|
Sulecrist posted:The next four Horus Heresy books are coming out between now and June: I thought 2016 was the year of The Beast Arises?
|
#
?
Mar 3, 2016 14:26
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 5, 2024 17:29 |
|
|
Fried Chicken posted:Good that they are finally getting their poo poo together but I figure those all have to be short story collections, right? I believe Chris Wraight and Gav Thorpe(?) confirmed that they are doing the second and fourth respectively and that they are novels. No idea about the other two, although the third looks like it might be a Jim Swallow book. Personally, I really want another novella compendium with stuff like Aurelian in it since I don't read ebooks at all.
|
|
#
?
Mar 3, 2016 16:05
|
|
|
Sulecrist posted:I believe Chris Wraight and Gav Thorpe(?) confirmed that they are doing the second and fourth respectively and that they are novels. No idea about the other two, although the third looks like it might be a Jim Swallow book. gently caress Gav Thorpe and the Dark Angels, one of the worst series in the Horus Heresy. Looking for more Chris Wright stuff though.
|
|
#
?
Mar 3, 2016 16:19
|
|
|
Eye of Terra? maybe some poo poo about the webway war? I am now fully errect
|
|
#
?
Mar 3, 2016 16:26
|
|
|
I just want to give another mention to Rob Sanders since nobody ever talks about him in the thread. He's great, read his stuff. He's got a Horus Heresy book coming out in a week, and his two Mechanicus novels are being released in an omnibus this summer.
|
|
#
?
Mar 3, 2016 16:33
|
|
|
Waroduce posted:Eye of Terra? Webway war is MoM. I guess this might be the start of an ad hoc sub series like First Heretic/Know No Fear/Betrayer though
|
|
#
?
Mar 3, 2016 16:35
|
|
|
Fried Chicken posted:Webway war is MoM. I guess this might be the start of an ad hoc sub series like First Heretic/Know No Fear/Betrayer though i am convinced we will never see MoM or the next Black Legion book
|
|
#
?
Mar 3, 2016 16:38
|
|
|
ADB vigorously resisting the introduction of Sigmar into canon, tormented by visions of being forced to type "Hey Sigmar!" the Emperor hollered, "It's great to see you, Son!" knowing that eventually his will/bank account must break under the forces being brought to bear upon it.
|
|
#
?
Mar 3, 2016 18:15
|
|
|
I just found out about The Beast Arises, how can there be 12 books about a loving Orc war? Are they any good?
|
|
#
?
Mar 3, 2016 20:26
|
|
|
Baron Porkface posted:I just found out about The Beast Arises, how can there be 12 books about a loving Orc war? Are they any good? The first one is pretty good. The second one isn't bad, and sets up some cool stuff. The Mechanicus is going to try to pull Mars into the webway so they can tell Terra to gently caress off
|
|
#
?
Mar 3, 2016 21:38
|
|
|
Baron Porkface posted:I just found out about The Beast Arises, how can there be 12 books about a loving Orc war? Are they any good? I mean there's been like 30 about a Space Marine war, I don't see how it's a problem.
|
|
#
?
Mar 3, 2016 22:57
|
|
|
Finally got around to reading both of James Swallow's Sisters of Battle books. They're competent bolter porn and not much else. I'd say the first one, Faith and Fire, is about as formulaic and generic as a SoB story can get but that would imply that other SoB stories actually exist. I liked Hammer and Anvil better than the first book simply because it had more interesting ideas at play. The Necrons are a more interesting enemy than traitor humans and their base makes for an appropriately weird alien setting but I think it all falls apart when we get the Necron PoVs. While showing that these inhuman alien killing machines still have all the pettiness and flaws that affect living things had potential for something interesting, Swallow made them such shallow, one dimensional villains that I think he should have left out their PoVs entirely. Also, the editor within me winces through his prose. I wish I could force him to read a primer on how to structure and use prepositional phrases. I like the ideas, some of the settings, and the action he portrays, though, and little details like descriptions of the Necrons' ability to communicate through quantum phenomena are satisfying enough to redeem the writing. Mechafunkzilla posted:I just want to give another mention to Rob Sanders since nobody ever talks about him in the thread. He's great, read his stuff. He's got a Horus Heresy book coming out in a week, and his two Mechanicus novels are being released in an omnibus this summer. I think someone in this thread recommended Sanders's short story "The Serpent Beneath" from the Primarchs anthology. I'd recommend it as well - it's like a short story version of what I wanted Legion to be.
