commander'. :)
Another of my favorite characters is Lieutenant Colonel Adam Kawalsky. The banter between him and Daniel is great and I also like the tension between him and Colonel O'Neill.

THE GOOD: First I'll give you the good. The book is well-written by authors Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich. It flows very well and it's a pretty easy read. The characters are very likable, one of the most important elements of a great book. It's sometimes so terribly disappointing when you read novelizations from your favorite movies to find that your favorite characters are so dislikable when you read about them. The action and suspense is strongly given off the reader, definitely a page-turner at some points in the plot, making the book hard to put down. But most of all, some parts in the story is just totally HILARIOUS! Like there's the one instance where the people of the mysterious planet give Daniel and the soldiers a feast. That part just had me cracking up!

THE BAD: But unfortunately, there's also the bad. The publisher and editor of the book should be very ashamed of themselves as some other reviewers have states. Besides having lots of misspells and typos, there's also plot errors! There's a place where it is clearly stated that someone dies, then later on at one point he's alive and helping out a fellow soldier! Tsk, tsk, tsk!

On the overall, the book is a terrific one to read, though I recommend you read after watching the movie. Since the movie is rated PG-13, I guess I will rate the book the same. There is no sex though there is one instant which adults will definitely not want their children to read. Plus, the language is also pretty bad throughout the book. Best for kids 15 or older in my opinion though I would strongly suggest parents to look through the book before letting their children read.

No offence to the author but I think its time we had someone else take a crack at the SG-1 novel. As others have pointed out there were plenty of inconsistancies and downright errors. As I recall O'Neill keeps refering to Daniel as Jackson which seems kindoff formal. The Amanda Carter error really bugged me (Im a fan, what did you expect?). I agree that the ending was waaaaay too abrupt. There should have been at least 50 more pages wrapping up the story. After I read the last page I remeber thinking, "Where the heck is the rest of the book?". I found myself rereading the last few chapters to see if I had missed something. If this is going to be the norm for SG-1 novels in the future this fan is going to loose interest fairly quickly. At ten loonies a pop they are a likely to become a tough sell.

The characterization of the core characters is very good, and drew quite a few chuckles along the way. Sometimes, you can just picture the respective actor/actress saying those very lines. The ending however was too fast and too short, especially when the pace of the book only starts to take off towards the middle of the book. The romance angle is also rather inconsistent (based on having watched only the 1st & 2nd season of SG-1), I thought it was supposed to be slanted towards O'Neil and Carter (?). The latter half of the book has a tinge feel of Bill McCay's style and depth in his series of Stargate books (Incidentally, is he ever going to conclude his story arc?). Overall, it is a very enjoyable book and certainly recommended for fans of the TV series.

The SG-1 Team goes on a reconnaissance to a new world inhabited by Kayeechi. As soon as the team steps through the Stargate they find theirselves in an unusual world where trees move. After being on this world the team discovers that each member has a different reality of what the world looks like.

The Kayeechi seem friendly enough but they have underlining secrets. It turns out the natives shift dreams and shapes. The Kayeechi drug the SG-1 team so that the natives can shift the dreams of the team members. The natives are basically primitative in technology and are using the team to advance their weapon skills. As far as the Kayeechi are concerned they are just trying to survive and will do anything to insure the survival of their species. The SG-1 Team realize that they must leave this world when they can no longer trust their senses.

Ashley McConnell does a good job in weaving this book. It was slow in spots for me but otherwise a good read.