The Pegasus Chronicles
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| Title: | The Pegasus Chronicles |
| Publisher: | Clean Slate Press Osiris Publications |
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| Date(s): | 1983-1990 |
| Series?: | yes |
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| Fandom: | Battlestar Galactica (1978) |
| Language: | English |
| External Links: | online versions of all four novels |
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The Pegasus Chronicles is a series of four gen Battlestar Galactica novels by Sharon Monroe and Lee Gaul.
The first editions of The Battle of Molukai and Second Coming were originally published by Osiris Publications. A fifth novel, Home The Heroes, was planned but never materialized.
Issue 1
The Battle of Molukai was published in 1983. The first edition is 99 pages long and has a color cover by Frank Lilitz with interior art by Gennie Summers, D.T. Alexander, Karen Pauli, Joan Hanke Woods, and Mel White.
The second edition is illustrated by Joan Hanke-Woods. It has a different title online: "The Battle of Molecay."
From the Clean Slate Press brochure:
"The first book of the Pegasus Chronicles. The Fifth Fleet is assigned to save Molecay from possible Cylon attack. But Baltar's treachery already manifests itself in sabotage, murder, and an enemy ambush. Commander Cain may be the best tactician in the fleet, and Electra and Orestes the best pilots, but is even this good enough to survive the Cylons and discover the traitor among them?"
flyer for the first edition of "The Battle of Molukai"
cover of the first edition of The Battle of Molukai
cover of the second edition of The Battle of Molukai
inside page from issue #1, first edition, sample text
inside page from issue #1, first edition, Gennie Summers
inside page from issue #1, first edition, Joan Hanke Woods
inside page from issue #1, first edition, Mel White
inside page from issue #1, first edition, Mel White
inside page from issue #1, first edition, Mel White
inside page from issue #1, first edition, Mel White
inside page from issue #1, first edition, Gennie Summers
Issue 2
Cain's Command was published in 1985, 1988.
From the Clean Slate Press brochure: "The second book of the Pegasus Chronicles. A collection of short stories detailing the adventures of the Pegasus after leaving the Colonial fleet. How the battlestar survived Gamoray; Cain's mission for his people; their adjustment to the news that the Colonies have been destroyed; what happened to the Delphians; encounters with survivors and old friends like Baltar, Alliance Enforcers, and Iblis."
Issue 3
Second Coming was published in 1985, 1988. It contains 166 pages.
From the Clean Slate Press brochure: "The third book of the Pegasus Chronicles. Illness strikes the Pegasus, and Cain himself may die. Aliens trail the Galactica fleet, and the battlestars must reunite to survive. Tigh and Kleopatra fight for command; Sheba and Apollo have to redefine their relationship; and Starbuck has to make a decision on his own about Athena and Casseopia. Then time runs out, and the aliens move in for the attack."
From an ad in Datazine #36: "Cain lies near death; the Delphians may defect; and Colonel Kleopatra opts to rejoin the Galactica and her Fleet -- despite grave reservations about rejoining her ex-husband as well. They had once been deeply in love, but that had been a long time ago."
Reactions and Reviews: Issue 3
I definitely prefer the treatment Athena received in SURVIVE THE ALLIANCE and in SECOND COMING as well. Though I have to admit one thing. The final scene in SURVIVE THE ALLIANCE was what touched me the most. It was beautiful. Maybe the rest confused me a little too much die to all the people in it that I don't know. Those shows simply haven't been shown in Sweden. The idea with the Visitors as the builders of the Cylons was eminently logical -- so logical I'm surprised no one else has come up with it before -- once someone points it out... And Julie and Donovan finally did get an answer to their signal. In the series that just petered out into nothing at all which was disappointing. It is also probably the best held together multi-universe story ever!
SECOND COMING was lovely. How did you manage to get everyone so much in character? You even managed to give Starbuck a whole new family and do it well. That has been tried a lot of times with disastrous results! This was believable! Athena and Starbuck and Cassiopeia worked out beautifully. As did Cain and Sheba. I had to stop and think for a while before I managed to follow Sheba's reasoning about Apollo and her father's leaving but once that clarified it was right, dumb and immature but right! And I shiver to think what would happen if Sheba ever met up with her imperial majesty!!!! And poor Tigh finally got some space to himself, to develop as a person away from the bridge and Adama's shadow. I have to admit that I particularly liked the working relationship between him and Athena. It gave a good insight in both and also an idea how the administration of the GALACTIC keeps running so smoothly, obviously the work of those two is what keeps Adama's desk so clean and empty.
One question though: If Cain could get his aide a battlestar on his say so (okay, recommendation), how come Adama could not do the same thing for Tigh? Or wouldn't he do it? Adama keeps showing a reluctance to pull strings for the sake of his children and friends, a reluctance Cain doesn't seem to share at all. And if Adama couldn't but wouldn't, didn't that add a very interesting angle to Tigh's dislike of Cain? [1]
I enjoyed SECOND COMING immensely. The plotting, the characterization, etc. are, as is usual with your stuff, up to a high level, and the overall appearance of the zine is also top-notch. Hopefully you'll sell about a million of them... [2]
Issue 4
Joint Maneuvers was published in 1990 and contains 83 pages.
From the Clean Slate Press brochure: "The fourth book of the Pegasus Chronicles. Baltar is free, and plotting against his old enemies. Starbuck and Apollo survive his ambush, and escape to the Pegasus. But alien influence lingers; old friendships are stretched to the breaking point, and even discovering a brother he never knew can't ease the pain for Starbuck. But Cain won't be convinced to rejoin the fleet. Fighting alone, caught between the aliens, the warriors fall, one by one..."