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Subject: Halo books

so with halo reach being announced i wanted to learn about more of the back story of halo
so i was wondering what book should i read first?

  • 06.21.2009 3:58 AM PDT

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fall of reach, contact harvest

  • 06.21.2009 4:00 AM PDT

Posted by: UpperNine
so with halo reach being announced i wanted to learn about more of the back story of halo
so i was wondering what book should i read first?


dude! i was just about to ask the same question but like what are all the books

  • 06.21.2009 4:09 AM PDT

UEM Brig/leader of the 42nd drop pod group
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other books mainly take place in halo 2 but the 2 i put up are about the time of reach

  • 06.21.2009 4:12 AM PDT

You could read - Contact Harvest
You should read - The Fall of Reach
You might want to read - The Flood and First Strike

  • 06.21.2009 4:58 AM PDT

Hi

100% Fall of Reach. its the best one to read and it it the whole back story. you learn alot o things u never knew. yuppers

  • 06.21.2009 5:45 AM PDT

"It is impossible to prepare for and prevent a war at the same time"
-Albert Einstein

The order that I would read them is:

Fall of Reach
The Flood
First Strike
Contact Harvest
Ghosts of Onyx
The Cole Protocol

But They're all really good.

  • 06.21.2009 5:51 AM PDT
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To play or not to play....

Ok the order of events is as such

Contact Harvest
Cole Protocol
Fall of Reach
The Flood
First Strike
Ghosts of Onyx


Did I miss any?

I would suggest readding Fall of Reach and First Strike if you only wanted to read two as they explain a great deal of what the game Halo Reach may be about. Though all of them are good to read. Some people say they didn't like "The Flood" but I think that is largely because it was written by a different author and as such a slightly different style and also due to the similarities to Halo CE (same story). However I liked the book as it explains lots of stuff not in the game and when you read other books you begin to realise what those things mean. The games themselves are only part of the overall story.

Books with the games in timeline

Contact Harvest
Cole Protocol
Fall of Reach
The Flood - Halo CE (same story)
First Strike
Halo 2
Ghosts of Onyx
Halo 3

[Edited on 06.21.2009 6:13 AM PDT]

  • 06.21.2009 6:09 AM PDT
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Posted by: DK daze
Dude I don't care and my grammer is perfect.I used "Big", as you recall it to mak is specific."to not do...",is incorrect beause "do" is present tense/perfect(or future) when it was a past tense.

If you want to understand the game more, read fall of reach and first strike first. Although my two favorites are Contact Harvest and the Cole Protocol, as they give an awesome insight into covenant culture. The flood and ghosts of onyx are great too.
It's great to see that instead of flooding the forums with theories that are just wrong, you are going to actually going to try to learn the backstory.

[Edited on 06.21.2009 6:43 AM PDT]

  • 06.21.2009 6:41 AM PDT

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Posted by: V101
Ok the order of events is as such

Contact Harvest
Cole Protocol
Fall of Reach
The Flood
First Strike
Ghosts of Onyx


Did I miss any?

I would suggest readding Fall of Reach and First Strike if you only wanted to read two as they explain a great deal of what the game Halo Reach may be about. Though all of them are good to read. Some people say they didn't like "The Flood" but I think that is largely because it was written by a different author and as such a slightly different style and also due to the similarities to Halo CE (same story). However I liked the book as it explains lots of stuff not in the game and when you read other books you begin to realise what those things mean. The games themselves are only part of the overall story.

Books with the games in timeline

Contact Harvest
Cole Protocol
Fall of Reach
The Flood - Halo CE (same story)
First Strike
Halo 2
Ghosts of Onyx
Halo 3


Although this is correct, the timeline has multiple parts existing at the same time

I would describe the timeline more as

Fall of Reach
Fall of Reach and Contact Harvest
Fall of Reach and Cole Protocol
The Flood and Halo CE
Halo First Strike
Halo 2 and Ghosts of Onyx
Ghosts of Onyx
Halo 3 and Ghosts of Onyx

They all kinda overlap with each other.

  • 06.21.2009 7:16 AM PDT

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If your wanting to read them in order of how the story progresses, read them like this;

Contact Harvest,The Cole Protocol,The Fall of Reach,The Flood,First Strike, Ghosts of Onyx.

As the timeline goes, it looks like this;

Contact harvest,The Cole Protocol,The Fall of Reach,Halo:Combat Evolved and The Flood, First Strike, Ghosts of Onyx with Halo 2 overlap,Halo 3.

[Edited on 06.21.2009 7:23 AM PDT]

  • 06.21.2009 7:21 AM PDT

"It is impossible to prepare for and prevent a war at the same time"
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Posted by: Arbiduck
If your wanting to read them in order of how the story progresses, read them like this;

Contact Harvest,The Cole Protocol,The Fall of Reach,First Strike,The Flood, Ghosts of Onyx.


umm.... no

Contact harvest, cole protocol, and fall of reach are debatable because at points along their story lines, they all coexist.

But first strike 100% takes place AFTER the flood. So although we can debate other things, I would go with the one I made in the post 2 above this one.

  • 06.21.2009 7:23 AM PDT

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Posted by: shadowhawk1013
Posted by: Arbiduck
If your wanting to read them in order of how the story progresses, read them like this;

Contact Harvest,The Cole Protocol,The Fall of Reach,First Strike,The Flood, Ghosts of Onyx.


umm.... no

Contact harvest, cole protocol, and fall of reach are debatable because at points along their story lines, they all coexist.

But first strike 100% takes place AFTER the flood. So although we can debate other things, I would go with the one I made in the post 2 above this one.

Yeah, i screwed up on that list >.<. I meant to put the Flood after the fall of Reach. Oops.

  • 06.21.2009 7:26 AM PDT

I'd read them in the order they were released, not the chronological order. You're going to read Cole Protocol and Contact Harvest and start scratching you head as to why there's such scant information about the Covenant in Fall of Reach and The Flood.

  • 06.21.2009 7:36 AM PDT
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The Fall of Reach and First Strike would be your best bet. Those two books are ace.

  • 06.21.2009 7:47 AM PDT

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  • 06.21.2009 7:53 AM PDT