what do I read first?
I’ve read all the way up to onyx…so should I read glasslands or crytum now?
thanks
neither. contact harvest, cole protocol, evolutions, cryptum, then glasslands.
> what do I read first?
>
> I’ve read all the way up to onyx…so should I read glasslands or crytum now?
>
> thanks
Sugested reading order
Cryptum
Primordium
Contact harvest
The Fall of Reach
The Flood
First Strike
Ghost of Onyx
Glasslands
Then
Cole Protocol
&
Evolutions
Both take place throughout the stories time line.
> > what do I read first?
> >
> > I’ve read all the way up to onyx…so should I read glasslands or crytum now?
> >
> > thanks
>
> Sugested reading order
>
> Cryptum
> Primordium
> Contact harvest
> The Fall of Reach
> The Flood
> First Strike
> Ghost of Onyx
> Glasslands
>
> Then
> Cole Protocol
> &
> Evolutions
> Both take place throughout the stories time line.
This would be as chronological as you could read them. If you are up to Onyx I would suggest the above for reading in Universe time sequence or one of the following two:
Release Order:
The Fall of Reach
The Flood
First Strike
Ghosts of Onyx
Contact Harvest
Cole Protocol
Cryptum
Glasslands or Primordium (here I only would suggest Primordium next as it is an immediate sequel vs going in true release order and doing Glasslands next which is the sequel(ish) to Onyx)
Relevant Order
Glasslands (as it follows Onyx)
Cryptum
Primordium
Harvest
Cole Protocol
Evolutions
> > > what do I read first?
> > >
> > > I’ve read all the way up to onyx…so should I read glasslands or crytum now?
> > >
> > > thanks
> >
> > Sugested reading order
> >
> > Cryptum
> > Primordium
> > Contact harvest
> > The Fall of Reach
> > The Flood
> > First Strike
> > Ghost of Onyx
> > Glasslands
> >
> > Then
> > Cole Protocol
> > &
> > Evolutions
> > Both take place throughout the stories time line.
>
> This would be as chronological as you could read them. If you are up to Onyx I would suggest the above for reading in Universe time sequence or one of the following two:
>
> Release Order:
> The Fall of Reach
> The Flood
> First Strike
> Ghosts of Onyx
> Contact Harvest
> Cole Protocol
> Cryptum
> Glasslands or Primordium (here I only would suggest Primordium next as it is an immediate sequel vs going in true release order and doing Glasslands next which is the sequel(ish) to Onyx)
>
> Relevant Order
>
> Glasslands (as it follows Onyx)
> Cryptum
> Primordium
> Harvest
> Cole Protocol
> Evolutions
Fully agree
Depends, if you want to continue the story you’ve been reading, Then go Glasslands.
If you want a separate new story, go Cryptum, Evo, or Contact Harvest
Glasslands is a continuation of Onyx’s story arc. The rest are not directly related so read them in whatever order you like. I would suggest The Cryptum and Primordium and then Evolutions, they are the best.
i still need to read grasslands!
> i still need to read grasslands!
Good luck with that. Don’t set your expectations too high.
> > i still need to read grasslands!
>
> Good luck with that. Don’t set your expectations too high.
Unless you like great character development and an excellent cliffhanger ending setting the stage for a greatly anticipated game and series of novels.
> > > i still need to read grasslands!
> >
> > Good luck with that. Don’t set your expectations too high.
>
> Unless you like great character development and an excellent cliffhanger ending setting the stage for a greatly anticipated game and series of novels.
I like my sci fi slow and boring. And coherent. And accurate to previously established information. They just don’t make them like they used to.
> > > > i still need to read grasslands!
> > >
> > > Good luck with that. Don’t set your expectations too high.
> >
> > Unless you like great character development and an excellent cliffhanger ending setting the stage for a greatly anticipated game and series of novels.
>
> I like my sci fi slow and boring. And coherent. And accurate to previously established information. They just don’t make them like they used to.
i think i might I’m a halo junkie, i just got the book kinda late…bouncing around front the new Batman comic books to halo can be a real juggle :/…
Read them in the order they were released:
The Fall of Reach
The Flood
First Strike
Ghosts of Onyx
Contact Harvest
The Cole Protocol
Glasslands
These all deal with the Covenant-Human war. There’s also Cryptum and Primordium which deal with the Foreruners and Halo Evolutions which is a collection of short stories.
