Eric S. Nylund
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 200 pages Rating: 4.45 | 1935 Users | 40 Reviews
Describe Appertaining To Books Halo: The Fall of Reach, The Flood, First Strike (Halo #1-3)
| Title | : | Halo: The Fall of Reach, The Flood, First Strike (Halo #1-3) |
| Author | : | Eric S. Nylund |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 200 pages |
| Published | : | September 1st 2004 by Del Rey |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. Games. Video Games |
Narrative As Books Halo: The Fall of Reach, The Flood, First Strike (Halo #1-3)
In some cases, you don't even have to play Halo to enjoy the books. Eric Nylund is simply that good a writer. I must make a confession: I don't own an Xbox. The only experience I have with Halo is watching my best friend beat it in a 6 hour marathon while I had a stack of comic books to read through. As for Halo 2, I followed my FPS-savy friend through the first few hours of the game, but we never got the chance to finish. I got into the books because my friend insisted I read them and, well... I actually listened to her. Don't take my opinion as one from a Halo fan - take it as one from a complete plebe who found enjoyment from a set of game-based books. If you're still curious about my opinion, let me start off with this: Read First Strike and the third book, The Fall of Reach, but don't read the middle book, The Flood. I have three reasons for this: 1) The middle book is based off the first Halo game (so why not just play the game? I didn't, but I really wish I had heeded my friend's advice and did that instead of reading The Flood). 2) It is the only book in the series not written by Nylund and you can really tell the difference by the prose and pacing. 3) It is utterly boring. I know that's harsh, but I don't like having to skip through harrowing battles against the Flood - but I will do that if the action scenes end up reading like Ctrl + C off of GameFAQs... which they did, so I skipped through about 30% of the book. Okay, I've gotten that off my chest. Now for what I liked about the books. The Fall of Reach sets up a prologue to Halo. It's an engaging plot that details the super-soldier SPARTAN program that made the Master Chief who he is in the games. It's a good read, but a tragic one as well. These Spartans start off as tough kids thrown into a secret government project and raised to be efficient killers. They are cold, they are detached... but as you learn who they are, their names their personalities, you really start to like Kelly, Sam, Linda, John, and all the rest. Liking them is the worst part, because a war is a war and a war against the Covenant is... more than you can imagine. As for First Strike. Well, it's no secret that the Master Chief is labeled the Last of the Spartans. What you may not know is that Nylund has a great talent of bringing in more to a story than you can ever hope to expect. This book takes place after the first Halo game and the action is intense. That's all I'm saying about this book. Go read it. I was caught up in these Halo books thanks to a friend with a good taste in games and it's left a lasting impression in me. I'm not saying that you're going to get deep insights from these stories, but they are damn good sci-fi alien invasion war novels. Sometimes, everyone needs a damned good sci-fi war novel.Present Books Conducive To Halo: The Fall of Reach, The Flood, First Strike (Halo #1-3)
| Original Title: | Halo, Books 1-3 (The Flood; First Strike; The Fall of Reach) |
| ISBN: | 0345473043 (ISBN13: 9780345473042) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Halo #1-3 |
Rating Appertaining To Books Halo: The Fall of Reach, The Flood, First Strike (Halo #1-3)
Ratings: 4.45 From 1935 Users | 40 ReviewsCriticism Appertaining To Books Halo: The Fall of Reach, The Flood, First Strike (Halo #1-3)
I was just obsessed.I read this book at least a half dozen times in high school, it really fueled my passion for the Halo games and books
These books were good books they had alot of action and told stories about family, being true to your friends and your word. Also this book taught me how destructive war can be and how devastating it is to lose everything you have and that war solves nothing, all it does is kill innocent people and hurt milllions of people in the world.
Really a good read for anyone looking for action/sci-fi reconstructed, whether you've played Halo or not. Still, it is there to especially enhance the game, and the author did a heck of a good job on it.
Ths Book has Fall of Reach,The Flood and First Strike,three good books for a great low price.
If you love the game - you will love the books. I was excited to read these 3 and was not dissappointed. It opens up the Halo universe and makes the game even better.
EPIC
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