Tor Books forging Halo short-story comp

By thorsen-ink, GameSpotPosted Aug 12, 2009 6:20 pm PT

Halo fans looking for a way to sate their thirst for the sci-fi series will have something to tide them over between next month's launch of Halo 3: ODST and next year's release of Halo: Reach. Veteran publishing house Tor Books today announced that it will publish two books set in the war-torn...

Halo fans looking for a way to sate their thirst for the sci-fi series will have something to tide them over between next month's launch of Halo 3: ODST and next year's release of Halo: Reach. Veteran publishing house Tor Books today announced that it will publish two books set in the war-torn universe created by Bungie Studios.

The first book, Halo: Evolutions, will go on sale this November. Rather than being a full-fledged novel, the book will feature several short stories inspired by the series from three authors, two of which have penned Halo novels before: Tobias Buckell (Halo: The Cole Protocol) and Eric Nylund (Halo: The Fall of Reach, Halo: First Strike, and Halo: Ghosts of Onyx). Nylund also cowrote the storyline for Epic Games' franchise-establishing shooter Gears of War, GameSpot's 2006 Game of the Year. A third author, best-selling writer Karen Traviss (Legacy of the Force: Revelation), will also contribute.

In addition to Halo: Evolutions, Tor Books has commissioned a trilogy of new Halo novels from Greg Bear, author of such acclaimed books as Blood Music and The Forge of God. The first installment will arrive in 2010, presumably right around the time the Halo: Reach beta, keys for which are packed in with Halo 3: ODST, goes live.

47 Comments

  • sywi

    Posted Oct 20, 2009 1:26 am PT

    You can't seriously think books are only good for fuel. (Ever read "Fahrenheit 451"?) Halo towers over fancier, newer FPs's, even with their cutting-edge graphics and physics, etc., because of the quality of the story element. The characters, the little touches like the names of ships. ("The Pillar of Autumn" is an amazing, evocative name for a great, doomed starship -- who knows what it means, but it works.) And check out touches like the episode titles in Halo 1. That is literature, and literature is what that is. Sorry for the foul language. But those guys at Bungie could *write,* and you don't get that without reading a ton and a half, and that's what sets Halo apart from the pack. (The gameplay is terrific fun; but it's not mold-breaking, and the games are.)

  • goldglover1025

    Posted Aug 27, 2009 8:44 am PT

    i think that guy driving a ghost at the end like a moron set that video off, lol

  • RESG

    Posted Aug 13, 2009 8:46 pm PT

    These books are going to be really good.

  • dracosummoner

    Posted Aug 13, 2009 5:28 pm PT

    YES, please. Thank you, God! I love these novels ...

  • PingwonCcb

    Posted Aug 13, 2009 4:57 pm PT

    NAYYYYYY

  • Scooter_6_7

    Posted Aug 13, 2009 3:44 pm PT

    Awesome!

  • denolitions

    Posted Aug 13, 2009 3:02 pm PT

    hmm... i havent heard of T. Buckell, but i am a fan of Traviss' and Nyland's work!!! so this should be good!

  • NuKkU

    Posted Aug 13, 2009 10:18 am PT

    thats awesome i guess

  • xstaggerxleex

    Posted Aug 13, 2009 10:01 am PT

    omg this is awesome... i love the halo world and the gears world... good stuff

  • Niner0

    Posted Aug 13, 2009 9:54 am PT

    I think literature is good because if there is another ice age, you can burn books and such to keep warm. I know it works, they did it in the day after tomorrow.

  • gameguy0697

    Posted Aug 13, 2009 9:38 am PT

    !$@&&#**@(%$((&@^$#@#!#*#*!^%#!@@!2!$@$%!3&@%%.......idk i just don't know!

  • NightRaVeN75

    Posted Aug 13, 2009 9:27 am PT

    oh please...Im a gamer and I still read novels like these halo novels, Ive read fall of reach, flood and first strike, currently reading Ghosts of Onyx

  • bastian97

    Posted Aug 13, 2009 9:26 am PT

    i havennt even read the books i sold my 360 and i am regreting doing that

  • mr0806

    Posted Aug 13, 2009 9:05 am PT

    I like exercise my thumbs not my brain...

  • k2theswiss posted Aug 13, 2009 8:19 am PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    k2theswiss

    Posted Aug 13, 2009 8:19 am PT (hide)

    ok... we are gamers so therefor no dang book will hold us over sorry

  • Spartan1017

    Posted Aug 13, 2009 7:41 am PT

    saweet!
    the return of nylund!!!!!!!!!

  • konradak

    Posted Aug 13, 2009 7:09 am PT

    Wow, this is a lot of stuff. Luckily, I love the Halo universe and this will keep me reading

  • drim_vells

    Posted Aug 13, 2009 7:07 am PT

    @Starlight
    The Flood was the most boring novel of them all. Probably because Dietz was restricted to stay within the main events of the game. Maybe for other reasons. But Nylund does a much better job with the series.

  • StarlightHunter

    Posted Aug 13, 2009 6:18 am PT

    I have read all of the Halo novels so far and I think The Flood was by far the best one, For thoses who don't know The Flood novel is basicly based on the first Halo game. Seems like a good way to learn more about Halo lore until ODST drops.

  • RexDart817

    Posted Aug 13, 2009 5:23 am PT

    I think literature is a broad and self-imposed term. Whether you think they are lit or not is meaningless. Just enjoy them. Oh, and read a little bit...it might spark something. Maybe you could come up with a Halo-esque world someday...

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