Starcraft is a military science fiction media franchise, created by chris metzen and james phinney and owned by blizzard entertainment. My favorite one was the speed of darkness, because the story was very dramatic and kept me hooked. Characters of starcraft neo encyclopedia wiki fandom. Novels set in the universe of starcraft video games series. World of warcraft chronicle volume 2 ebook by blizzard. As one of the first writers at blizzard entertainment, he wrote the starcraft novella uprising, as well as starcraft short stories sector six. All new york comic con attendees should read this schedule to get a sneak peek at upcoming blizzard books and toys. Novels wowpedia your wiki guide to the world of warcraft.
Micky neilson is a twotime new york times bestselling author whose graphic novels. Sadly, most of these books wont be easy to follow unless youre already acquainted with the starcraft setting. Starcrafthybrid starcraft hybrid by mickey neilson is a. Zerg neo encyclopedia wiki fandom powered by wikia. The characters of starcraft have been popular enough to inspire the creation of several collectable statues and toys. Jeff grubb, gabriel mesta, tracy hickman, micky neilson on. After receiving the diablo archive, boasting 752 pages, just recently, i decided to read through it backwards starting with diablo. According to the novel, the missiles fired at korhal emerged from battlecruisers, but in the manual, they were fired directly from tarsonis. Dc unlimited dc comics launched the starcraft ii premium series 1 action figures. Each of the three races features a fairly different playing style.
Uprising is a starcraft novella authorized by blizzard. The zerg organism was a small and weak larvalike organism, but it contained the purity of essence sought by the xelnaga through xelnaga protogenetic manipulations. Uprising, was written by micky neilson, a blizzard entertainment employee, and originally released only as an ebook in december 2000. The series, set in the beginning of the 26th century, centers on a galactic struggle for dominance among four speciesthe adaptable and mobile terrans, the everevolving insectoid zerg, the powerfully enigmatic protoss, and the godlike xelnaga creator.
Unless you can suffer through that rockiness id go with whatever race or aspect of the canon is of interest and then see what books relate to that, since the books build more off the games than one another its. The first two issues of the ongoing comic series are written by micky neilson, author of ebook novel starcraft. Playboy, errotica archive, hustler magazine uprising micky neilson opocket books new york london toronto sydney singapore this book is a work. The first novel, uprising, which was written by blizzard employee micky neilson and published in december 2000, acts as a prequel to the events of starcraft. Keep in mind that this is just my personal recommendation based on the estimated dates of each novels contents. The highest ranking cerebrate is daggoth, commander of the tiamat brood, the largest and most powerful brood in the zerg swarm. Jul 10, 2012 posted in blizzard products news, starcraft 2 news. Hybrid is a short story set in the starcraft universe.
This is my recommended order for approaching the starcraft published novels and short stories that you can currently find in circulation. Forest keel said he served seven cycles in the guild wars, but in fact the guild wars only lasted four years. The original zerg species was discovered on the ash world zerus, in the center of the milky way galaxy, by the mysterious and ancient xelnaga after the xelnaga abandoned the protoss on aiur, giving up on them as a failure. The fact that theres so much lore and so many mediums of said lore really make the franchise probably the best high fantasy franchise ever made. Reading order of starcraft books general discussion icy. As the other crew members were periodically taken away by the zerg, she tried to muster her. Sarah kerrigan is voiced by glynnis talken campbell in starcraft and brood. Major and recurring characters from the military science fiction series starcraft are listed below, organised by respective species and most commonly affiliated faction within the fictional universe. Ok, ive read every single starcraft book, and i really liked them all. Jun 03, 2017 this is my recommended order for approaching the starcraft published novels and short stories that you can currently find in circulation. Libertys crusade starcraft, book 1 by jeff grubb, 1.
Learn all this and more in this hardcover anthology of the first twelve issues of blizzards overwatch comics, written and illustrated by an allstar creative team including matt burns, robert brooks, micky neilson, nesskain, bengal, and more. Blizzard products news archives page 11 of 35 blizzplanet. The zerg are an alien race in the starcraft universe. Thats whats always made warcraft better than any of its competitors like lotr and got and warhammer.
Sarah louise kerrigan, the selfstyled queen of blades, is a fictional character in blizzard entertainments starcraft franchise. The story of the starcraft series revolves around interstellar affairs in a distant sector of the galaxy, where three species are vying for supremacy. As one of the first writers at blizzard entertainment, he has more than two decades of experience in the cutting edge of the gaming industry. Isbn b00005as12 ebook only external links edit edit source starcraft homepage at blizzard entertainment. From a development standpoint, the terran aesthetic is that of being clunky, welded together, rusty, etc. See the complete starcraft series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. The zerg queen of blades, once sarah kerrigan, was a human the. Written by micky neilson and published in amazing stories magazine.
