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	\| image = Greetings From Earth - Glen A. Larson & Ron Goulart Cover.jpg		\| image = Greetings From Earth - Glen A. Larson & Ron Goulart Cover.jpg
	\| title= Greetings ~~from~~ Earth		\| title= Greetings From Earth
	\| series= Berkley Books		\| series= Berkley Books
	\| bookno= 8		\| bookno= 8
	\| episode= [[Greetings ~~from~~ Earth]]		\| episode= [[Greetings From Earth]]
	\| author= [[Ron Goulart]]		\| author= [[Ron Goulart]]
	\| pages=183 (1st edition)		\| pages=183 (1st edition)

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

	* Apollo sends a communication to ~~the~~ Galactica soon after arriving on Paradeen.		* 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.		* Sarah sets out at night down the road (to saboutage the ships). Hector confronts her, but she insists on continuing.

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	\| image = ~~Bg08~~.jpg		\| image = Greetings From Earth - Glen A. Larson & Ron Goulart Cover.jpg
	\| title= Greetings from Earth		\| title= Greetings from Earth
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	\| author= [[Ron Goulart]]		\| author= [[Ron Goulart]]

	\| pages=183 (1st edition)		\| pages=183 (1st edition)
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	The novelization to the [[Original Series]]' two-hour episode, "[[Greetings From Earth]]".		The novelization to the [[Original Series]]' two-hour episode, "[[Greetings From Earth]]".

	~~== Review ==~~

	The Berkley novels take a turn for the worse with author Ron Goulart at the helm. It doesn't help that Greetings From Earth isn't exactly the most popular episode of the series. Goulart does his best to differentiate the novelization by adding several new scenes and even a few new characters to the story, and while it may make the novel a little more interesting, the extra scenes and characters don't add much to the story as a whole.

	The biggest fault of the book is Goulart's handling of Starbuck. Goulart takes all of Starbuck's least likable traits and multiplies them times ten! Sure, Starbuck was a loudmouth, a braggart, and a womanizer to some extent, but Goulart writes him so over the top that the character becomes a joke. If the Starbuck character had been like this on the TV series, he surely would have been hated and despised by every Galactica fan.

	First of all, it gets annoying the way Starbuck is almost always chomping and puffing away on a cigar. Second, he is constantly saying "Hooey!" and addressing everyone as "chum". In the actual episode, Starbuck did go overboard a little when he told off Reese in the officers' club, but in the novel Starbuck blows up on Reese so badly that he comes across as an insufferable jerk. ("Reese, you have ten seconds to withdraw your snoot from our conversation," said Starbuck, grinning thinly. "After which time I will personally carry you bodily to the nearest wastechute and eject you into the vastness of space." Only moments earlier, Starbuck tells Apollo, "You're being dippy." Dippy???)

	To make matters worse, Goulart feels compelled to pair Starbuck up with some country hick woman with psi-powers on Paradeen, and the whole thing never really clicks. This is one Berkley book you could skip, as well as the rest of the Goulart novels.

	== Notes ==		== Notes ==
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	* Queenie joins the fleet (and so Starbuck apparently has another girlfriend!)		* Queenie joins the fleet (and so Starbuck apparently has another girlfriend!)

			== Analysis ==

			=== From "Sheba's Galaxy" Site ===

			The Berkley novels take a turn for the worse with author Ron Goulart at the helm. It doesn't help that Greetings From Earth isn't exactly the most popular episode of the series. Goulart does his best to differentiate the novelization by adding several new scenes and even a few new characters to the story, and while it may make the novel a little more interesting, the extra scenes and characters don't add much to the story as a whole.

			The biggest fault of the book is Goulart's handling of Starbuck. Goulart takes all of Starbuck's least likable traits and multiplies them times ten! Sure, Starbuck was a loudmouth, a braggart, and a womanizer to some extent, but Goulart writes him so over the top that the character becomes a joke. If the Starbuck character had been like this on the TV series, he surely would have been hated and despised by every Galactica fan.

			First of all, it gets annoying the way Starbuck is almost always chomping and puffing away on a cigar. Second, he is constantly saying "Hooey!" and addressing everyone as "chum". In the actual episode, Starbuck did go overboard a little when he told off Reese in the officers' club, but in the novel Starbuck blows up on Reese so badly that he comes across as an insufferable jerk. ("Reese, you have ten seconds to withdraw your snoot from our conversation," said Starbuck, grinning thinly. "After which time I will personally carry you bodily to the nearest wastechute and eject you into the vastness of space." Only moments earlier, Starbuck tells Apollo, "You're being dippy." Dippy???)

			To make matters worse, Goulart feels compelled to pair Starbuck up with some country hick woman with psi-powers on Paradeen, and the whole thing never really clicks. This is one Berkley book you could skip, as well as the rest of the Goulart novels.

	== Cover views ==		== Cover views ==

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			BSG Paperback Novel - Greetings From Earth - David Schleinkofer.jpg\|Virgin cover art by [[David Schleinkofer]].
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Joe Beaudoin Jr.: Text replacement - "author= Ron Goulart" to "author= Ron Goulart "

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	\| pages=183 (1st edition)		\| pages=183 (1st edition)
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