New(?) Game=>Book Trend
While perusing the SF&F section at UBS today I noticed two examples of a new (to me anyway) development: novels based on computer games. These were Assassin’s Creed: Renaissance, based on Assassin’s Creed 2, and Eve: The Empyrean Age, based on Eve Online. I have not read either book, nor have I played either game. I’d be very interested to know, though, a) how well these books capture the feel and backstory of their respective games; and b) how well these books read as SF&F books, independent of their origins. It would seem that neither author has written anything else, which doesn’t augur well, and media tie-ins are traditionally sub-par in terms of writing quality, but you never know…
