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Subject: On a Scale of 1-10 Rate Each of the Halo Novels.
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With 1 being the lowest and 10 Being the highest.

Example:

Ghosts of Onyx - 9.5

Etc, etc, etc.

EDIT: Also post why you gave each novel that particular score.

[Edited on 01.11.2011 11:05 AM PST]

  • 01.10.2011 10:18 PM PDT

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  • 01.10.2011 10:20 PM PDT

Well out of the three books I have read.

Fall of Reach 8/10

First strike 9/10

Ghost of Oynx 9.5/10

  • 01.11.2011 9:24 AM PDT

Fall of Reach = 7.5/10

First strike = 8/10

Ghost of Oynx = 9/10

  • 01.11.2011 9:40 AM PDT

The Fall of Reach 9/10

The Flood 7/10

First Strike 9/10

Ghosts of Onyx 10/10

Contact Harvest 8/10

The Cole Protocol 7/10

Evolutions 10/10

Cryptum - still waiting for my delivery :( *sigh*

  • 01.11.2011 10:41 AM PDT
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Posted by: Astrogenesis 1
The Fall of Reach 9/10

The Flood 7/10

First Strike 9/10

Ghosts of Onyx 10/10

Contact Harvest 8/10

The Cole Protocol 7/10

Evolutions 10/10

Cryptum - still waiting for my delivery :( *sigh*


Cryptum so far is very good.

Still need to finish it tho.

  • 01.11.2011 10:59 AM 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.
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The person who said participating is important, not winning, obviously never won anything.

Fall of Reach: 10/10

First Strike: 8.5/10

The Flood: 6.5/10

Ghosts of Onyx: 10/10

Contact Harvest: 8.5/10

Cole Protocole: 7/10

Evolutions: 10/10

  • 01.11.2011 11:13 AM PDT

Vengeance only leads to an ongoing cycle of hatred.

Fall of Reach: 9/10

First Strike: 8/10

Ghosts of Onyx: 9/10

The Cole Protocol: 9/10

Evolutions: 9/10

Hmmm...It feels like I'm forgetting some.

  • 01.11.2011 12:04 PM PDT
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The Fall of Reach-8/10

The Flood-7.5/10

First Strike-8.5/10

Ghosts of Onyx-9.5/10

Contact Harvest-9/10

The Cole Protocol-8.5/10

Evolutions-10/10 (I haven't finished reading it yet, but it's amazing. Especially Dirt.)

Cryptum-Haven't read it yet.

  • 01.11.2011 12:36 PM PDT

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The Fall of Reach: 9/10
The Flood: 6.5/10
First Strike: 8.5/10
Ghosts of Onyx: 8.5/10
Contact Harvest: 8.5/10
The Cole Protocol: 8.0/10
Evolutions: Not Yet Read
Cryptum: 9.5/10

In terms of the wide scale of literature available in the world, none of these books deserve a perfect 10/10, however I did enjoy all of them (Even my low rated The Flood). Cryptum may be my favorite, if only for the wealth of knowledge it provides the reader to the universe of Halo. Contact Harvest got marks off for its corny and kind of forced romance. Cole Protocol was cheesy at times and did a lot of telling without just showing. The Flood was low due to me not enjoying the writing style in general.

EDIT: Ghosts of Onyx got marks off because of that dumb decision Kurt made not to take his MJOLNIR into battle. I understand pride and being part of the group but seriously isn't it more important to have the best equipment available so you can save yourself and your squad more efficiently?

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Posted by: JurtEJ
The Fall of Reach: 9/10
The Flood: 6.5/10
First Strike: 8.5/10
Ghosts of Onyx: 8.5/10
Contact Harvest: 8.5/10
The Cole Protocol: 8.0/10
Evolutions: Not Yet Read
Cryptum: 9.5/10

In terms of the wide scale of literature available in the world, none of these books deserve a perfect 10/10, however I did enjoy all of them (Even my low rated The Flood). Cryptum may be my favorite, if only for the wealth of knowledge it provides the reader to the universe of Halo. Contact Harvest got marks off for its corny and kind of forced romance. Cole Protocol was cheesy at times and did a lot of telling without just showing. The Flood was low due to me not enjoying the writing style in general.

EDIT: Ghosts of Onyx got marks off because of that dumb decision Kurt made not to take his MJOLNIR into battle. I understand pride and being part of the group but seriously isn't it more important to have the best equipment available so you can save yourself and your squad more efficiently?

Haha I agree.

Also, I never meant to insinuate that the Halo novels are literary master pieces of any kind.

Great post!

  • 01.11.2011 2:20 PM PDT

The Fall of Reach: 10

First Strike: 9.5

The Ghosts of Onyx: 10

I haven't read any others as of yet.

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Posted by: Techno Greek
The Fall of Reach: 10

First Strike: 9.5

The Ghosts of Onyx: 10

I haven't read any others as of yet.

I would recommend Halo: Evolutions and Halo: Cryptum.

The Flood and The Cole Protocol.....Not so much.

[Edited on 01.11.2011 6:07 PM PST]

  • 01.11.2011 6:06 PM PDT