Ebook Bargains

[Rock8man]

Qt3 seems kind of mixed on the topic of the Doom Books. Especially the first one.

@ArmandoPenblade

Every AAA videogame has a novelization or six. Some of them, like the Wing Commander series, are. . . better than they have any right to be. Some of them, like the Doom quadrilogy , are a once-in-a-lifetime journey into stark raving madness that I genuinely and with complete seriousness recommend to anyone who can get their hands on the books.

@malkav11

Seconded. The original Doom books (not the ones released based on post-90s Doom) are insane in the best possible way.

@SirBruce

I must admit… I bought the first two Doom books. And read them.

The first one was terrible. Just terrible. Because it had to follow the plot of the first Doom game, and frankly, there was no plot. Also, since for the most part there’s only one character, the constant internal monologue became monotonous. And then, of course, there was the monotonus killing of monsters, over and over again. I give the writer A for effort, but he was simply hamstrung by the game’s setting.

The second Doom book, however, was a radical departure, as he was able to move the story beyond the events in the first game and onto the invasion of Earth. He was able to introduce several new, interesting characters, and come up with his own storylines. While still pretty schlocky as far as sci-fi novels go, it was a surprisingly satisfying read, and light years ahead of the first Doom book.

@Panda

but on the note of Doom books I actually own the first of four in a series written by Dafydd ab Hugh and I thought it was pretty damn good. It includes lots of the iconic imagery from the games (like the upside-down cross that hurts you on the first level of Episode 2) and actually had kind of a story, too. So I dunno, I think good gaming novels do exist