It is unclear if this was also meant to be another sarcastic reference to the book having just come out. #' … which means no, and he didn’t and isn’t, for those of you incapable of detecting humour.įive months later on July 19th, the day the book was published and made available for sale, Ken Levine replied on twitter in a response to the novel's canon status that he had not read the book. When asked whether he was responsible for delaying the novel, Levine replied: 'I also broke up the beatles. Levine responded with a sarcastic comment that he was responsible for personally delaying the novel similar to how he broke up the Beatles.

Later that day, he was asked by reporter Brenna Hillier about whether he was responsible for the novel's delays. Hard to describe the feeling of writing for Ryan again after 3 years.' 'I wrote my tiny corner of the BioShock novel last night. On February 10th, 2011, Ken Levine announced that he had finished writing the foreword of the book. On May 6th, 2010, Levine reported being 'excited' about receiving a new draft of the novel. One month later, the date was pushed back to July 19th, 2011. However, it was reported in January 2011 that the publication date was moved to March 1st, 2011. The novel was originally planned to coincide with the release of BioShock 2 seven months later in February 2010.

And I'm sitting down to write it, and it's like, 'Oh! I can just write about Tenenbaum! I can just say what she's saying! And she can talk! And the audience may not go off and, like, shoot her in the head while she's saying it!'' 'I'm working on the BioShock novel being done, with a writer named John Shirley, and I'm going to just sort of peek my nose in and write the prologue and the epilogue of that. On July 17th, 2009, in an interview with Gamasutra, creative director Ken Levine indicated that he was working on a novel set in Rapture with writer John Shirley.

System shock prequel to bioshock