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US science fiction writer whose novels combined a wide-ranging view of future technical developments with political speculation

In 1999, Slashdot editor Hemos said Greg Bear was "rightly recognized as a master of hard science fiction" (introducing a review of Bears then-new book, Nebula-winning book Darwins Radio). In 2011 Bear began writing the Forerunner Saga , a trilogy of books set 100,000 years before the events in t...

Source: 343 Industries / @pixelflaregfx A huge strength of the Halo franchise is its wealth of expanded lore that fleshes out the universe introduced by the games in the franchise. Every year, at least one or two new novels are released that broaden the size and scope of the series mythos. The latest of these novels, Halo: Point of Light, continues the story of the scavenger Rion Forge and the crew of the salvager ship Ace of Spades set up in Halo: Smoke and Shadow and Halo: Renegades, two earl...

review contains some spoilers for previous Halo novels. Halo: Point of Light is the latest novel to expand on the lore of the Halo universe and marks the conclusion to author Kelly Gay’s Rion Forge trilogy. As the follow-up to Halo: Renegades, it certainly has a lot of ground to cover. However, Point of Light is definitely a step in the right direction for the franchise, as Gay does a superb job in bringing the universe to life and telling a far-reaching story. This comes at a time when ...