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Master Joined: 21 Mar 2010 Posts: 813 Location: Maryland

Cryptum is a hardcover! And written in the first person! And I got confused just reading the book jacket!

Lots of stuff I didn't expect. Looking forward to reading it eventually.

First person? Trying to think back to all the other stories, if they ever had first person parts. Contact Harvest did, but not so much that it could be considered a first person story. Do you think it will be like Fatal Alliance, in that the shifting perspectives sometimes deceive the reader?
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I am a Star Wars fan. That doesn't mean that I hate or love Jar Jar. That doesn't mean I hate or love Lucas, or agree or disagree 100% with him. That doesn't mean I prefer the PT over the OT, or vice versa. That doesn't mean I hate the EU, or even love all of it. These are not prerequisites. Being a man is not a prerequisite. Being a geek is not a prerequisite. The only prerequisite is that I love something about Star Wars. I am a Star Wars fan.

I could certainly see them doing so to throw off the reader. However, it's kind of funny. Because even if you ignore the statement in Halo 3...

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So I suppose I'm still curious what the mystery of this book might be. I think it's going to be a fascinating story all the same, but the dust jacket blurb just confuses me. Can't wait to read it and see what's up. Smile

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"It's not about the legacy you leave, it's about the life you live." ~Mara Jade Skywalker

Mara, I've done a very bad thing. When you said the blurb was very confusing I went ahead and and looked on halopedia to find this blurb, as I didn't read it before buying (It's enough for me that it's a Halo book) and accidentally read a little bit of the plot synopsis. Unfortunately, I read more than I wanted before realising it wasn't the blurb. On the up side, while I've spoiled a little bit of it for me, you still don't know any of what I've read, so now I can tell you, safely but without spoiling it (although I'll use the spoiler tag anyway, but I don't really think of it as a spoiler)

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I am a Star Wars fan. That doesn't mean that I hate or love Jar Jar. That doesn't mean I hate or love Lucas, or agree or disagree 100% with him. That doesn't mean I prefer the PT over the OT, or vice versa. That doesn't mean I hate the EU, or even love all of it. These are not prerequisites. Being a man is not a prerequisite. Being a geek is not a prerequisite. The only prerequisite is that I love something about Star Wars. I am a Star Wars fan.

Halo: Combat Evolved Remake

This may interest one or two of you out there. One thing that struck me as odd, though. It states that it'll support HD, I was under the impression (from a very reliable source-some guy on the internet) that the original had 1080p definition. In fact, the Xbox supports HD-it's just a lesser known capability because so few people had a HD ready tv at the time?
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I am a Star Wars fan. That doesn't mean that I hate or love Jar Jar. That doesn't mean I hate or love Lucas, or agree or disagree 100% with him. That doesn't mean I prefer the PT over the OT, or vice versa. That doesn't mean I hate the EU, or even love all of it. These are not prerequisites. Being a man is not a prerequisite. Being a geek is not a prerequisite. The only prerequisite is that I love something about Star Wars. I am a Star Wars fan.

Master Joined: 21 Mar 2010 Posts: 813 Location: Maryland

Indeed, I'm looking forward to it, all except the multiplayer bit. I've never had live-gold.
However, are you sure about the 1080 bit?
I was looking round, trying to find a definitive answer, annd while that is still ongoing, I did find one or two who agreed with me. For instance:

Does anyone mind if I expand this thread to include the games? It's just that there's a preview for the Halo: CE Anniversary Edition that one or two may be interested in.
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I am a Star Wars fan. That doesn't mean that I hate or love Jar Jar. That doesn't mean I hate or love Lucas, or agree or disagree 100% with him. That doesn't mean I prefer the PT over the OT, or vice versa. That doesn't mean I hate the EU, or even love all of it. These are not prerequisites. Being a man is not a prerequisite. Being a geek is not a prerequisite. The only prerequisite is that I love something about Star Wars. I am a Star Wars fan.

And I don't know how many of you are familiar with Operation Chastity, but...Lookee here
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I am a Star Wars fan. That doesn't mean that I hate or love Jar Jar. That doesn't mean I hate or love Lucas, or agree or disagree 100% with him. That doesn't mean I prefer the PT over the OT, or vice versa. That doesn't mean I hate the EU, or even love all of it. These are not prerequisites. Being a man is not a prerequisite. Being a geek is not a prerequisite. The only prerequisite is that I love something about Star Wars. I am a Star Wars fan.

Knight Joined: 13 Apr 2011 Posts: 397 Location: western NY

Karen Traviss also wrote a trilogy of GEARS OF WAR books. I've never played the games, I just read those books. And oh my god, y'all MUST read those!! Phenomenal stuff.

Yes, I've been meaning to read those, but whenever I go to my amazon account, head into my saved basket, I see all the SW books I've yet to buy, and get distracted!
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I am a Star Wars fan. That doesn't mean that I hate or love Jar Jar. That doesn't mean I hate or love Lucas, or agree or disagree 100% with him. That doesn't mean I prefer the PT over the OT, or vice versa. That doesn't mean I hate the EU, or even love all of it. These are not prerequisites. Being a man is not a prerequisite. Being a geek is not a prerequisite. The only prerequisite is that I love something about Star Wars. I am a Star Wars fan.

Knight Joined: 13 Apr 2011 Posts: 397 Location: western NY

They're right next to the Rogue Squadron comics in my basket Crying or Very sad

I - must - resist...

Shocked

And Shadows of the Empire omnibus!
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I am a Star Wars fan. That doesn't mean that I hate or love Jar Jar. That doesn't mean I hate or love Lucas, or agree or disagree 100% with him. That doesn't mean I prefer the PT over the OT, or vice versa. That doesn't mean I hate the EU, or even love all of it. These are not prerequisites. Being a man is not a prerequisite. Being a geek is not a prerequisite. The only prerequisite is that I love something about Star Wars. I am a Star Wars fan.

I know! I want that Warthog now. I want it!

Anyhoo, Mara, didn't you say you were thinking of getting a 360?

And I'm curious to know what you were expecting. I think I know what you mean about Cryptum. It took a while for me to get into it, too. Let me guess why you're having trouble: It seems passionless, impersonal? Too, the human races are not properly explained, so you're not really sure which ones are 'us'? It describes things - objects, armour, ships, even the Fore-runners themselves - not very well? It uses information that the writer thinks we're already privy too?

There were a few other things, but they happen near the end, and it sounds like you've not finished it yet, so I'll keep my mouth shut. However, while I can't defend the first two bits, I can sort of defend the third, and to a larger extent the fourth.

This book definitely needs research to be done by the reader, and that's something I don't agree with in any fiction book. However, looking on Halopedia, you can find pictures of the things he speaks of. Also, once I did more research on the Forerunner General, I was hugely impressed by the amount of detail they had - even in viral marketing - and that made me change my mind about the book.
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I am a Star Wars fan. That doesn't mean that I hate or love Jar Jar. That doesn't mean I hate or love Lucas, or agree or disagree 100% with him. That doesn't mean I prefer the PT over the OT, or vice versa. That doesn't mean I hate the EU, or even love all of it. These are not prerequisites. Being a man is not a prerequisite. Being a geek is not a prerequisite. The only prerequisite is that I love something about Star Wars. I am a Star Wars fan.

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