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2016 06:00
|
|
|
The new season of text to speech device started and it is suitably bizarre. Uriel ventris is investigating a cosmic force which seems to be rewriting history to make the ultramarines undefeated. Meanwhile, Rogal Dorn has revealed himself to be the Centurion Emps was using as a pet, and he is incredibly literal and honest. Meanwhile, Karamazov and the Inquisitors trapped in the Warp discover coked out Kaldor Draigo and meet Leman Russ, who proceeds to make fun of them. And Corvus Corax is stuck in a box writing emo poetry.
Arc Hammer fucked around with this message at 15:43 on Mar 4, 2016 |
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2016 15:36
|
|
|
Waroduce posted:Eye of Terra? The picture on the front is Ullanor, so I'm guessing it's a compilation of late-crusade/early-heresy short stories and/or novellas.
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2016 16:53
|
|
|
Arcsquad12 posted:The new season of text to speech device started and it is suitably bizarre. Uriel ventris is investigating a cosmic force which seems to be rewriting history to make the ultramarines undefeated. Meanwhile, Rogal Dorn has revealed himself to be the Centurion Emps was using as a pet, and he is incredibly literal and honest. Meanwhile, Karamazov and the Inquisitors trapped in the Warp discover coked out Kaldor Draigo and meet Leman Russ, who proceeds to make fun of them. And Corvus Corax is stuck in a box writing emo poetry. The next episode is out, it will make you poo poo a brick.
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2016 17:18
|
|
|
Angry Lobster posted:The next episode is out, it will make you poo poo a brick. I am fortifying this position. The best offense is a good defense! "THAT'S NOT EVEN HOW THAT GOES!" God, Rogal Dorn being brutally honest when he's actually just extremely blunt and literally minded.
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2016 19:41
|
|
|
What are you talking about
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2016 01:28
|
|
|
Jerkface posted:What are you talking about https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C3O-r5PXUo&t=201s
|
|
#
?
Mar 5, 2016 01:59
|
|
|
Magnus is slippin' again. And Gilbert Gottfried as Typhus is an inspired choice. I wonder what will be done with Kharn?
|
|
#
?
Mar 6, 2016 20:42
|
|
|
I swear those guys are better at 40k fiction than Black Library is.
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2016 04:19
|
|
|
I love that Magnus's cyclops form has a neckbeard. Nerd.
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2016 05:50
|
|
|
Apparently BL is also doing a Primarchs series, starting with Guilliman. I haven't read Annandale - was Damnation of Pythos any good?
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2016 15:13
|
|
|
The Damnation of Pythos was a decent 40k book. Utterly useless in the 30k setting though.
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2016 15:26
|
|
|
PantsOptional posted:Apparently BL is also doing a Primarchs series, starting with Guilliman. I haven't read Annandale - was Damnation of Pythos any good? I loved it, but a lot of people complained it has virtually nothing to do with the wider Heresy storyline aside from setting up the 40k Pandorax book, and I can see why that would annoy people. Very creepy horror vibe throughout a lot of it which works a lot better than in most Chaos-y books. For the record I also enjoyed Death of Antagonis, also by Annadale, which was great fun but went a little bit off the rails at the end. Also Wolverine Marines. Wolvermarines? Whatever.
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2016 15:28
|
|
|
PantsOptional posted:Apparently BL is also doing a Primarchs series, starting with Guilliman. I haven't read Annandale - was Damnation of Pythos any good? October. Yeah. I pre-ordered The Warmaster for a Feb 2014 release...
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2016 15:45
|
|
|
Shazaminator posted:
Doubt worm was one of the more  things I've seen in 40k.