> > > > i still need to read grasslands!
> > >
> > > Good luck with that. Don’t set your expectations too high.
> >
> > Unless you like great character development and an excellent cliffhanger ending setting the stage for a greatly anticipated game and series of novels.
>
> I like my sci fi slow and boring. And coherent. And accurate to previously established information. They just don’t make them like they used to.
I guess I’m an idiot can you please reiterate? I think you are being sarcastic but I can’t quite tell. (Its you saying you like slow and boring sci fi thats trowing me off, i doubt you are being sarcastic about the rest) Please point me to where Glasslands contradicts previously established information and isn’t coherent. And also tell me in all honesty that although Cryptum and primordium were excellent books by an even more excellent author that they weren’t a little slow and boring at points in the novel. I believe it’s due to the fact that the most recent novels are setting the stage for the Game.
> > > > > i still need to read grasslands!
> > > >
> > > > Good luck with that. Don’t set your expectations too high.
> > >
> > > Unless you like great character development and an excellent cliffhanger ending setting the stage for a greatly anticipated game and series of novels.
> >
> > I like my sci fi slow and boring. And coherent. And accurate to previously established information. They just don’t make them like they used to.
>
> I guess I’m an idiot can you please reiterate? I think you are being sarcastic but I can’t quite tell. (Its you saying you like slow and boring sci fi thats trowing me off, i doubt you are being sarcastic about the rest) Please point me to where Glasslands contradicts previously established information and isn’t coherent. And also tell me in all honesty that although Cryptum and primordium were excellent books by an even more excellent author that they weren’t a little slow and boring at points in the novel. I believe it’s due to the fact that the most recent novels are setting the stage for the Game.
I was only being part sarcastic, of course that doesn’t come across well when written. I really do like “slow and boring” hard sci-fi but that doesn’t really apply to Halo novels except for Greg Bear’s work. But yes, I do like the action orientated stories too.
My issues with Glasslands are that Traviss wrote alot of elements as if she hadn’t read the previous books. The details don’t match. For example, she paints the Spartan IIIs as psycho’s who were handed guns and not augmented super soldiers who have spent half or moe of their lives in the military. When Lucy punched Halsey’s she should have killed her, or at the very least knocked her out, broke her nose etc. etc. Instead Traviss decided she wanted the IIIs to be very “unsuper” super-soldiers, turning them into glorified ODSTs.
Another aspect where she ignored previously established information is regarding the Elites. According to canon the Elites disliked humanity to be sure but with a general sense of indifference to our culture and society. They didn’t care about those details and on the flip side appreciated humanity’s fighting prowess. Then in Glasslands, the Elites suddenly know the ins and outs of numerous aspects of humanity’s religions, social behaviour, the intricacies of our language including colloquialisms, phrases and proverbs. On top of that, they suddenly have this view that all humans are thieves and liars and sneaky cheats or whatever, basically they think we’re scum , similar to their feelings towards the Brutes. Hold on, that’s been changed too, now they are buddies. Oh, ok. None of this makes sense, it contradicts the previously established information.
Traviss also generally wrote in a nonsensical manner (IMO). When Lucy did snap and attack Halsey somehow not killing her, where were the Spartan IIs, the devoted and loyal “children” of Halsey? Standing right there. What did they do about it? Absolutely nothing, which like I said before makes no sense at all. The whole way through the book the IIs were wooden planks, never doing anything and about as interesting as rice cakes. The ODSTs were the complete opposite of this. They went from not knowing Halsey to suddenly wanting to execute her. Why? Because Halsey did stuff to people they don’t know (and therefore can’t really care about) years ago and managed to save the species in the process. But they somehow flip the lid as if it was done to them. Bad -Yoink- happens all the time, you see it on the news, you feel bad about it but it’s hard to get actually upset or emotionally affected by distant events out of your control. I just feel the whole book was written with a certain lack of common sense in this regard.
Just get them all, they are all excellent reads. And all give wonderful insight to the Halo universe.