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You suck!
Posted By: Jamirus99 <jamirus9@bestweb.net>	Date: 5/3/03 2:38 p.m.
In Response To: MY theories on the book (Jerry) : I theorize that this book is a prequel to Halo: The Fall of Reach. I base : this on several things, but some could apply to the book being in between : Halo and Halo 2. : First of all, the title is "First Strike" - hello! Do we have any : clue what happened when the Covenant attacked humans, and why? Well, yes. : We have a clue, but that's about it. : Also, many hours have been spent on the speculation of why Nylund didn't : return to do The Flood. Most people assumed he sucked and Dietz is a much : better writer. I didn't. I think it's fairly obvious that while both books : are Halo, they're also both very different. One revolves heavily around : space/combat (which is something Eric is pretty familiar with, if the : titles of his books are any indiciation), and the second is almost : entirely ground combat. Two completely different styles, and I think they : require different authors. Also, having Dietz write The Flood freed up : Eric to work on First Strike for a much longer amount of time. : The only thing is... I imagine that the time in between Halo and Halo 2 is : space/combat-ish. I doubt Bungie'd have the Master Chief in action without : us controlling him. And I also doubt that First Strike is the official : Halo 2 novel - that'd just be ridiculous. Unless Halo 2 came out before : the book... and Bungie's clarified that it WILL NOT. So there. : Another thing to consider... who says there's ANY time in between Halo and : Halo 2? The opening scene could be the Master Chief and Cortana walking : into the bridge of some Captain / Admiral's ship after piloting the : Longsword there and debriefing. Who knows? I also don't think it'd be very : cool of Bungie to make you HAVE to buy the novel to know the story. Which : implies very little action between the two games, to me. : Mmkay, well... that was fun. Feel free to rip my post to shreds and tell me : how I suck. Later. Well, I was only follwong orders. And nobody here likes Dietz, so I don't know what you're talking about.....the few "ground engagements" with MC in FoR were better than all of H:tF, so I'd be ready for Nylund's book to kick all kinds of asses.

My Theory on The Flood

Message Index

Whoa. (new book)	Louis Wu	5/2/03 8:22 p.m.
The Return.....Our Pleas Heard	Jamirus99	5/2/03 8:26 p.m.
Re: The Return.....Our Pleas Heard	The_Unseen	5/2/03 8:29 p.m.
Re: The Return.....Our Pleas Heard	Louis Wu	5/2/03 8:34 p.m.
Re: The Return.....Our Pleas Heard	BOLL	5/2/03 9:02 p.m.
Re: The Return.....Our Pleas Heard	Skeletor	5/3/03 12:41 a.m.
Re: The Return.....Our Pleas Heard	Adrenaline	5/3/03 1:28 a.m.
Re: Whoa. (new book)	Konrad9	5/2/03 8:39 p.m.
Re: Whoa. (new book)	Arthur Wellesly	5/2/03 9:06 p.m.
Nope	Jamirus99	5/2/03 9:10 p.m.
Re: Nope	Simpsons Rule	5/2/03 9:33 p.m.
Re: Nope	Jamirus99	5/2/03 10:13 p.m.
MY theories on the book	Jerry	5/2/03 11:16 p.m.
Re: MY theories on the book	Eclarap	5/3/03 3:43 a.m.
You suck!	Jamirus99	5/3/03 2:38 p.m.
Re: You suck!	Zoidberg	5/3/03 2:48 p.m.
Re: Whoa. (new book)	Eric Trautmann	5/5/03 2:39 p.m.
Re: Whoa. (new book)	Louis Wu	5/5/03 4:26 p.m.
We have you now.	Red Loser	5/5/03 10:38 p.m.
Re: We have you now.	Eric Trautmann	5/6/03 9:39 p.m.