Halo Books compaired to the games

[TruSlick87]

So I read the second Halo book first then found out later, now im on chapter 32 of the first book...Im off somewhere because the spartans went to reach to get a crystal that warped hyper space, but on the game reach they got cortana, then in the book, Dr. Halsey (how ever u spell it) gave cortana to Captain Keys...yes im way behind but does it start to make since or am i just way off?

 

sorry if there are multiple topics I had a lag

[Kurt S-501]

What's the name of the book?

[miniamp]

it was a fragment of cortana,

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What's the name of the book?

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fall of reach

[TruSlick87]

Fall of reach...I already read first strike

 

[TruSlick87]

Finally finished Fall of Reach...from what I can tell it's Fall of Reach (book), then Halo:CE (game) then first strike (book)...the books are so addictive I can't wait to start the flood (book) I can't help but to piece them all together and finally be caught up! >)

[Drizzy_Dan]

The Fall of Reach novel and Halo: Reach game were two different aspects of the fight on Reach. The game wasn't based on the book.

[TruSlick87]

so then Reach (game) is the mission when Dr Halsey gives Cortana to Captan Keys?

[Fire]

Well you see, Eric Nylund and bungie wrote "The Fall of Reach" and it was made canon by microsoft since at the time, they didn't have any plans for Reach. But when they wanted to go back and make a game, they ignored the book and redid it all, smashing the canon. Also, i don't recommend the Flood, it is terribly written and is essentially Halo CE but through a book's point of view.

[TruSlick87]

I thought something was off...They could easily make them work but still great books, I just started contact harvest, different but so far good... >) That sucks about the flood book I'll see soon enough >)

[TruSlick87]

Working on Contact Harvest...I like all the info about the A.I.'s and all the different types >) it's getting so in detail with the characters and there families...HALO...great books, side topic...I can't wait for Forward unto Dawn, hoping it will be detailed as well!

[Vinyl Scratch]

I don't read I just play the games. I like to make up my own game history.

 

[TruSlick87]

I don't read either but I got the audio books to listen to and from work 20mins each way...the books are very detailed, even with the confusion with Reach (game) and Fall of Reach (book) the could eaily be combined to fit the story

[DoctorB77]

Just started this book today. I never knew it gave out some of johns physical traits.. such as his hair color.

[TruSlick87]

Yea it pretty much tells you exactly what he looks like and all the others, I really hope they bring some into Halo 4 but I haven't read The Flood yet so I don't know who dies and whos still around to fight...Contact Harvest (book) has a lot about the A.I.s with tons of detail >)

[Vinyl Scratch]

No thank you, though I love book, I prefer text books.

[miniamp]

Fall of Reach is by far the best book I have ever read,

 

Sometimes I wish that the games were like the books, they would be so epic

[TruSlick87]

Fall of Reach is great!...Contact Harvest is proving to be a good book too, a little slow to start but really good

 

[PrometheanSigma]

Read in this order ---

Contact Harvest

Fall of Reach

The Flood

First Strike

Ghosts of Onyx

THEN------------------------ YOU CAN GO ON TO THE FORERUNNER SAGA

They're labeled in order.

And I haven't read Glasslands because it's supposed to be horrible.

[TruSlick87]

sounds about right I've been reading by release date >)

[TruSlick87]

still reading Contact Harvest I don't want to give any thing away if someone is still behind like me so I'll be back when I'm done or something interesting happens >)

[iTz Vplus2]

I have to admit i didn't read any of the books. All i know is that in one of the books it's described that the Pillar of Autumn was built in space because it couldn't be ona planet (reason is probably wrong, don't remember exactly) and that that stands in contrast to the Halo Reach campaign because there the Pillar of Autumn is on the planet. In my opinion, that's something pretty major and so it was a major effup on Bungie's part..

[TruSlick87]

well apparently they scraped the first book when they decided to make halo reach they could have made it work but they got lazy or something...It's the new age star trek... no trekies just spartans >)

[MCPO Mayh3m]

I've never read the books, but have been very interested in doing so. Which should I start with?

[TruSlick87]

Contact Harvest...Fall of Reach (nothing to do with the game)...First Strike...

[TruSlick87]

(if you haven't read Contact Harvest)

 

Contact Harvest is a lot about the A.I. and how they think and work, as well as the Covenant...It's neat to hear all the under workings of all the different groups and, for the Covenant, how they came from different planets, how they fight to stay as a unified nation and are wanting to start peacefully..., for the A.I.'s, all of their multi-functional tasks, from ship A.I. to Harvest A.I. and all the places between as well as the human traits they retain from there hosts...I'm about 3/4s, or more, the way through the book not much fighting but very cool story >)