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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: MrAngryFace on August 05, 2007, 06:12:38 PM

Title: Halo: The Flood - So far so not so good..
Post by: MrAngryFace on August 05, 2007, 06:12:38 PM: First chapter reads like a gamefaqs walkthrough. The sentence about watching the ammo read-out on the hud and when to switch clips, or the exact copy of the dialogue from the game. Hey, I like Halo, but the dialogue in game kinda blows for a book. Plus there's a big inconsistancy between Fall of Reach and Halo(game)/Halo: The Flood.

Ill probably power through this to get back to the good Halo books, but YIKES. If Nylund isn't doing the writing its pretty blech. Im pretty pumped to read First Strike and Ghosts of Onyx tho.
Title: Re: Halo: The Flood - So far so not so good..
Post by: Ichirou on August 05, 2007, 06:15:45 PM: Too bad they didn't hire Walter S. "The Wild FIRE" Ragland, Jr. to do this one. He's an excellent writer.
Title: Re: Halo: The Flood - So far so not so good..
Post by: MrAngryFace on August 05, 2007, 06:18:25 PM: Yes yes, I heard you the first thread.
Title: Re: Halo: The Flood - So far so not so good..
Post by: Ichirou on August 05, 2007, 06:20:22 PM: He really is, though. If you insist on proof, I might just have to quote from Wild FIRE: Legend of the Ryukage Clans, Book I, Volume I.
Title: Re: Halo: The Flood - So far so not so good..
Post by: Shuri on August 05, 2007, 06:20:55 PM: my cousin loved it, but he's 12
Title: Re: Halo: The Flood - So far so not so good..
Post by: MrAngryFace on August 05, 2007, 06:21:58 PM: the book just tries to hard to line up with the game, when in reality it should do a better job lining up with the last book :p
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Post by: Van Cruncheon on August 05, 2007, 06:49:09 PM: yeah, i skimmed the 2nd one at a b&n and OUCH OOK MY READING COMPREHENSION CENTERS AIEE
Title: Re: Halo: The Flood - So far so not so good..
Post by: The Fake Shemp on August 05, 2007, 06:51:38 PM: I can't fathom purchasing one of these books unless you're a crazy fan. I mean, almost all books licensed out from a popular sci-fi IP reads like glorified fan fiction. It's hardest genre to write, but contains the most amount of shitty authors.
Title: Re: Halo: The Flood - So far so not so good..
Post by: Van Cruncheon on August 05, 2007, 06:53:43 PM: seriously, eric nylund is a credible, decent sci-fi writer. both he and his wife -- i used to share an office with the latter long ago -- are sharp and reasonably skilled at their craft. signal to noise was a decent read. as the story goes, he OFFERED to write "the fall of reach" because he KNEW the halo ip would get crapped on otherwise.
Title: Re: Halo: The Flood - So far so not so good..
Post by: The Fake Shemp on August 05, 2007, 07:00:33 PM: I will give it a read, but even the best written Star Wars books (not much of a compliment) test my stomach; awful science fiction literally makes me queasy and irate.
Title: Re: Halo: The Flood - So far so not so good..
Post by: Ichirou on August 05, 2007, 07:01:50 PM: I cut my teeth on Star Trek novels. That got the shit teased out of me when I reached high school, let me tell ya. :-\
Title: Re: Halo: The Flood - So far so not so good..
Post by: Bloodwake on August 05, 2007, 07:03:00 PM: Quote from: Willco on August 05, 2007, 06:51:38 PM
I can't fathom purchasing one of these books unless you're a crazy fan. I mean, almost all books licensed out from a popular sci-fi IP reads like glorified fan fiction. It's hardest genre to write, but contains the most amount of shitty authors.

Pretty much. In most cases it IS fan fiction.
Title: Re: Halo: The Flood - So far so not so good..
Post by: The Fake Shemp on August 05, 2007, 07:06:36 PM: Star Trek novels are the worst offenders, just barely in front of all those awful, awful books Bantam churns out every few months that take place in the Aliens universe.
Title: Re: Halo: The Flood - So far so not so good..
Post by: demi on August 05, 2007, 07:06:46 PM: I heard the game wasn't as good either, lolz
Title: Re: Halo: The Flood - So far so not so good..
Post by: MrAngryFace on August 05, 2007, 07:15:42 PM: Eric Nylund writes some great starship battles, the ground stuff isnt as good, but the added character depth to the series is nice. In short, don't be a snob Willco, you gave Transformers a B+
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Post by: Van Cruncheon on August 05, 2007, 07:17:48 PM: yeah, when you praise transformers, you are placed in critical purgatory. for their intended purposes in their respective entertainment genres, the fall of reach >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> transformers
Title: Re: Halo: The Flood - So far so not so good..
Post by: MrAngryFace on August 05, 2007, 07:19:40 PM: Fall of Reach doesnt have robots peeing on people
Title: Re: Halo: The Flood - So far so not so good..
Post by: TVC15 on August 05, 2007, 07:29:26 PM: Star Trek >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Star Wars
Title: Re: Halo: The Flood - So far so not so good..
Post by: Van Cruncheon on August 05, 2007, 07:30:06 PM: kirk would fuck up han solo's shit
Title: Re: Halo: The Flood - So far so not so good..
Post by: Ichirou on August 05, 2007, 07:34:22 PM: Quote from: Professor Prole on August 05, 2007, 07:30:06 PM
kirk would fuck up han solo's shit

