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SGA-18: Allegiance by Melissa Scott & Amy Griswold

Allegiance is the 18th book in the series of Stargate Atlantis books and it was published November 2011.

Allegiance

Allegiance is book #3 in the Legacy Series. For those of you who don’t know, the Legacy Series started where the TV show left off at the end of season 5 of Stargate Atlantis. From there, the stories in the series, Homecoming and The Lost, have been able to take the SGA characters into uncharted territory because there’s no timeline the stories have to fit into.

The series is tied together tightly, so if you haven’t read the first two Legacy books, you’re definitely going to want to read them before you read Allegiance.

If you want the hard copy version, you’ll either have to buy directly from stargatenovels.com or wait until it’s available elsewhere. I seriously suggest you buy the ebook because the price is really good. If you love the book, you can always get a paperback copy as soon as it’s available.

Allegiance Description

The description spoils some of the events of the previous two books, so you might want to read those books first if you don’t like spoilers.

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Books Fantasy

The Iron Druid Chronicles

The Iron Druid Chronicles fantasy series by Kevin Hearne has gotten a lot of great reviews. This series is one that I haven’t tried yet but I have just added it to my list of books I want to read.

This urban fantasy series has a wide appeal and lots of readers enjoy the humor and fun, along with the excellent writing.

The Iron Druid Chronicles: The books

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  1. Hounded
  2. Hexed
  3. Hammered
  4. Tricked

   

The books are available as audio, paperback, and ebooks, except for the newest, Tricked, which is available for preorder.

The books in the Iron Druid series are currently part of the 4-for-3 promotion at Amazon, which means you can get all four books for the price of only 3 books, making this a really good time to buy the series.

The Iron Druid Chronicles: What it’s all about

Atticus O’Sullivan runs an herbal & occult bookshop in Arizona. He can shape-shift, and although he looks about twenty-one, he’s really twenty-one centuries old and is one of the last Druids.

Urban fantasy is a genre I’ve enjoyed for a while. Two of my favorites of the genre are Jim Butcher and Karen Marie Moning.

If you’re not sure what urban fantasy is, see this article on urban fantasy at wikipedia.

I saw the books in this Kevin Hearne series when I was looking up a Jim Butcher book. I’ve heard these books appeal to Jim Butcher fans and the descriptions sound interesting.

Book 1: Hounded

Atticus takes on the angry Celtic god of love, Aenghus Óg, who wants Atticus’ magical sword.

Book 2: Hexed

Atticus takes on some badass witches.

Book 3: Hammered

It’s time for Atticus to make good on some promises, and to do that, he’ll have to take on Thor and his lightning bolts!

Book 4: Tricked

Atticus battles Skinwalkers and betrayal.

Iron Druid Chronicles Series Review

I haven’t yet read these books, but I’ll update with reviews when I do. Have you read any of them? Feel free to share your thoughts with me.

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Science Fiction Television Tie-in Merchandise

The Walking Dead 2012 Calendar

The Walking Dead is a new favorite science fiction television series for me. It’s quite clearly a mix of horror and sci-fi, but so is much of science fiction television these days. It was cool to discover this calendar though and of course I had to add it to this website.

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Fans of the crazy zombie apocalypse series The Walking Dead are probably going to like this 2012 wall calendar that covers September 2011 to December 2012. Each month has a different zombie horror for you to look at.

This is a standard 11.5" by 11.5" wall calendar that opens to 23" by 11.5" with a back cover image that shows samples of the pictures for each month. It’s The Walking Dead zombies in all their gory goodness.

Buy The Walking Dead 2012 Wall Calendar and bring all the desolate creepiness of the series to your wall for all to see, or just add it to your collection of memorabilia for The Walking Dead TV show.

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Television

Terra Nova

This FOX TV series is set on Earth in the distant future–and past. The Earth has deteriorated to the point of near inhabitability. To save the world, people are being grouped and sent back to the distant past, when dinosaurs roamed and humans didn’t exist on the planet.

It’s a bit early for a Terra Nova Season 1 DVD but I expect one will be available for preorder in a few months or so.

Terra Nova

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Terra Nova Season 1

Terra Nova News & Content

Recent News about Terra Nova

I only bother to post news I find interesting, entertaining, or important. Link suggestions are welcome but no guarantees they’ll be posted.

  • [Coming Soon]

Terra Nova Episodes

Terra Nova Season 1 Episode List

  1. Genesis
  2. Instinct
  3. What Remains
  4. The Runaway
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Science Fiction Television

The Walking Dead Season 1 DVD Sale Price

For the moment, The Walking Dead Season 1 DVD is at a special price, heavily discounted on Amazon. Fans of this Emmy-winning, groundbreaking series, can buy the Season 1 DVD for their collection at a fantastic price.

This series is recommended for fans of zombies, apocalypse disaster stories, and anyone with a strong stomach!

I’m writing about this because I personally have just recently discovered this series (on Netflix) and the price is just a bit over the cost of a single movie ticket. The 2 disc set has 6 episodes and runs for 292 minutes. That’s a much better deal than a movie and then I get to watch each episode as many times as I want, like reading a good book all over again.

There’s a page about the season 1 DVD set for The Walking Dead, or for more information about The Walking Dead series itself.

You might like this TV show if you like disaster stories, apocalypse stories, or outbreak stories. I enjoy it, and I enjoy all those things!