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2016 17:18
|
|
|
PantsOptional posted:Apparently BL is also doing a Primarchs series, starting with Guilliman. I haven't read Annandale - was Damnation of Pythos any good? Starting with Guilliman, then Lion el'Johnson, then Angron, Guilliman again, Lorgar, Lorgar, Dorn, el'Johnson, Lorgar, Fulgrim, el'Johnson, Magnus, Vulkan, Lorgar, Angron, Guilliman, Lorgar No, I'm not bitter about there being 35 goddamn Horus Heresy books and not one about the Death Guard, why?
|
|
#
?
Mar 7, 2016 22:59
|
|
|
What about the night hauter  We need more Waroduce fucked around with this message at 06:01 on Mar 8, 2016 |
|
#
?
Mar 8, 2016 05:56
|
|
|
Needs more Russ.
|
|
#
?
Mar 8, 2016 06:19
|
|
|
Has Annandale improved at all? I've only read Death of Antagonis which was loving garbage. Seriously, one of the worst Black Library books I have read. It had some neat ideas, but holy poo poo was it still just plain bad. It was like the author had taken a minute to read up on basic themes and used that as a guideline for the characters' motivations. Surprise, the horrifyingly mutated marines are really kind of nice guys while the pure-looking ones are apparently big into eugenics within their own chapter. No one could've seen that coming. Then there was some poo poo about some traitor marines or something. I will give the book credit for the insane planet grinder. I just wish it had been in a better book.
|
|
#
?
Mar 8, 2016 08:06
|
|
|
Khizan posted:Needs more Russ. And more Corax, since the one Raven Guard book was poo poo.
|
|
#
?
Mar 8, 2016 13:48
|
|
|
boom boom boom posted:Starting with Guilliman, then Lion el'Johnson, then Angron, Guilliman again, Lorgar, Lorgar, Dorn, el'Johnson, Lorgar, Fulgrim, el'Johnson, Magnus, Vulkan, Lorgar, Angron, Guilliman, Lorgar 1) The Death Guard are boring as gently caress. Easily the least interesting Legion, in my opinion. 2) Flight of the Eisenstein?
|
|
#
?
Mar 8, 2016 16:27
|
|
|
Sulecrist posted:1) The Death Guard are boring as gently caress. Easily the least interesting Legion, in my opinion. Counterpoint: Ultramarines were boring as gently caress, until Abnett made them good. All it takes is a good author.
|
|
#
?
Mar 8, 2016 17:03
|
|
|
Sulecrist posted:1) The Death Guard are boring as gently caress. Easily the least interesting Legion, in my opinion. what berzerkmoneky said, and also your first point is explained by the second point. Of course you're gonna think they're boring if all we've seen of them is some normal guys. we don't know anything about Mortarion, or the regular Death Guard guys who were down with the whole Nurgle stuff.That's the interesting part of the Legion
|
|
#
?
Mar 8, 2016 17:08
|
|
|
boom boom boom posted:what berzerkmoneky said, and also your first point is explained by the second point. Of course you're gonna think they're boring if all we've seen of them is some normal guys. we don't know anything about Mortarion, or the regular Death Guard guys who were down with the whole Nurgle stuff.That's the interesting part of the Legion But Mortarion is one of the main antagonists in Flight?
|
|
#
?
Mar 8, 2016 18:54
|
|
|
Fellblade posted:But Mortarion is one of the main antagonists in Flight? Please see my statement regarding "good" author.
|
|
#
?
Mar 8, 2016 20:07
|
|
|
When the gently caress is Warmaster coming out? UGhhhhhhhhhh!
|
|
#
?
Mar 9, 2016 03:44
|
|
|
Uroboros posted:When the gently caress is Warmaster coming out? UGhhhhhhhhhh! Does anyone here have any experience with the customer service of Black Library? I mailed them a week ago because an order I tried to place didn't quite work out (the only part that went through was my getting charged for the eBook), but other than an automated response I haven't heard back from them. Just wondering if this is par for the course.
|
|
#
?
Mar 9, 2016 04:05
|
|
|
If it's to do with money, ring them. Email may or may not get an answer in a reasonable time.
|
|
#
?
Mar 9, 2016 08:27
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 5, 2024 17:29 |
|
|
Well, I'm STILL waiting for a sequel to Pariah, dammit! Low-key 40k was surprisingly satisfying.
|
|
#
?
Mar 9, 2016 23:25
|
|
