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==Reception==
==Reception==
Critical reception to ''Halo: The Fall of Reach'' were mostly positive, though with a few negative comments. Gene Park, from ''Game Critics'', stated that it "...exceeds expectations by being an intelligently written and well-paced story with enough imagination to improve on the original Halo mythos."<ref>http://www.gamecritics.com/feature/report/halofallreach/page02.php</ref> Many reviewers praised Nylund's writing skill, saying that it was "solidly written" and had many "vivid" details.
Critical reception to ''Halo: The Fall of Reach'' were mostly positive, though with a few negative comments. Gene Park, from ''Game Critics'', stated that it "...exceeds expectations by being an intelligently written and well-paced story with enough imagination to improve on the original Halo mythos."<ref>http://www.gamecritics.com/feature/report/halofallreach/page02.php</ref> Many reviewers praised Nylund's writing skill, saying that it was "solidly written" and had many "vivid" details.
==Mistakes==
*The audio version claims the Battle of Reach occured in 2542.
*Both Sam (correctly) and [[Fhajad (incorrectly) are given the service tag -034.<ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', Pages 40,141</ref>
*In the first half or so of the book, a typo removes most "fi" pairs in the italicized text (as seen in the words "start le" in which the first two letters are missing from the word "file"). This is most noticeable when the SPARTAN augmentation procedures are listed (like "Carbide ceramic ossi cation" instead of the actual "Carbide ceramic ossification").
*On page 306 Kelly shouts "All secure!" when the Master Chief is moving onto Gamma Station. This is odd because Kelly was part of Red Team, which was charged with defending the ground side reactors for the Orbital Defense Platforms, while only the Master Chief, Linda, and James were in Blue Team, and therefore the only ones that were ordered to "Brace for maneuvering".
*Page 196 of the French version says that a UNSC destroyer is only seven meters long instead of seven meters longer than a frigate.
*The book claims that Hunters and Elites were unknown to the UNSC until the Battle of Sigma Octanus IV and the Battle of Reach, respectively. Both claims have long since been retconned.
*The Chinese version has many mistakes: e.g. Cortana mentions that there were 314 [[Covenant]] ships, whereas the Chinese version states that there were 31,400 Covenant ships. Also, in chapter 36, the "UNSC ''Pillar of Autumn''" was translated into "Pelican dropship".
*According to the ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' manual, Captain Keyes is twenty-six years into his military career, but he escorted [[Dr. Halsey]] to examine [[John-117]] in [[2517]], over 35 years before the events of the game.
*An ad at the end of the book claims the game is rated T for Teen while it is actually rated M for Mature.
*In many pages in the book, there are mistakes in spelling "UNSC" as in "UNCS".
*Near the end of the Battle of Sigma Octanus IV, it is mentioned that James' left arm was burned off below the elbow. Two pages later, James salutes the Master Chief with his left hand.


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
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*An excerpt from this book, along with excerpts from ''[[Halo: The Flood]]'' and ''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', were included in a directory on ''[[Halo PC]]''. It is found on the disk, in the "Goodies" section.
*An excerpt from this book, along with excerpts from ''[[Halo: The Flood]]'' and ''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', were included in a directory on ''[[Halo PC]]''. It is found on the disk, in the "Goodies" section.
*[[John-117]] is playing [[King of the Hill]] on the playground of [[Elysium City]] Primary Education Facility No. 119, which contains a [[7]] reference (9-1-1=7). This might have been how the multiplayer gametype &nbsp;King of the Hill came about.
*While the Pelican is said to carry only fifteen Marines, it somehow is able to carry sixty-seven children and CPO Mendez in the troop bay. Also, John is still able to make his way to the back of the dropship with all these children on board. This may be because that the children are smaller and weigh less than regular Marines. Also, they are wearing no armour and are carrying no weapons.