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Television

The Walking Dead Season 1 DVD

The Walking Dead Season 1 DVD is a 2 disc box set of 6 episodes of the award winning AMC series about the survivors of a viral outbreak that causes what amounts to a zombie apocalypse.

A series for fans of zombies, apocalypse disasters, and anyone with a strong stomach for gore!

In season 1 of The Walking Dead, Rick Grimes searches for his wife and son, leads a group of survivors of the apocalypse, and searches for a safe haven. The Walking Dead TV show is creepy and nerve-racking at times, but good. If you have a weak stomach for gore, you might have to close your eyes a lot (me) but it’s worth toughing it out for the story underlying the gory details.

DVD Special Features & Extras

There are featurettes and extra footage, and several other extras.

  • The Making Of The Walking Dead
  • Inside The Walking Dead Episodes 1-6
  • A Sneak Peek with Robert Kirkman
  • Behind the Scenes Zombie Make-Up Tips
  • Convention Panel with Producers
  • The Walking Dead Trailer

Episodes Included on The Walking Dead Season 1 DVD

  1. Days Gone Bye
  2. Guts
  3. Tell It To The Frogs
  4. Vatos
  5. Wildfire
  6. TS-19
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Television

The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead is about the survivors of a zombie apocalypse. Led by police officer Rick Grimes, a group of survivors travel around looking for a safe and secure home–but don’t really have a lot of luck finding one.

These new special edition sets for season 1 have seriously more awesome covers than the original, although it’s certainly spooky in its own way with the lone man on an empty road into Atlanta. (A road I have traveled several times and which now creeps me out when I think about it a little too hard!)

The Walking Dead News & Content

Recent News about The Walking Dead

Although there’s more news for The Walking Dead than is listed here, I only post news that I find interesting and important. Link suggestions are welcome but there are no guarantees I’ll post them.

The Walking Dead Memorabilia

There’s a board game for The Walking Dead that I cam across recently and a 2012 calendar. It’s a little late for the calendar, but frankly, I don’t think most of us buy this stuff for its usefulness, do we?

Finally, I came across The Walking Dead soundtrack and visited Bear McCreary’s website, where the guy behind The Walking Dead music talks about his composition choices for each episode and the show as a whole–a site you should definitely visit. This is the same person behind the Eureka music and soundtrack, and it’s fantastic.

The Show

The Walking Dead begins with police officer Rick Grimes waking in an abandoned hospital from a coma, to discover the world changed beyond imagining. A viral outbreak has created zombies from the dead and they’re eating the living. He leads a group of survivors on a search for his missing wife and son and a safe and secure home where they can escape the zombies stalking them at every turn.

The Characters & Cast

  • Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln)
  • Shane Walsh (Jon Bernthal)
  • Andrea (Laurie Holden)
  • Lori Grimes (Sarah Wayne Callies)
  • Amy (Emma Bell)
  • Carl Grimes (Chandler Riggs)
  • Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus)
  • Dale (Jeffrey Demunn)
  • Glenn (Steven Yeun)
  • T-dog (Irone Singleton)
  • Carol Peletier (Melissa McBride)
  • Sophia Peletier (Madison Lintz)
  • Morgan (Lennie James)

The Walking Dead Episodes

The Walking Dead Season 1 Episode List

  1. Days Gone Bye
  2. Guts
  3. Tell It To The Frogs
  4. Vatos
  5. Wildfire
  6. TS-19

The Walking Dead Season 2 Episode List

  1. What Lies Ahead
  2. Bloodletting
  3. Save the Last One

The Walking Dead Season 3 Episode List

Coming next year.

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Television

Once Upon a Time Enchants

I’m nearly always a day or two behind when it comes to watching a TV show. Today I sat down to watch Once Upon a Time, a new show from ABC that crosses contemporary drama and fairytale fantasy. Once Upon a Time's Rumpelstiltskin aka Mr. Gold The show appealed to me for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is because I love fairytales.

In the pilot episode (which you can watch on the ABC website if you missed it), Emma Swan meets the son she gave up for adoption ten years previous. These days, Emma is a bail bondswoman and her desire to become a parent is non-existent. However, Henry, her son, seems determined to bring her back to his hometown of Storybrooke, where he believes Snow White and Prince Charming have been trapped with no recollection of who they really are. Emma is their daughter and it is up to her to save everyone in Storybrooke from the Evil Queen, who is now living as the town’s mayor Regina and who is the adopted mother of Henry.

What I discovered while watching the Once Upon a Time Pilot Episode was that I loved the premise. I also think the execution of the two elements (Storybrooke and Fairytale) was handled really well and made for some excellent story telling.

Intriguing and mysterious, but not obscure, Once Upon a Time enchanted this viewer. I’ll be watching again, no doubt about it.

Anyone who likes fantasy should consider the Once Upon a Time TV show for, at the very least, a one-time viewing. If you’re anything like me though, one viewing won’t be enough.

In a quick aside, I really enjoyed seeing Robert Carlyle in another TV series now that Stargate Universe is off the air. Although that show had its issues, Carlyle’s performance wasn’t one of them. His portrayal of Rumpelstiltskin was awesome.

I suggest you watch, if only so that the ratings warrant keeping the show on the air just so I can keep watching it. I’d be every so grateful.

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Television

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Warehouse 13

Warehouse 13 is a show about two secret service agents who save the life of the President of the United States and end up being transferred to work in a warehouse in South Dakota that houses many powerful and dangerous artifacts of the supernatural variety.

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Warehouse 13 Books

  1. A Touch of Fever

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