Sniper0092 Posted September 22, 2014 Report Share Posted September 22, 2014 What author do you think would make good Halo books? I think if he was alive, Michael Crichton would have been great. He did sci fi that was believable. Imagine what he could with alien culture and human augmentation........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranger Intel Posted September 22, 2014 Report Share Posted September 22, 2014 Hmm, interesting. There aren't many authors that come to mind for me, but I think that Eric Nylund was the best author out of the Halo books I've read (the first five). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper0092 Posted September 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2014 Hmm, interesting. There aren't many authors that come to mind for me, but I think that Eric Nylund was the best author out of the Halo books I've read (the first five). Hi Blake And I own his books. You may like The Cole Protocol, I liked it's author. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedStarRocket91 Posted September 23, 2014 Report Share Posted September 23, 2014 (edited) I'd love to have seen what Philip K. **** could have done with the Halo universe. Blade Runner is one of my favourite films of all time, and a lot of the themes it explores - what it means to be alive, what makes us human, what the purpose of your life is when you've literally been created for a single job, only to have that taken away from you - seem like they'd be the kind of questions the Master Chief would be asking himself after the events of Halo 4, especially as he himself is basically half-machine (and possibly less than half-human thanks to the librarian). One of the things that I loved about Halo 4 was the fact that 343i put so much effort into trying to flesh him out as an actual character, rather than just treating him as an emotionless weapon. And what made that so interesting to explore is the fact that, he's supposed to be an emotionless weapon! As far as the Chief knows, pretty much everyone he's ever formed a relationship with, from the other Spartans, to Halsey, to Johnson, to the Keyes, and ultimately even Cortana, is now dead: worse, with the creation of the Spartan-IVs in their next-generation armour, he's been replaced. He no longer has any close friends, no chance of living a normal life or integrating with the new Spartan program, and even as a weapon he's redundant. That's some incredibly interesting stuff to explore, and the kind of stuff that Philip K. **** was a master of, so I would definitely have loved to see him around either as a writer for Halo 5, or to work on some of the expanded-universe stuff. Edited September 23, 2014 by RedStarRocket91 Oh come on, THAT'S censored? Really? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buns Posted September 23, 2014 Report Share Posted September 23, 2014 Greg Bear(author of the Forerunner trilogy) did an amazing job in my opinion and I would love to see more Halo stories by him, But as for another Author? I think Robert Zurbin(author of "How To Live On Mars") could make an interesting manual on how to live life in the outer colonies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranger Intel Posted September 25, 2014 Report Share Posted September 25, 2014 Hi Blake And I own his books. You may like The Cole Protocol, I liked it's author. Hey. I purchased the Cole Protocol but have only read the first few chapters. I haven't been reading much lately. Tobias S. Buckell seems good from what I've read so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper0092 Posted September 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 Hey. I purchased the Cole Protocol but have only read the first few chapters. I haven't been reading much lately. Tobias S. Buckell seems good from what I've read so far. Have you tried Michael Crichton? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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