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Halo fans of /lit/: Are the two newest novels worth getting into? I swore off Halo games after 4 because of 343i's fan fiction crap, but are the novels still okay (except Karen Travisses stuff of course)?

>> No.6292439
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>reading the Halo books

>> No.6292449

People on /lit/ don't read video game tie-in novels. Go ask /v/.

>> No.6292461
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>Reading tie-in novels for other media.
That's like asking /lit/ what their favorite of the Godzilla novel series is.

>> No.6292464

>>6292449
/thread

We're all going to shitpost and call you a faggot for reading that garbage, OP. Read Finnegan's Wake instead you plebe

>> No.6292466

>>6292436
I've read advance copies to review them both. There's not nearly enough leprechaun sex to hold my attention.

>> No.6293062

>>6292436
no we dont read that shit around here op, you read either karamazov, mockingbird, fucking infinite jest but you dont read no halo books

>> No.6293094

How does it feel to be such an illiterate pleb, OP?

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>>6292436

>> No.6293132

In support of OP. The Halo books are actually pretty good sci-fi.

The Halo universe is pretty amazingly detailed, the books are hit and miss (Cole Protocol sucked) but the universe is better than most sci-fi

>>6292436
I haven't read any of them since Evolutions (short stories) which ones since are worth reading?

>> No.6293168

>>6292436
I really enjoyed Fall of Reach. I can't find my first edition paperback anymore though.

>> No.6293269

>>6293168
>Fall of Reach
Fall of Reach was amazing. Top tier sci-fi

>> No.6293270

>>>/r9k/

>> No.6294224

>>6293132
You mean it amazingly copies other better sci-fi universes?

>> No.6294318

I've read the first four way back when I was still a young lad. I really do need to go through them all again. Any I should skip outright?

Also, haters get fucked.

>> No.6295953

>>6294318
Out of the first 4? None, they're all pretty solid.

>> No.6296056

>>6295953
Nah I mean overall. I know the first four are solid.

>> No.6296061

If you like Halo, I'd strongly recommend reading James SA Corey's "Expanse" novels. I 100% guarantee you will enjoy them.

>> No.6296101

>>6296056
Avoid cole protocol, it's pretty forgettable. Loved Contact Harvest. Greg Bears Forerunner Trilogy is GOAT. Some of the short stories in Evolutios are great. Avoid the Kilo 5 trilogy like the plague. I'm still in the middle of finding out how New Blood and Broken Circle are

>> No.6296115

>>6296101
>Avoid the Kilo 5 trilogy like the plague
Is it really that bad? Does it have any lore/plot elements which are important to the whole universe or is it self contained?

If I skip that then I only have the forerunner trilogy, New Blood and Broken Circle to catch up on.

>> No.6296128

>>6296115
Ill admit I actually enjoyed Glasslands a little bit, but the Thursday Ear was a slog and Mortal Dictata was just vomit

>> No.6296140

>>6296128
Is it worth just reading Glasslands then? I've heard that it continues on from Ghosts of Onyx and I want to follow up what happens to Halsey. I've also heard that the trilogy ties in with Halo 4 a lot

>> No.6296194

>>6296140
It does. It's worth a try. They're all worth a try for yourself, maybe I'm just a pleb and they're secretly good or something, I don't know.

>> No.6296815

>>6296101
>I'm still in the middle of finding out how New Blood and Broken Circle are
I'm not a huge fan of them. imo the Human/Forerunner/Precursor stuff is was more interesting than the Covenant.

>> No.6296873

>>6294224
Care to elaborate? Every sci fi universe is copying other universes now. Just depends on how they weave the different aspects together, which Halo does pretty well.

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>> No.6296913

>>6296885
>he felt the need to post this

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>>6292464
>Finnegan's
>'s

22 replies later and no one has pointed this out yet. You all deserve Halo novels.