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Halo Novelization A Bestseller

Posted by simoniker on from the waiting-for-pacman-novel dept.

According to Gamerfeed, the latest novel based on the Halo gameworld, called "Halo:The Flood", is a bestseller, cranking it up close to the Top 10 in the 'mass market paperback' category. Do people think that game novelisations, as discussed in this USA Today report, can be worth reading? Marc Laidlaw's CD-ROM novelization, Gadget: The Third Force, is at least one game-related novel I enjoyed a lot.

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  1. Myst - The Book of Atrus by JonoPlop · · Score: 1, Interesting

    The only game-related novel I've read was Myst - The Book of Atrus. I read it a few years ago, but I remember that it was excellent. (Did I get the first post?)

  2. Similar titles... by DiscoOnTheSide · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Well, there were two game novelizations I liked a LOT. One was based off the Doom series. As far as I know, it was a 4 book saga. The first two covered Doom 1 and 2 (respectively) the other two went on some acid trip of a plot about mormons and aliens called "Freds" so I stick with just the two. The Resident Evil books have shown unwaivering quality in their writing, even the ones where the authors made up their own plot not existing in one of the games. The odd numbered ones tend to be the ones on games and the evens are non-game plots, but still good. I still would like to see a book based off of System Shock 2...

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  3. spectre vr by bskin · · Score: 3, Interesting

    i remember my copy of spectre vr(years ago) came with a copy of snow crash. i actually avoided reading it for years, since i assumed it was a game novelization and it sucked. imagine my surprise when i actually did decide to start reading it one day...

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  4. Myst by krin · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The only novels based off of games I've ever enjoyed were the Myst novels. I was a pretty big fan of the first game during it's time, and when I stumbled across one of the books I couldn't help but pick it up (The book of Ti'ana). Most other books on games I could never bring myself to do much more then flip through, they just didn't have any depth and felt like the writer put no effort into them at all. The Myst books are fairly decent reads, even if you weren't a Myst fan they are worth picking up at the library and giving a shot.

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