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Subject: Which, In Your Opinion, Is The Best and Worst of the Halo Novels?
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Posted by: OrderedComa
I finished the Flood today, and it seems I am not the only one who hated it.

I agree with the common oppinion, the parts with the marines were the best, though I couldn't help but slightly resent that he got ODSTs wrong -.-

I also kinda liked Zuka's and Yayap's parts, my only problem is he didn't do enough with them, they were kinda one dimensional.

agreed! Well said!

  • 11.30.2010 4:14 PM PDT

Don't worry, you're still your mom's favorite Bnet member.

best: the fall of reach
worst: cole protocol

  • 11.30.2010 7:39 PM PDT
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Posted by: MegaMuffin16
best: the fall of reach
worst: cole protocol

I'm re-reading the cole protocol right now. Its not any better the second time round. haha

  • 11.30.2010 8:55 PM PDT

Trussingdoor is pretty kewl. He fires lasers and doesn't afraid of anything.


Posted by: FleetAdmiralBob
Best: Onyx
Worst: The Flood.
It would appear that the FleetAdmiral and I have the same taste in videogame-related literature.

  • 11.30.2010 9:01 PM PDT

I really can't say, I loved all of them except for The Flood.

  • 11.30.2010 9:38 PM PDT

the only thing I have not liked about the books is that the Covenant seem waaaaaay overpowered, especially in comparison to the games, I mean part of that is for gameplay purposes and they obviously made the Covies weaker so you wouldn't be dieing every single second, but still, I don't think a single Banshee Bomb would completely total a 'Hog

  • 12.01.2010 7:51 AM PDT

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So much hate for The Flood, it's kind of sad. I guess I have your types to blame for never getting a Halo 2 or 3 novelization.

  • 12.01.2010 10:30 AM PDT

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Posted by: WerepyreND
The worst is defiantly The Flood. It was better when it wasn't retelling the story from the game.

The Best full novel would have to be uhhhhhhh. I'll go with Onyx.

Best Short Stories are definitely Dirt and The Mona Lisa.


Mona Lisa was freakin' cool. All the novels are badly written, it's only my passion for Halo at the time that causes me to read them. I kinda liked Contact Harvest, cause you got to learn about Johnson's backstory.

  • 12.01.2010 11:15 AM PDT

By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

Posted by: Mr Evil 37
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Best:
- Ghosts of Onyx
- Contact Harvest

Worst:
- The Flood

The other 3 are fine, good but not fantastic.


You haven't even read Fall of Reach, First Strike or Cole Protocol!

But I still agree with you.

:P


I've read them all except for the Cole Protocol.

  • 12.01.2010 11:18 AM PDT
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Fyi -blam!-tard, Microsoft screwed up in linking my Xbox account to my bungie.net account. My real xbox name is KoolGeck0. (Note, the 0 at the end is a zero)

I didn't really like Fall of Reach that much

I liked some parts of Contact Harvest and hated others. Johnson is my favorite character, but I felt like his story was the worst in that book. All the other ones I liked.

I'm currently reading Cole Protocol (I'm on page 321) and I like it quite alot.


I haven't read the other books yet, but I plan to

  • 12.01.2010 11:29 AM PDT
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Guess I'm the only one who thinks First Strike is the best :P
It's just plain awesomeness with epicsauce poured over every page.
The worst: The Flood, though I didn't even understand everything that happened in Cole Protocol :/

  • 12.01.2010 11:31 AM PDT
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Posted by: ajw34307
Posted by: Mr Evil 37
Posted by: ajw34307
Best:
- Ghosts of Onyx
- Contact Harvest

Worst:
- The Flood

The other 3 are fine, good but not fantastic.


You haven't even read Fall of Reach, First Strike or Cole Protocol!

But I still agree with you.

:P


I've read them all except for the Cole Protocol.

The Cole Protocol Just didn't "Feel" Like Halo to me. =/

  • 12.01.2010 1:02 PM PDT

Favorite: Ghosts of Onyx
Worst: The Flood
Still have to read Evolutions though.

  • 12.01.2010 2:49 PM PDT

First Strike best...worst is the flood

  • 12.01.2010 3:32 PM PDT
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Posted by: ThE ReD3mPti0n
First Strike best...worst is the flood

Agreed. First Strike was pretty good.

And the Flood was pretty bad. haha

  • 12.02.2010 12:42 PM PDT
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Ghosts of Onyx- Best
The Flood- Worst.
I just hated how they portrayed Master Chief. He swore like every second line and he kept saying cheesy lines like, 'and I'm the vice admiral.'

  • 12.02.2010 1:13 PM PDT

The Razor.

For the honour of the Mirratord.

Posted by: ajw34307
Posted by: Mr Evil 37
Posted by: ajw34307
Best:
- Ghosts of Onyx
- Contact Harvest

Worst:
- The Flood

The other 3 are fine, good but not fantastic.


You haven't even read Fall of Reach, First Strike or Cole Protocol!

But I still agree with you.

:P


I've read them all except for the Cole Protocol.


I could swear that you said you hadn't read First Strike... :/

  • 12.02.2010 1:38 PM PDT

By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

Posted by: Mr Evil 37
Posted by: ajw34307
Posted by: Mr Evil 37
Posted by: ajw34307
Best:
- Ghosts of Onyx
- Contact Harvest

Worst:
- The Flood

The other 3 are fine, good but not fantastic.


You haven't even read Fall of Reach, First Strike or Cole Protocol!

But I still agree with you.

:P


I've read them all except for the Cole Protocol.


I could swear that you said you hadn't read First Strike... :/


Yeah, last summer... :P

  • 12.02.2010 1:41 PM PDT

Best: Onyx.
Worst: Flood.

  • 12.02.2010 1:44 PM PDT
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Posted by: Mr Evil 37
Posted by: ajw34307
Best:
- Ghosts of Onyx
- Contact Harvest

Worst:
- The Flood

The other 3 are fine, good but not fantastic.


You haven't even read Fall of Reach, First Strike or Cole Protocol!

But I still agree with you.

:P

Agreed.

  • 12.10.2010 11:23 AM PDT

I am a monument to all your sins


Posted by: FleetAdmiralBob
Best: Onyx
Worst: The Flood.

  • 12.10.2010 3:23 PM PDT

I am a monument to all your sins


Posted by: JamesLongstreet
So much hate for The Flood, it's kind of sad. I guess I have your types to blame for never getting a Halo 2 or 3 novelization.
we have nothing against adaptations, the Flood was just poorly written, people can tell

  • 12.10.2010 3:27 PM PDT

Expressing my strong liberal views without shame. Favorite quotes below:

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
"One starts to live when he can live outside himself."

- Albert Einstein

The best is a tie between the Fall of Reach and Ghosts of Onyx.

  • 12.10.2010 3:46 PM PDT

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This man, this man right here put it so eloquently that I actually cancelled my own 2000+ word long post.
/slow clap for respect


:)
The person who said participating is important, not winning, obviously never won anything.

Best: Fall of Reach/Ghosts of Onyx

Worst: Cole Protocole.

  • 12.10.2010 3:48 PM PDT
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Best- onyx
worst-cole protocol

  • 12.10.2010 9:17 PM PDT

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