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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. 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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  2. Advent by handsomepete · · Score: 3, Informative

    I was just reading an interview with Orson Scott Card about Advent. It sounds like all he's doing for the game is dialogue, but he's apparently doing companion books to be released alongside the games. I might read that, but I don't know that I'd want to read a novel about Halo. Is this book any good?

    And how long is anonymous posting going to be disabled? Make an announcement already!

  3. Max Payne by SirDrinksAlot · · Score: 3, Funny

    Max Payne has by far the best dialog of any game ever, if anything deserves to be novelized its this.

  4. Re:Myst - The Book of Atrus by AnamanFan · · Score: 3, Informative

    Actually there are three books released. Book of Atrus, Book of Ti'ana (technically a pre-qual), and Book of D'ni.

    There is a forth book in the works, but no imformation has been realsed as to a publishing date. I personaly would guess it would co-inside with the release of Uru and/or the Myst mini-series.

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