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Re: DONE
Posted By: Archilen	Date: 10/28/11 3:01 a.m.
In Response To: Re: DONE (Postmortem) : Halsey has long been my favorite character in the Halo universe as well. : Initially it was because she was the scientist and the scientists in : stories always end up discussing the aspects of the universe that I'm most : interested in. But as her story grew with each addition to the Halo : novels, her complexity grew more and more, and she became a really : troubled, complex character. Off topic a bit, but that's probably part of : why I like Cortana as well, because she inherited a lot of that complexity : form Halsey. : In terms of writing style, I felt that Traviss' was a much better fit. To be : 100% honest, I hate reading about action in books, and I had a hard time : with how much combat Nylund always packed into his. It works in a game, or : a movie... I just don't think it works so well in a book. Granted, Nylund : expressed combat really well in his novels, but it all ended up being very : samey to me. Especially in Ghosts of Onyx, which is part of the reason I : disliked that book so much. We're fighting Sentinels, oh no more : Sentinels! Oh look, now we're fighting giant Sentinels made up of MORE : SENTINELS! I couldn't stand it. In my opinion, it was awful and took a lot : away from the true complexity of that book. : This one handled it much more realistically and practically. Excuses weren't : made for there to be combat scenes. Combat was only inserted into the book : when it was necessary for the plot. The whole Jackals encounter... PURE : GENIUS. I absolute loved that. It felt real, gritty, and 100% accurate to : both the humans and the Jackals, especially between these two relatively : neutral factions in a post-war universe. : I think, overall, Traviss' style is much better suited to Halo than Nylund's, : and if that's too heretical to say, than I'll reduce it to just Traviss is : a much better fit for the post-war universe than Nylund would have been. : Her approach allows the reader to get inside the heads of so many people, : and really explore these characters from an emotional standpoint which - : from my perspective - is half of Halo anyway. She may need to change her : approach to a few minor details, but as far as style is concerned, I think : she's nailed it. I'll have to agree on the part about action scenes. Well, ground action, anyways, because I actually liked Nylund's space battles. Ground battles, on the other hand, always tend to be the same and it's hard to make them exciting in a book. This is also one of the main reasons I dislike The Flood.

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Clever girl... Glasslands *SP	GrimBrother One	10/25/11 11:07 p.m.
Re: Clever girl... Glasslands *SP	Schooly D	10/25/11 11:13 p.m.
Eh? *NM*	mattroe	10/25/11 11:14 p.m.
Re: Eh?	Schooly D	10/25/11 11:30 p.m.
Re: Eh?	Frankie	10/25/11 11:58 p.m.
Re: Eh?	scarab	10/26/11 4:26 p.m.
Re: Eh?	Beckx	10/26/11 4:34 p.m.
Not on amazon.co.uk	scarab	10/26/11 4:38 p.m.
Re: Not on amazon.co.uk	Beckx	10/26/11 4:45 p.m.
Re: Not on amazon.co.uk	scarab	10/26/11 4:48 p.m.
Re: Not on amazon.co.uk	JDQuackers	10/27/11 9:25 a.m.
Re: Clever girl... Glasslands *SP	Revenant1988	10/26/11 8:10 a.m.
Re: Clever girl... Glasslands *SP	davidfuchs	10/26/11 8:21 a.m.
Re: Clever girl... Glasslands *SP	Revenant1988	10/26/11 8:37 a.m.
Re: Clever girl... Glasslands *SP	Postmortem	10/27/11 3:20 a.m.
Re: Clever girl... Glasslands *SP	TDSpiral	10/26/11 8:21 a.m.
Re: Clever girl... Glasslands *SP	Archilen	10/26/11 9:30 a.m.
Re: Clever girl... Glasslands *SP	Revenant1988	10/26/11 10:03 a.m.
Re: Clever girl... Glasslands *SP	TDSpiral	10/26/11 12:12 p.m.
Re: Clever girl... Glasslands *SP	GrimBrother One	10/26/11 10:23 a.m.
Re: Clever girl... Glasslands *SP	TDSpiral	10/26/11 10:30 a.m.
Re: Clever girl... Glasslands *SP	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	10/26/11 11:15 a.m.
Re: Clever girl... Glasslands *SP	Sanjeev	10/26/11 11:27 a.m.
Re: Clever girl... Glasslands *SP	TDSpiral	10/26/11 12:01 p.m.
Re: Clever girl... Glasslands *SP	davidfuchs	10/26/11 12:02 p.m.
Re: Clever girl... Glasslands *SP	JDQuackers	10/26/11 12:07 p.m.
Re: Clever girl... Glasslands *SP	GrimBrother One	10/26/11 12:27 p.m.
Re: Clever girl... Glasslands *SP	JDQuackers	10/26/11 12:44 p.m.
Re: Clever girl... Glasslands *SP	davidfuchs	10/26/11 1:34 p.m.
Re: Clever girl... Glasslands *SP	General Battuta	10/26/11 1:40 p.m.
Re: Clever girl... Glasslands *SP	JDQuackers	10/26/11 1:59 p.m.
Re: Clever girl... Glasslands *SP	GrimBrother One	10/26/11 2:02 p.m.
Re: Clever girl... Glasslands *SP	General Battuta	10/26/11 2:32 p.m.
Re: Clever girl... Glasslands *SP	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	10/26/11 2:36 p.m.
I"M SO MAD IT'S OVER.	GrimBrother One	10/26/11 2:54 p.m.
Re: I"M SO MAD IT'S OVER.	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	10/26/11 3:58 p.m.
Re: I"M SO MAD IT'S OVER.	Frankie	10/26/11 4:55 p.m.
Re: I"M SO MAD IT'S OVER.	Dani	10/26/11 5:05 p.m.
Re: I"M SO MAD IT'S OVER.	Beckx	10/26/11 5:08 p.m.
Flood cenobites *NM*	rhubarb	10/26/11 5:47 p.m.
Re: I"M SO MAD IT'S OVER.	Postmortem	10/27/11 3:25 a.m.
Re: I"M SO MAD IT'S OVER.	Archilen	10/27/11 1:54 a.m.
Re: Clever girl... Glasslands *SP	davidfuchs	10/27/11 7:23 a.m.
Re: Clever girl... Glasslands *SP	elrolio	10/27/11 1:57 p.m.
Re: Clever girl... Glasslands *SP	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	10/26/11 12:41 p.m.
Re: Clever girl... Glasslands *SP	Sanjeev	10/27/11 9:37 a.m.
Re: Clever girl... Glasslands *SP	GrimBrother One	10/27/11 5:39 p.m.
Re: Clever girl... Glasslands *SP	serpx	10/26/11 5:51 p.m.
Re: Clever girl... Glasslands *SP	Archilen	10/27/11 2:55 a.m.
DONE	Postmortem	10/27/11 3:30 a.m.
Re: DONE	elrolio	10/27/11 2:03 p.m.
Re: DONE	davidfuchs	10/27/11 2:16 p.m.
Re: DONE	elrolio	10/27/11 2:31 p.m.
Re: DONE	Postmortem	10/27/11 2:58 p.m.
Re: DONE	Archilen	10/28/11 3:01 a.m.
Re: DONE	elrolio	10/27/11 2:06 p.m.
Re: DONE	Postmortem	10/27/11 2:50 p.m.
Re: DONE	GrimBrother One	10/27/11 5:43 p.m.
Re: DONE	Lurono	11/3/11 1:50 p.m.
Re: DONE	Metalingus627	10/28/11 12:56 p.m.