Alternate Conspiracy
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| Title: | Alternate Conspiracy |
| Publisher: | Clean Slate Press |
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| Author(s): | Sharon Monroe |
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| Date(s): | 1987 |
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| Fandom: | Battlestar Galactica (1978) |
| Language: | English |
| External Links: | Alternate Conspiracy |
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Alternate Conspiracy is a gen AU Battlestar Galactica novel by Sharon Monroe. It is 63 pages and digest-sized.
The sequel is "Alternate Obsession". A third book in the series was planned but never materialized.
Publisher's Descriptions
Unknown source: "Alien technology strands Starbuck and Apollo in an alternate universe where they discover the Colonies again about to sign an armistice with the Cylons. They must do whatever it takes to keep their worlds from repeating their deadliest mistake—even if it means Apollo must marry a woman who despises him, and Starbuck must accept the death penalty for treason."
From a 1993 ad in GAZ: "Stranded in an alternate universe, Apollo and Starbuck discover the Colonies again about to sign an armistice with the Cylons. While Boomer searches for his friends, they try to keep their worlds from repeating their deadliest mistake."
Reactions and Reviews
Why can't I write stuff like this? Getting this zine was a bit like finding a Perrier well in the middle of the Sahara Desert.
The story grips throughout, and is well-written and marvellously characterised. The realisation of the alternate Colonial universe, almost but subtly not quite the worlds we know, is very cleverly conceived and well-sustained and executed.
To top it all, the printing is clear, the grammar, spelling and typing are every bit as good as my best efforts, and the zine includes artwork by Barbra Fister-Liltz and Frank Liltz. Need I say more.
I don't like the colour of the cover very much... look, I had to find something to complain about, we're talking massive insecurity attack here! [1]
I'm glad I bought this zine. I was hooked from the first page, with it's [sic] well-drawn characterisations and situations interwoven into a very realistic and credible plot. I found the author's sense of humour come to the fore when she put Starbuck's mind into Ostara's body, a sort of poetic justice for the way he's treated women in his normal universe.[2]