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Posted: May 28th 2009 12:03AM nadomars said

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this actually sounds like it could work. rapture has enough soul to be the setting for numerous books, and the story was actually good in bioshock.
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Posted: May 28th 2009 12:13AM (Unverified) said

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a prequel to the first book would be amazing. Andrew Ryans rise to power. How and why Rapture was first conceived. How it was built. Lay the ground work for the feud between Ryan and Fontaine. Im excited.
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Posted: May 28th 2009 12:41AM (Unverified) said

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*as the first book
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Posted: May 28th 2009 1:14AM arrness PSN chsowls Steam dcdani said

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yes
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Posted: May 28th 2009 4:02PM (Unverified) said

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But don't we already know all of that? At least, as much as is really necessary.

Part of what I thought made Bioshock great was how much of a videogame it was. It was really aware of its medium.

Not that this couldn't work, but I just think there are different avenues to the world of Rapture to explore. Just one opinion anyways.
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Posted: May 28th 2009 12:15AM AlvinRod said

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Would you kindly release more details on the novel?
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Posted: May 28th 2009 12:20AM The MARIO said

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OMG YES, I JIZZED IN MY PANTS.
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Posted: May 28th 2009 12:45AM Sleeping Lesson said

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Hm, that could totally work. Bioshock's story and world was so literary anyway, it might as well have come from a novel.
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Posted: May 28th 2009 4:08AM Alex R said

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I hope to God that isn't Scouting for Girls in your avatar.

If it is, I will kill you.
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Posted: May 28th 2009 1:16AM Darthweder said

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Hey, don't be knocking video game based books! About half of the Halo books were really good, and the Mass Effect based ones have been good.
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Posted: May 28th 2009 2:49AM Lekko said

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I would have rather had the story be actually IN the games, but I guess removing all plot for mass consumption and then releasing the actual 'real' plot later as a book seems to be the only way to go.

Damn it, when did games get so dumbed down that we can't even include the full plot in the games in the first place?
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Posted: May 28th 2009 3:24AM Lucky The Fox said

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Somehow I keep imagining a Randian nonsensical and boring political tract written by Andrew Ryan. Hopefully the trees will have a better reason to die than that.
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Posted: May 28th 2009 3:27AM Mike Knew said

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If it's written by Ken Levine then I'm all for it. Otherwise I have little to no interest in it.
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Posted: May 28th 2009 12:57PM Nier said

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It would make some sense if Ken Levine wrote the book, as if I'm not mistaken, one of the writers of Mass Effect wrote the novels, and they were really good.

Perhaps this is the reason he isn't working on Bioshock 2. He wants to break into the world of literature!
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Posted: May 28th 2009 6:00PM Fullmetal Salchemist said

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So, a book based off Bioshock? So it'll be Atlas Shrugged, only not as good.
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