Cryptum
(Halo / Forerunners #1)
by Greg Bear
science fiction, fansonly
copyright 2010
part read December 2017
rated 6/10: read to pass the time
At first I thought, Yes, this is fun, not too bad. Especially for a book based on a computer game.
Then I read further... and nothing happened.
Okay, things happened. Mysterious voices said, Do this. So the narrator did this. Special effects were described... in meaningless detail. The narrator accepted that he was a fool.
The book is set in the Halo universe. As far as I know, Halo is a first-person shooter. So when will the shooting start?!
Not quite half way through the book. There's a feeling that I'm reading the cut-scene for the start of a game. Setting the scene. But essentially pointless. Perhaps it makes more sense for Halo players?
As a novel -- almost half way through book one of three -- I stop.
Not a bad book. Not really "fansonly", which is a very negative category. Just that... nothing interesting is happening.
==== Dr Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper
Agamedes Consulting / Problems ? Solved
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"The most difficult thing is the decision to act. The rest is merely tenacity." … Amelia Earhart
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