*Interestingly, the first section of this book is titled "Reveille" and involves characters emerging from cryo-sleep. The first section from ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' is also appropriately titled "Reveille" and also involves someone waking from cryo-sleep. Reveille is a traditional bugle call of the U.S. Military, which is sounded at the start of each day on military installations, to wake up the troops. Also, "Reveille" translates in French, to "Awaken".
*Interestingly, the first section of this book is titled "Reveille" and involves characters emerging from cryo-sleep. The first section from ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' is also appropriately titled "Reveille" and also involves someone waking from cryo-sleep. Reveille is a traditional bugle call of the U.S. Military, which is sounded at the start of each day on military installations, to wake up the troops. Also, "Reveille" translates in French, to "Awaken".
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*In ''[[Halo 3]]'', [[Cortana]] states several quotes from this book during Cortana moments, all of which are [[Dr. Halsey]]'s. Such as: "Can I speak with you please? What's your name? It's very nice to meet you. You like games? So do I.", "You have been called upon to serve, you will be trained...and you will become the best we can make you. You will be the Protectors of [[Earth]] and all her Colonies.", and "Could you sacrifice yourself to complete your mission? Could you watch him die?" (In the game, "yourself" and "him" are changed to "me", referring to [[Cortana]]) However, this may be because she was malfunctioning, since Cortana was "spawned" (created) from Dr. Halsey's mind.
*In ''[[Halo 3]]'', [[Cortana]] states several quotes from this book during Cortana moments, all of which are [[Dr. Halsey]]'s. Such as: "Can I speak with you please? What's your name? It's very nice to meet you. You like games? So do I.", "You have been called upon to serve, you will be trained...and you will become the best we can make you. You will be the Protectors of [[Earth]] and all her Colonies.", and "Could you sacrifice yourself to complete your mission? Could you watch him die?" (In the game, "yourself" and "him" are changed to "me", referring to [[Cortana]]) However, this may be because she was malfunctioning, since Cortana was "spawned" (created) from Dr. Halsey's mind.


*In ''Halo 3'', at the beginning of the [[Arrival]] cut-scene, there is a reference to [[Spartan 117]] being extremely lucky. [[Master Chief]]'s luck was mentioned quite a bit during the series. Notably, John's luck is shown when Dr. Halsey flips an old coin. It is also elaborated upon when Halsey is talking to Cortana when Cortana "chose" Chief as her Spartan.
*During the battle of Sigma Octanus IV, the Pelican that is used to evacuate Blue Team from Cote D' Azur is carrying fourteen Marines and four Spartans, eighteen total. However, the Pelican is only capable of holding fifteen passengers and in ''Halo: The Flood'' it is stated that fifteen is pushing the limit as it is. Despite this inconsistency the pelican is stated as taking off normally and moving off at maximum speed, even though it is overcrowded and overloaded, especially since the Spartans each weigh around half a ton.
 
*During the battle of Sigma Octanus IV, the Pelican that is used to evacuate Blue Team from Cote D' Azur is carrying fourteen Marines and four Spartans, eighteen total. However, the pelican is only capable of holding fifteen passengers and in ''Halo: The Flood'' it is stated that fifteen is pushing the limit as it is. Despite this inconsistency the pelican is stated as taking off normally and moving off at maximum speed, even though it is overcrowded and overloaded, especially since the Spartans each weigh around half a ton.
 
*The [[Battle of Reach]] is one of the only documented battles in which a [[Covenant Supercruiser]] participated.


*In the beginning of the book, the [[Grunts]] are said to sound like dogs and their speech could not be translated. Yet ın all ''Halo'' games, you can understand the Grunts and do not sound like dogs at all. This is likely because the UNSC's translation software has been upgraded in the later games.
*In the beginning of the book, the [[Grunts]] are said to sound like dogs and their speech could not be translated. Yet ın all ''Halo'' games, you can understand the Grunts and do not sound like dogs at all. This is likely because the UNSC's translation software has been upgraded in the later games.
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