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| Halo, Books 1-3 (The Flood; First Strike; The Fall of Reach) | 
 enlarge | Author: Eric Nylund
Publisher: Del Rey
Category: Book
List Price: $23.97
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Avg. Customer Rating:  118 reviews
Sales Rank: 2880
Format: Box Set
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 3
Pages: 200
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 7 x 4.3 x 3
ISBN: 0345473043
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780345473042
ASIN: 0345473043
Publication Date: September 28, 2004
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| Customer Reviews:
 EXCELLENT SERIES January 19, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I started out not caring much about the Halo game. When Halo 2 came out, I got hooked by playing it with my in-laws. This past Christmas, I received a Xbox 360 and the third Halo game. I am so obsessed with the games and story, now, that I just had to buy the box set...along with the Ghosts of Onyx and Contact Harvest. The first three books are AMAZING! You have no scope of how intense the battle between us and the Covenant are until you read the books. You feel sorry for the soldiers and cringe at their wounds and deaths, unlike in the game where you don't care about anything other than staying alive and killing aliens. Then, if you've played the games before, you still don't understand the true horror beind the Flood until you read Master Chief's first encounter, and others' encounters, with them. To summerize, the story behind the games is absolutly incredible, and if you love the game, you will definately love the novels. Unlike some people who have given reviews, I see nothing wrong with the dialogue, story, or text within the books. The only trouble I have, is trying to hear the correct voice in my head when Master Chief speaks, since he doesn't talk too much in the games. Otherwise, again, absolutly incredible. Worth the money!!!
Fun in space January 13, 2008
Now there aren't any high minded ideals or political innuendo in these series, this isn't Starship Troopers or Ender's Game. That being said they are a great read. I had played through both Halo games and enjoyed them but I wouldn't consider myself a hardcore fan of the game, unlike most I played it for the story not the online play.
What I found was very good story telling and a very fleshed out world. All the books provide a good amount of background on the world that Master Chief inhabits, his friends, motivations and all the players you see little off or not at all in the games. All three books have a good pace and its pretty easy to flow through them. One of the disadvantage of having multiple authors writing books in the same world is that the characters will sometimes have slightly different portrayals that vary between the authors. Which can be seen in these three novels, its not distracting but you will notice it.
One of the things I really enjoy about Halo, game and novels, is that much of their military termenology and presentation is very accurate when compared to our current Navy and Marine Corps. Anyone who has sent any time on a ship will see many similarities when reading through these novels, which I think is a good thing.
I can recommend this series to the fan seeking good military sci-fi and the hardcare fan alike.
Great Books! January 3, 2008
These books are a great collection to read. If you have played Halo and love the story and want more of it then these books will keep you busy. The first time I started reading the first one i couldn't put it down untill i finished it, and it was the same for the other ones.
Halo Series December 31, 2007
This is an excellent read if you haven't already played the games. It's a great compliment to the Halo Game Series in that it provides more detail than what is presented in the games. This had a few spelling mistakes and mis-print/duplicate pages here and there.
No game experience needed to enjoy this sci-fi December 20, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
i actually read these three books before i played through the games myself. i gotta say, this is some of the best sci-fi i've ever had the pleasure of reading. Eric Nylund and Willian Dietz are wonderfully artistic in their words.
Fall of Reach might be the best of the bunch. it was interesting to see how the Spartan program began, and how the Holy War between the Covenant and humanity went along before the game. the climax of this book was the incredible Battle of Reach. i regard it as one of the finest moments in sci-fi writing.
i don't care what everyone else says. i thought The Flood was also very enjoyable. yes, it followed the first game very closely, but if you're a true fan, you might wonder about the backstory. the skirmishes between the surviving Marines and the Covenant (and later Flood) were great. i also thought it was interesting to follow the Master Chief from a literary point of view.
First Strike did a great job of bridging the gap between Halo and Halo 2. if you played through those two games, you might have noticed the gaping hole in the plot. how the hell did MC and Cortana get back to Earth? Eric Nylund explains it wonderfully.
this trilogy was quite an adventure, and i know more books are already out. if you're into sci-fi universes or action-packed reading, this is the stuff for you.
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