Starcraft is a science fiction media franchise made up of realtime strategy video games developed and published by blizzard entertainment. An anthology jeff grubb, gabriel mesta, tracy hickman, micky neilson in the distant future, a loose confederacy of terran exiles is locked in battle sixty thousand lightyears from earth, caught in the crossfire between two powerful alien races. The novel follows the origins of the character sarah kerrigan. Brood war, chris metzen alone is credited for the development of the plot in the expansion. The fourth and final novel, uprising, was actually written before the previous books but was not release on paper until this omnibus. Voiced by micky neilson, daggoth is the most strongwilled and ferocious of the cerebrates. A few parts of the novel contradict the starcraft manual. Gabriel mesta is better known as his alter ego of kevin j. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Arcturus mengsk codex gamicus humanitys collective. Posted in blizzard products news, new york comic con 2012, starcraft 2 news. Volume 2 will reveal more soughtafter details about the game universes history and mythology. An anthology by jeff grubb, gabriel mesta, tracy hickman, micky neilson november, 2007 paperback unknown binding january 1, 1800 4. They are similar in appearance and behavior to the tyranids of warhammer 40,000 as well as thebugs of starship troopers and the xenomorphs of the alien movies in fact the zerg were referred to as xenomorphs in an early demo version.
Oct 08, 2012 posted in blizzard products news, new york comic con 2012, starcraft 2 news. Starcraft is a military science fiction media franchise created by chris metzen and james phinney and owned by blizzard entertainment. Amanda haley, a psychic medic who used to work on a space station, had been captured and imprisoned along with other members of her crew for a week on a strange space platform. The series has several games which carry the main story arc. The board game, published by fantasy flight games, is a game inspired by the 1998 computer game starcraft. Korhal lost 4 million people, according to the manual, but in the novel mengsk says 35 million people were killed. The seeds of rebellion throughout the course of every persons life, a largescale catastrophe is certain to occur. Libertys crusade 3 stars written by jeff grubb, this book starts real well. The starcraft book series by multiple authors includes books starcraft. Queen of blades starcraft, book 4 by aaron rosenberg. It was published in amazing stories magazine, issue 601. The first few books put out by starcraft were rocky to say the least libertys crusade and shadow of the xelnaga werent so hot. Best known for blockbuster hits, including world of warcraft and the warcraft, starcraft, and diablo franchises, blizzard entertainment, inc.
This section concerns content exclusive to the warcraft. Jeff grubb, tracy hickman, gabriel mesta and micky neilson. Fastpaced and clever, with plenty of twists and turns. Along with the zerg and protoss, the terran aesthetic was decided early on in the development of starcraft, that their structures would be square and clunky, and that the terrans themselves would be rough and dirty.
Synopsis far in the future, 60,000 lightyears from earth, a loose confederacy of terran exiles are locked in battle with the enigmatic protoss and the ruthless zerg swarm. At some point, fate will hand each of us the ultimate test. He has over 16 million books in print in 29 languages. As one of the first writers at blizzard entertainment, he has more than two decades of experience in. The story covers the actions of the sons of korhal, set before the events of the first game. The books contribute a lot to warcrafts already huge catalog of lore. Reading order of starcraft books general discussion. Below is the list of warcraft and world of warcraft novels. This article contains lore taken from warcraft novels, novellas, or short stories. As one of the major characters of the series, kerrigan has been critically. Posted in blizzard games news, blizzard products news, starcraft 2 news, starcraft pocket book excerpts, store the excerpt of starcraft. Hybrid, by mickey neilson, is a blizzardauthorized starcraft short story published in amazing stories magazine. Blizzard entertainment and dark horse books are thrilled to present the next installment of the wildly popular world of warcraft chronicle series. Jeff grubb, gabriel mesta, tracy hickman, micky neilson isbn 9781416549291.
View notes starcrafthybrid from accounting 43 at university of chicago. Blizzard entertainment, burns, matt, brooks, roberts, robinson, andrew, neilson, micky. Players take control of the three distinctive races featured in the video games, the terrans, the protoss, or the zerg, to engage in battle across multiple worlds in order to achieve victory. As one of the first writers at blizzard entertainment, he wrote the starcraft novella uprising, as well as starcraft short stories sector six and stealing thunder. Dec 18, 2000 according to uprising, the ships arrived in the koprulu sector a few millennia ago. Alongside james waugh, he wrote numerous outlines for the starcraft. Some of these stories are completely unrelated to starcraft canon, while others are direct retellings of game missions. Nov, 2007 some of these stories are completely unrelated to starcraft canon, while others are direct retellings of game missions. Share your thoughts with the community at this forum thread. Posted in blizzard products news, starcraft 2 news. The death of a cerebrate causes the overmind to lose control of its respective brood, which will then run amok.
They also share many characteristics with the borg of star trek. Order today and get it shipped in the next few days. There are 23 novels in total, 7 part of the warcraft series and 16 part of the world of warcraft one. Uprising, a world of warcraft comic book miniseries, and a series of overwatch comics that focused on the individual characters from the popular video game. In addition, the series incorporates media that include spinoff video games, tabletop games, novelizations. Blizzard products news archives page 12 of 35 blizzplanet.
We get to see in this book an 18years old jim raynor having fun with his friends harnack and kydd at a bar in mar sara. The character was created by chris metzen and james phinney, and her appearance was originally designed by metzen. The first series of statues was released by toycom in 2003, consisting of a firebat 157 with markings similar to some original starcraft concept art for the firebat, 158 a hydralisk, 159 and one of tassadar 160 with a. Edition by grubb, jeff, mesta, gabriel, hickman, tracy isbn. Flashpoint is also good for the starcraft 2 ish era, and ive read libertys crusade multiple times. The characters and story of the starcraft series were created by chris metzen 1 and james phinney. Readers are most familiar with his star wars and xfiles novels. Characters of the starcraft series codex gamicus humanity.
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