Take Two and Tor to Produce BioShock Novel
Bioshock fans take notice: You favorite game is about to be turned into a novel.
Gamasutra today reports that Take Two has teamed up with sci-fi publisher Tor to produce a book based around the BioShock storyline. Due for launch in “Fall of 2009” the book promises to take us "deeper into the realms" of the BioShock story.
In a catalog page recently provided to Gamasutra, the site claims we’ll see both hardback and paperback versions of the 400 page book. The index lists 'Ken Levine' as the author however it is not yet known if the book will indeed be penned by Levine or just loosely based on his concepts. If you think the name Tor sounds familiar, that’s because Tor is the same company that brought us the Halo books.
As much as I love BioShock and reading separately, I have no desire to combine the two. But hey, that’s just one woman’s opinion. Are any of you interested in reading these books or are you just eager to get your hands on BioShock 2, also due this fall?
Check out the full story on Gamasutra.
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So we take a game that draws themes from Ayn Rand novels and then turn that into a book. That strikes me a kinda funny, in a full circle way.
The Halo books that were canon and actually filled in some of the storyline gaps were not too bad.
The Bioshock story has way more potential than Halo's does, so hopefully we'll be in for a decent read.
read it
I agree with the Lady Slayer. I only read the first Halo book but it was pretty good. The Bioshock storyline interests me so I might pick this one up.
They do this ALL the time, how is his news?
the marriage of written and interactive reality : enchanting .
hmm, definitely looking forward to bioshock 2.
But i differ in my gaming and reading tastes
If *any* game backstory deserves elaboration, BioShock's backstory does. The games starts after all the interesting stuff has already happened. How did Rapture get in the state we find it at the beginning of the game? I would think there is more than one book in that background alone.
And I would expect that books based on BioShock 2 are already in someone's thoughts, if not already in someone's business plans.