3 of the four Halo-based books I've read have been great, but because the writer Eric Nylund has been the one to write them. He's written Signal to Noise and A Signal Shattered, which are both great. May call him my favorite writer...
Reading something from Alastair Reynolds atm, which is also pretty nice. Both of these writers actually make the world (worlds, w/e) they write about look real - like something our race could evolve into and beyond. That's one reason I like them, because I can see those stories as future. Which might be a bit bad, but still...