And he'd sex Leia afterwards.
Title: Re: Halo: The Flood - So far so not so good..
Post by: The Fake Shemp on August 05, 2007, 07:45:40 PM: Quote from: MrAngryFace on August 05, 2007, 07:15:42 PM
Eric Nylund writes some great starship battles, the ground stuff isnt as good, but the added character depth to the series is nice. In short, don't be a snob Willco, you gave Transformers a B+

I said I would give it a read - I didn't bash the book, just licensed sci-fi crap in general.
Title: Re: Halo: The Flood - So far so not so good..
Post by: MrAngryFace on August 05, 2007, 07:51:14 PM: yes yes, thats why youre in here
Title: Re: Halo: The Flood - So far so not so good..
Post by: Tauntaun on August 05, 2007, 09:13:52 PM: every book but that one rocks. the floor was written by some R-tard author
Title: Re: Halo: The Flood - So far so not so good..
Post by: Phoenix Dark on August 05, 2007, 09:16:03 PM: MAF if you wanted some dumb videogame literature you should have picked up some StarCraft novels. :bow
Title: Re: Halo: The Flood - So far so not so good..
Post by: TVC15 on August 05, 2007, 09:21:57 PM: Ah, books based on videogames. I will never forget the Paris Review interview with F.X. Nine, the author of this perennial classic:

(http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/5/50/180px-Bm_book.jpg)
Title: Re: Halo: The Flood - So far so not so good..
Post by: MrAngryFace on August 05, 2007, 09:23:26 PM: haha blaster master jeuss im drunmk. ANYWAY yeah the flood sux :(
Title: Re: Halo: The Flood - So far so not so good..
Post by: Van Cruncheon on August 05, 2007, 09:25:50 PM: i read a good chapter of the "hellgate london" novelization at b&n. it was uh. put it this way: if i could stomach writing fanfic -- and no doubt i'd be wonderfully awful at it -- i think i could at least eke a little mileage out of the setting. the author managed to make LONDON ATTACKED BY HELL MONSTERS bland and goofy.
Title: Re: Halo: The Flood - So far so not so good..
Post by: FlameOfCallandor on August 05, 2007, 11:00:48 PM: I heard Alex Garland's script was fantastic.

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And I heard it sucked from other people.
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Title: Re: Halo: The Flood - So far so not so good..
Post by: Candyflip on August 05, 2007, 11:03:51 PM: Quote from: TVC 15 on August 05, 2007, 09:21:57 PM
Ah, books based on videogames. I will never forget the Paris Review interview with F.X. Nine, the author of this perennial classic:

(http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/5/50/180px-Bm_book.jpg)
Wow, I remember doing a book report on this in the 4th grade. And I read a lot of the Star Wars novels back then too. I don't remember them being that bad.
Title: Re: Halo: The Flood - So far so not so good..
Post by: bagofeyes on August 05, 2007, 11:14:18 PM: That's alot of so
Title: Re: Halo: The Flood - So far so not so good..
Post by: TVC15 on August 05, 2007, 11:15:00 PM: Quote from: Candyflip on August 05, 2007, 11:03:51 PM
Quote from: TVC 15 on August 05, 2007, 09:21:57 PM
Ah, books based on videogames. I will never forget the Paris Review interview with F.X. Nine, the author of this perennial classic:

(http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/5/50/180px-Bm_book.jpg)
Wow, I remember doing a book report on this in the 4th grade. And I read a lot of the Star Wars novels back then too. I don't remember them being that bad.

There's one based on Mega Man 2. How good can they possibly be?
Title: Re: Halo: The Flood - So far so not so good..
Post by: Van Cruncheon on August 05, 2007, 11:18:55 PM: the cast of megaman could almost fit into a vonnegut satire. almost.
Title: Re: Halo: The Flood - So far so not so good..
Post by: Candyflip on August 05, 2007, 11:53:12 PM: ````
Quote from: TVC 15 on August 05, 2007, 11:15:00 PM
Quote from: Candyflip on August 05, 2007, 11:03:51 PM
Quote from: TVC 15 on August 05, 2007, 09:21:57 PM
Ah, books based on videogames. I will never forget the Paris Review interview with F.X. Nine, the author of this perennial classic:

(http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/5/50/180px-Bm_book.jpg)
Wow, I remember doing a book report on this in the 4th grade. And I read a lot of the Star Wars novels back then too. I don't remember them being that bad.

There's one based on Mega Man 2. How good can they possibly be?
Wait, the video game books? Those sucked. I read the Metal Gear Solid one too. The latter comment was referring to the Star Wars shit.