From the fleet library aboard the battlestar galactica windmill books and e. Apollo and athena must return to command after a coup leaves the supplystarved fleet in civilian hands, with cylon forces and the deadly aliens called the chitain threatening the safety of all. List of comics the following are the listings of all known books of, and on, battlestar galactica. William adama, a veteran of the first cylon war, is the commanding officer of the battlestar galactica, and has the longest tenure as the highestranking officer in. Click on one to see and possibly edit the summary for that book. Welcome to the battlestar galactica wiki, an encyclopedia based on the three. In the vast emptiness of space, the galactica at last makes t. In the battlestar galactica miniseries, we encounter a cylon device in galactica s cic. All of this has happened before and will happen again, is a proverb from the book of pythia in battlestar galactica 2003. Books related to the original battlestar galactica series from the 70s are few and far between.
Used constantly throughout the series also in the caprica. Bigbadtoystore has a massive selection of toys like action figures, statues, and collectibles from marvel, dc comics, transformers, star wars, movies, tv shows, and more. Battlestar galactica shipyards is an encyclopedia of the ships from the battlestar galactica universe. Encyclopedia galactica is presently out of print, although copies of it, at times, are available either through or ebay. A reimagined version of battlestar galactica aired as a twopart, threehour. The ships of battlestar galactica by jo bourne, neil kelly, richard mead and alice. This particular book was designed to flesh out all sorts of details within the bsg universe in the form of short listings on lots of different subjects. Pythia was an ancient oracle, believed to have been one of the writers of the sacred scrolls, some 3,600 years prior to the events of the miniseries and the destruction of the twelve colonies of kobol pythia s writings are both obscure and yet wellknown. Dutton 1979, isbn 0525610391, edited by bruce kraus, is an encyclopedia of the original series. The ships of battlestar galactica by jo bourne, neil kelly, richard. Pythia article at wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. In the reimagined series, a part of the sacred scrolls is named the book of pythia, named after the priestess presiding over the oracle of apollo at.
Battlestar galactica is an american science fiction media franchise created by glen a. For the full listing of books in both the battlestar galactica new series and the battlestar galactica original series go to the book list. The franchise began with the original television series in 1978 and was followed by a shortrun sequel series galactica 1980, a line of book adaptations, original novels, comic books, a board game, and video games. We are currently establishing an encyclopedia word list for the 1978 and reboot version of battlestar galactica, check back soon for more. Gaius baltar is first alerted to the device by his cylon companionhallucination. Everything you were afraid to ask about battlestar galactica a complete updated. Encyclopedia galactica first appeared in isaac asimovs short story foundation astounding science fiction, may 1942, later republished as the encyclopedists in the shortstory collection foundation 1951. Asimovs encyclopedia galactica was a compendium of all knowledge then available in the galactic empire, intended to preserve that knowledge in a. Pythia article about pythia by the free dictionary. The cylon war is long over, yet we must not forget the reasons why so many sacrificed so much in the cause of freedom. Everything you were afraid to ask about battlestar galactica. Baltar justifies his actions by saying that the book of pythia tells of a noachic flood which reinvigorated the. The book of pythia is part of the the sacred scroll, written by the oracle pythia.