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Subject: Halo books Help (order)

I have purchased all of the halo novels. Which order do I read them in, and where in relation to the games are they?

  • 10.05.2011 11:26 AM PDT
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Do you ever think to look at when they came out? It becomes pretty obvious then...

  • 10.05.2011 11:30 AM PDT

the order goes, Contact harvest, Cole protocole, fall of reach, the flood, first strike, ghosts of onyx. I read evolutions vol 1 and 2 after, It dont matter where they go :)

  • 10.05.2011 11:37 AM PDT


Posted by: drummer0702
Do you ever think to look at when they came out? It becomes pretty obvious then...


Please don't get involved in threads you know noting about.

  • 10.05.2011 11:40 AM PDT


Posted by: Sam Marsden
the order goes, Contact harvest, Cole protocole, fall of reach, the flood, first strike, ghosts of onyx. I read evolutions vol 1 and 2 after, It dont matter where they go :)


Ok, Thank you very much for the help :)

  • 10.05.2011 11:41 AM PDT
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Please don't get involved in threads you know noting about.


I know nothing about the Halo books? Could you please show proof or a reason of where you got this from? I'd be most interested. Maybe next time you'll learn to post this ridiculous topic in the correct place...

  • 10.05.2011 11:42 AM PDT


Posted by: drummer0702
Posted by: UXE NitroTwit
Please don't get involved in threads you know noting about.


I know nothing about the Halo books? Could you please show proof or a reason of where you got this from? I'd be most interested. Maybe next time you'll learn to post this ridiculous topic in the correct place...


Going by the order of which they came out is the wrong order, Hence you know nothing. Where is the correct place for this topic to go then?

  • 10.05.2011 11:49 AM PDT
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Posted by: UXE NitroTwit
Going by the order of which they came out is the wrong order, Hence you know nothing. Where is the correct place for this topic to go then?


Chronologically? Obviously not...

Also, how do you figure Cole Protocol comes before Fall of Reach?

This obviously goes in the Universe section...

[Edited on 10.05.2011 11:55 AM PDT]

  • 10.05.2011 11:54 AM PDT


Posted by: drummer0702
Posted by: UXE NitroTwit
Going by the order of which they came out is the wrong order, Hence you know nothing. Where is the correct place for this topic to go then?


Chronologically? Obviously not...

Also, how do you figure Cole Protocol comes before Fall of Reach?

This obviously goes in the Universe section...


According to the guy above, that was actually being helpful and kind, that is the order. So I am trusting him.

The thread could have gone in either, There are no rules stating i couldn't post this here, Anyway I'm off to read the books.

I didn't understand why you had to comment trying to make myself look stupid, You are the reason why the community sucks, all I wanted was help, and now I feel like I'm being bashed for asking. Thanks.

[Edited on 10.05.2011 12:11 PM PDT]

  • 10.05.2011 12:08 PM PDT
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Posted by: UXE NitroTwit
According to the guy above, that was actually being helpful and kind, that is the order. So I am trusting him.


You have has used Google and gotten an answer even faster...
The tread could have gone in either, There are no rules stating i couldn't post this here, Anyway I'm off to read the books. Yep, no rules...

I didn't understand why you had to comment trying to make myself look stupid, You are the reason why the community sucks, all I wanted was help, and now I feel like I'm being bashed for asking. Thanks.

Yep, I'm the reason the community is bad because I have read all the rules and understand where things go. I also realize that reading things in chronological order isn't always the best when they don't come out that way. Often series like that have references to prior books that you're just going to plain miss because you felt like reading them your own way...

  • 10.05.2011 12:11 PM PDT

Why don't you just tell me to read them in order of release then. explain that, rather then making me feel stupid about it then.

You are not willing to help nor be polite, just make new comers feel stupid.

There is no specific rule, this is bungie related.

  • 10.05.2011 12:20 PM PDT
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I just linked those rules and it is pretty clear. I'll simplify it for you...

Stuff directly about the Community goes here.

Stuff with canon goes in the Universe.

Books=canon

  • 10.05.2011 12:26 PM PDT

But there was nothing saying I couldn't post here, so I did.

  • 10.05.2011 12:29 PM PDT

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Posted by: drummer0702
Why are you being so rude? He's a new member to the forums and all he asked was the order of the books. Sure he posted the thread in the wrong section, but you didn't have to be so rude about it.

OT: The correct place for this thread would be the Universe Forum, and the correct order of the novels is located here.

  • 10.05.2011 12:32 PM PDT
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But there was nothing saying I couldn't post here, so I did.


The rules tell you what belongs in each section. Therefore, anything not on the list doesn't belong... Seriously, how don't you understand that?

Achronos, you obviously need to, not only, include what belongs in each section, but every other thing that doesn't...

  • 10.05.2011 12:35 PM PDT

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Posted by: drummer0702
Achronos, you obviously need to, not only, include what belongs in each section, but every other thing that doesn't...


You have too many commas and unnecessary clauses in that statement.

OP: Honestly, I would read Contact Harvest, Fall of Reach, The Flood, First Strike, Ghosts of Onyx, and then Cole Protocol. And then move on to the Forerunner Saga from there.

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Posted by: drummer0702
Why are you being so rude? He's a new member to the forums and all he asked was the order of the books. Sure he posted the thread in the wrong section, but you didn't have to be so rude about it.

OT: The correct place for this thread would be the Universe Forum, and the correct order of the novels is located here.


Being here a year and a half =/= new

Also, I wasn't being rude until he claimed I didn't know what I was talking about...

  • 10.05.2011 12:44 PM PDT


Posted by: Mr AwesomePizza
Posted by: drummer0702
Why are you being so rude? He's a new member to the forums and all he asked was the order of the books. Sure he posted the thread in the wrong section, but you didn't have to be so rude about it.

OT: The correct place for this thread would be the Universe Forum, and the correct order of the novels is located here.


Ok, If I will try to post in the correct forums in the future. Thank you for the link. Its been extremely useful :)

  • 10.05.2011 12:53 PM PDT

What a hipster.

Posted by: UXE NitroTwit
To tell you the truth I do think some sorta of labeling is in order. Having to look up or go by when the books where first published to figure out the order seems a bit ridiculous.

When I first got the books I read through the entire first three chapters of The Fall of Reach before I thought to myself "Wait...What?

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Posted by: drummer0702
[quote]Posted by: UXE NitroTwit


Also, how do you figure Cole Protocol comes before Fall of Reach?



I lol'ed at this. If you've read the novels, you would know why goes before the fall or Reach.

[Edited on 10.05.2011 3:41 PM PDT]

  • 10.05.2011 3:40 PM PDT
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I say just read until you find a year (ex: 2534) and go from there.

But the way I read them was Contact Harvest, Cole Protocol, The Fall of Reach, The Flood, First Strike, Ghosts of Onyx, Halo: Glasslands.

  • 10.05.2011 3:44 PM PDT