Ohhh, so THAT'S how it started! I hadn't had any real interest in reading the Halo novels until Halo 3, when it became obvious they were drawing on them a bit more than the last two games. It's actually not all that bad. I went in thinking it was mostly poor pulp sci-fi, and by the end I got over the fact that it wasn't Asimov, Bradbury, or Herbert.
It helps that I can go into work and ask about why things were done the way they were, or why certain parts didn't make any sense. (Bungie mostly ignores those parts.) Another neat element was seeing coworkers names used for one-off characters, or space ships, or ports in the book.
Not bad. I've been warned against First Strike, but I've started on Contact Harvest, the first novel by Bungie writer Joseph Staten. It covers the origin story of Sgt. Johnson. Hopefully it'll flesh him out to be more than just a copy of the Sergeant from Aliens.
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If you want the absolute best "poor pulp sci-fi" franchise work, read the old Star Trek serial novels from the late-70's to early 80's. They're awesome (all 60+). Especially one called "How Much for Just the Planet?" Think of it as "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" meets Star Trek. I loved it when I was ten. I also loved Duck Tales.
Posted by jlg | December 19, 2007 7:38 AM
Posted on December 19, 2007 07:38