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{{Quote|When I was invited to write Halo fiction I already knew it’d be right up my street; not just because military fiction is my specialty, but because there’s also huge unexplored depth, grey areas, and really uncomfortable moral dilemmas that underpin the Halo story, and that’s like catnip to a writer like me. I write what’s known as tight third person – that is, I get right inside each character’s head and see the world as they see experience it – and Halo offers some terrific chances to explore some fascinating psyches caught in complex situations.|Karen Traviss on writing ''Halo'' fiction.<ref>[http://torforge.wordpress.com/2010/07/20/tor-books-announces-new-halo-novels-with-1-new-york-times-bestselling-author-karen-traviss/ '''Tor/Forge's Blog''': ''Tor Books announces new Halo novels with #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Traviss'']</ref>}} | {{Quote|When I was invited to write Halo fiction I already knew it’d be right up my street; not just because military fiction is my specialty, but because there’s also huge unexplored depth, grey areas, and really uncomfortable moral dilemmas that underpin the Halo story, and that’s like catnip to a writer like me. I write what’s known as tight third person – that is, I get right inside each character’s head and see the world as they see experience it – and Halo offers some terrific chances to explore some fascinating psyches caught in complex situations.|Karen Traviss on writing ''Halo'' fiction.<ref>[http://torforge.wordpress.com/2010/07/20/tor-books-announces-new-halo-novels-with-1-new-york-times-bestselling-author-karen-traviss/ '''Tor/Forge's Blog''': ''Tor Books announces new Halo novels with #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Traviss'']</ref>}} | ||
'''Karen Traviss''' is a British science fiction author and the writer of the [[Kilo-Five Trilogy]]. | '''Karen Traviss''' is a British science fiction author and the writer of the [[Kilo-Five Trilogy]]. | ||
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== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
As a fan of the machinima webseries ''[[Red vs Blue]]'', Karen Traviss made several references to the series in her ''Kilo-Five Trilogy''. The most prominent is the pronunciation of "[[Evan Phillips|Phillips]]" by the [[Sangheili]] as "Phyllis", which reference to two AIs in the machinima: F.I.L.S.S. and Sheila, whose original name was ''Phyllis''.<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/Content/assets/en-us/Podcast/343Sparkast_005.mp3 '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''343 Sparkast 005'']</ref> | As a fan of the machinima webseries ''[[Red vs Blue]]'', Karen Traviss made several references to the series in her ''Kilo-Five Trilogy''. The most prominent is the pronunciation of "[[Evan Phillips|Phillips]]" by the [[Sangheili]] as "Phyllis", which reference to two AIs in the machinima: F.I.L.S.S. and Sheila, whose original name was ''Phyllis''.<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/Content/assets/en-us/Podcast/343Sparkast_005.mp3 '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''343 Sparkast 005'']</ref> | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[Category:Authors|Traviss]] | [[Category:Authors|Traviss]] | ||