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{{Book Data
| image = Bg08.jpg
| title= Greetings from Earth
| series= Berkley Books
| bookno= 8
| episode= [[Greetings from Earth]]
| author= [[Wikipedia:Ron Goulart|Ron Goulart]]
| published= June 1983
| isbn= 0425060470
| prev= [[War of the Gods (Book)|War of the Gods]]
| next= [[Experiment in Terra (Book)|Experiment in Terra]]
}}

== Overview ==

The novel adds several new scenes and even a few new characters to the story. 

== Summary == 

* There is a subplot involving Jolly hooking up with a woman named Zixi.

* The class that Athena conducts is called Applied Science. 

* Boxey says in class that Dr. Wilker might make a mistake and cause the people to die. Athena later admonishes Apollo for talking negatively about Wilker in front of Boxey. 

* Adama explains to Boxey in his quarters why Starbuck and Apollo took the shuttle away. 

* Apollo sends a communication to ''Galactica'' soon after arriving on Paradeen. 

* Sarah sets out at night down the road (to saboutage the ships). Hector confronts her, but she insists on continuing. 

* Councilman Geller meets with Adama about the ships on Paradeen. They both become concerned when they can no longer communicate with them. 

* The next morning, Apollo does some exploring in the woods. He is approached by a gaunt old man named Kertiz the Hermit who has low-level telekinetic powers. Kertiz tells Apollo that leaving the planet won't be as easy as he thinks, and then walks off. 

* Apollo is headed towards the vipers to check them out when a man named Sut Meadows tells him they've been smashed. The shuttle is also badly damaged. 

* Hector's hovercraft is able to fly high in the air. At the city, Starbuck threatens to jump out if Hector won't lower the ship to the ground. 

* Apollo confronts the Morelands on their property, but they deny they had anything to do with wrecking the ships. 

* In the city, Starbuck is captured by a gang. He tells them he can get them guns. One of the women, a red-head named Queenie, takes him to find the weaponry. She tells him she saw a blonde woman wrecking the ships, and Starbuck realizes it must be Sarah. Queenie has psi-powers and knows that Starbuck was lying about the guns, but she wants to help him. They both go to a library looking for records. A rival gang appears called the Commandoes. They are about to be killed when Apollo arrives. 

* Kurtiz the Hermit saves one of the children, Cindy, from an Enforcer. 

* Starbuck and Apollo disguise themselves as Enforcers when they capture Leiter and his men. 

* Sarah apologizes to Apollo for wrecking the ships. 

* Queenie joins the Fleet

== Notes ==

* Excerpts taken from Sheba's Galaxy. For the full review go to [http://www.blast.net/hart/WarBookReview.htm here].

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