Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition): Difference between revisions

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The Halo Encyclopedia is an official guidebook of the Halo Universe, published by Dorling Kindersley.^[1] The encyclopedia has a foreword written by Frank O'Connor, head of the Halo Franchise Development Group, with Tobias Buckell editing.^[2]^[3] It was released on October 19th, 2009. An updated version is scheduled to be released on September 19th, 2011.^{[citation needed]}

Official DK Summary

"This is a must-have guide to the Halo universe. Humanity teeters on the brink of extinction, as hostile forces and ancient mysteries threaten to snuff out our first fiery foray into the universe. Take a trip into the world of Halo and discover everything you ever wanted to know about the characters, weapons, vehicles, equipment and locations from Halo, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo Wars and Halo 3: ODST. From the Colonial Administration Authority to the UNSC, you'll find an overview of Halo's human history and structure and gain insight into key organizations. Discover all about the Covenant - its history and religion - as well as the Forerunners, Flood and much more. It's what Halo fans have been waiting for."

— Dorling Kindersley

Reception

Reception to the Halo Encyclopedia has been mixed. Some reviewers and readers praised the book's detailed approach to its content. However, other reviewers stated that the book's images are often of poor quality and "at times seem haphazardly thrown together."^[4]

Others criticisms centered on the work's poor editing, most notably its poor spelling and grammar. Misattributions are also frequent, with the Scout and Rogue being referred to as one armor type.

Later printings of the Encyclopedia feature improved editing, elminating many mistakes that exist in the initial printing, including several mislabelings and missattributions.

Nonetheless, several factual innaccuracies remain. For example, the ranking system of the Brutes is mangled, with a picture of a Major labelled as a Minor, and the color of an Ultra's armour mis-cited as cyan instead of violet.

Trivia

A number of descriptions in the book seem to be quoted from or based upon those of Halopedia; For example, the article for Locust mentions that the Locust's cockpit is based on that of a Banshee. This comparison was first made in the "Trivia" section of this website's Locust page.

Sources

^ Amazon.com - Halo Encyclopedia (Hardcover)
^ Joystiq.com - DK to publish official Halo Encyclopedia
^ N4G.com - Halo Encyclopedia coming
^ Though I must say, they could have done a better job on some of the images. At times these seem haphazardly thrown together. Low resolution models of items have been blown up to show just how shoddy their design was in game. - Gamer's Daily News

Related Pages

External

Official Halo Encyclopedia site

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[Amazon.com_-_.27.27Halo_Encyclopedia.27.27_.28Hardcover.29-1] Amazon.com - Halo Encyclopedia (Hardcover)

[2] Joystiq.com - DK to publish official Halo Encyclopedia

[3] N4G.com - Halo Encyclopedia coming

[4] Though I must say, they could have done a better job on some of the images. At times these seem haphazardly thrown together. Low resolution models of items have been blown up to show just how shoddy their design was in game. - Gamer's Daily News

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 ==Reception==
-Reception to the ''Halo Encyclopedia'' was mixed. Some reviewers and readers praised the book's detailed approach to its content. However, other reviewers stated that the book's images were often of poor quality and "at times seem[ing] haphazardly thrown together."<ref>''Though I must say, they could have done a better job on some of the images. At times these seem haphazardly thrown together. Low resolution models of items have been blown up to show just how shoddy their design was in game.'' - [http://www.gamersdailynews.com/article-2225-The-HALO-Encyclopedia-Book-Review.html Gamer's Daily News]</ref>
+Reception to the ''Halo Encyclopedia'' has been mixed. Some reviewers and readers praised the book's detailed approach to its content. However, other reviewers stated that the book's images are often of poor quality and "at times seem haphazardly thrown together."<ref>''Though I must say, they could have done a better job on some of the images. At times these seem haphazardly thrown together. Low resolution models of items have been blown up to show just how shoddy their design was in game.'' - [http://www.gamersdailynews.com/article-2225-The-HALO-Encyclopedia-Book-Review.html Gamer's Daily News]</ref>
-Others criticisms centered on the work's poor editing, most notably its poor spelling and grammar. Misattributions were also frequent, with [[Scout]] and [[Rogue]] being mistakenly confused as one armor type.
+Others criticisms centered on the work's poor editing, most notably its poor spelling and grammar. Misattributions are also frequent, with the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI/S variant|Scout]] and [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI(A)|Rogue]] being referred to as one armor type.
-Later printings of the encyclopedia showed improved editing, where many mistakes that existed in the initial printing had been eliminated, such as numerous mislabelings and missattributions.
+Later printings of the ''Encyclopedia'' feature improved editing, elminating many mistakes that exist in the initial printing, including several mislabelings and missattributions.
-Nonetheless, a dispiriting number of errors remain. Many factual innaccuracies linger on in the Halo Encyclopedia ie the ranking system of the Brutes is mangled, with a picture of a Major labelled as a Minor, and the colour of Ultra's armour mis-cited as cyan instead of violet, the Halo 2 variant of Scarab isn't mentioned in the vehicles section, along with many other errors.
+Nonetheless, several factual innaccuracies remain. For example, the ranking system of the Brutes is mangled, with a picture of a Major labelled as a Minor, and the color of an Ultra's armour mis-cited as cyan instead of violet.
 ==Trivia==