The book is written by Tobias Buckell and follows the Spartan Gray team into "an unexplored conflict of the Human-Covenant War." We're mostly just amused by the pseudo warning on the book's cover that the novel is based on an "M"-rated game.
The book is written by Tobias Buckell and follows the Spartan Gray team into "an unexplored conflict of the Human-Covenant War." We're mostly just amused by the pseudo warning on the book's cover that the novel is based on an "M"-rated game.
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Posted: Oct 8th 2008 7:33AM (Unverified) said
Oh come now, the writing can't be that good. In my experience the people who tend togo crazy over these books are people who liked the game and want more detail to obsess over.
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Posted: Oct 8th 2008 10:49AM sicsided said
I didn't like the games, and I have read all the books. Loved them, and the only game I thought was alright was the first one. To give you the sweet and short, I am a PC gamer. After playing FPS for so many years, Halo was just another quick run through the park. If I was going to play a FPS on console, it would be Timesplitters.
The reason I even picked up a Halo book was for school at the time. I needed something to read, and at the moment I hadn't decided what type of literature I liked. But now I am firmly nestled with Transgressive and Sci Fi. Mostly.
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The reason I even picked up a Halo book was for school at the time. I needed something to read, and at the moment I hadn't decided what type of literature I liked. But now I am firmly nestled with Transgressive and Sci Fi. Mostly.
Posted: Oct 8th 2008 12:15AM sicsided said
The books are far superior too the games in every aspect. The only book to avoid is the The Flood, as that is just basically the first game over again. The simple background of all the characters, fighting both land and space, are written quite well. I hate the story from the games, but damn do I love the books.
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Posted: Oct 8th 2008 12:20AM SpeeGold said
I definitely have to look into reading the books now. I always knew they were popular but I thought that was just cause of all the hype that Halo related things always get. I'm glad to hear there is actually some quality in a Halo spin-off product (the same can't be said for the Halo 3 Mountain Dew which was aweful).
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Posted: Oct 8th 2008 12:34AM MarkHawk said
I'll agree to. I really love "The Fall of Reach". Haven't read harvest yet. Been sitting on a shelf since last Holiday season.
If your interested in Halo stories check out http://www.ilovebees.com
Im a recruit from it. Here is my proof from 4 maybe 5 years ago: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=27484&id=570055391&op=6#/photo.php?pid=588204&id=570055391
:p
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If your interested in Halo stories check out http://www.ilovebees.com
Im a recruit from it. Here is my proof from 4 maybe 5 years ago: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=27484&id=570055391&op=6#/photo.php?pid=588204&id=570055391
:p
Posted: Oct 8th 2008 1:26AM Premature ejaculation man said
The Halo books (and the overall Halo story) are quite interesting to read about. Its just a pity that Bungie can't really convey it as well in their games.
Fall of reach is good.
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Fall of reach is good.
Posted: Oct 8th 2008 12:19AM (Unverified) said
"Yeah, woo! Bring it on sucka! This's my kind of sh.."
"Look at all dat jui- I mean, flood!"
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"Look at all dat jui- I mean, flood!"
Posted: Oct 8th 2008 12:39AM Alex McKee said
I thought that said Tobias Bruckner for a minute. R.I.P EGM2/Expert Gamer/GameNow :)
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Posted: Oct 8th 2008 1:32AM Premature ejaculation man said
Cool :) Hopefully its better than Contact Harvest, which was interesting, especially for how Brutes behave and are treated in the Covenant aswell as the reason for the Covenant vs Humanity war...But it just didn't have the awesomeness of Sgt Johnson (aka premature ejaculation man) in this book.
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Posted: Oct 8th 2008 1:35AM Premature ejaculation man said
Hurr, forgot to click undo to replying to you.
Sorry for the email in your inbox...And this second one.......
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Sorry for the email in your inbox...And this second one.......
Posted: Oct 8th 2008 1:09AM (Unverified) said
I have yet to see a better science fiction book series.
This is the best news for literacy since Stephen Colbert's calender thing.
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This is the best news for literacy since Stephen Colbert's calender thing.
Posted: Oct 8th 2008 6:38AM darrkespur said
Tobias Buckell is a very good writer in his own right. I've read his three novels set in his own world (crystal rain, Ragamuffin and sly mongoose) and they're all awesome. Good humour and action should suit the Halo universe well.
He was a really nice guy when I met up with him a few years ago too.
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He was a really nice guy when I met up with him a few years ago too.
Posted: Oct 8th 2008 7:57AM John Z said
OK, so I know it's pulp sci-fi. It's not nearly as great or deep as, say, Stranger in a Strange Land or Fahrenheit 451 (two of my favorites, btw). But sometimes you just want to turn your higher brain functions off for a while, and the Halo books were great for that. It's the same reason I love cheesy action blow-shit-up movies. These are cheesy action blow-shit-up books, and damn good ones at that. (Except "The Flood"-- skip that one, you probably played it already.)
Incidentally, if you like these kinds of books (and trust a random stranger's judgment), I'm really digging the Ciaphas Cain books (in the Warhammer 40K series).
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Incidentally, if you like these kinds of books (and trust a random stranger's judgment), I'm really digging the Ciaphas Cain books (in the Warhammer 40K series).
Posted: Oct 8th 2008 12:08PM F1 Basu Gasu Bakuhatsu said
Sweet! I've always wanted to see mark 4 armor!
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Posted: Oct 8th 2008 2:56PM (Unverified) said
yeah someone mentioned that when Kotaku had this story, but that's got me confused. It doesn't look anything like the Mark 4 that's used in Halo Wars. The helmet looks like a mix of Mark 4 and 6 but the chest looks completely new, and so do the shoulders. I'm completely baffled by this
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Posted: Oct 8th 2008 2:57PM (Unverified) said
Too bad Eric Nylund isn't writing this one. Maybe that just means he's hard at work on another Halo book
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Posted: Oct 8th 2008 5:50PM Darthweder said
He is definitely, the only one who should write Halo books. He is great and even seems like a nice guy. I even picked up his other work, Signal to Noise, and its sequel A signal Shattered. Both were very well written.
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