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notaspy posted:I hope The Silent Kings does something for those two I don't know the details are or context for any of this, but i'm gonna go with "Officiates the wedding" as my shitpost.
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Arquinsiel posted:Confirming extreme I know, right?? 
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Saturnine posted:In combat, a castellan axe must be kept in motion. It is a narrative of violence, not a dialogue. It's a good book.
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D-Pad posted:Hey person who wanted Necron books. Check out the bundle: Where is Ashes of Prospero on the Thousand Sons v Space Wolves hateboner book timeline? Is it the start of the 'modern' books?
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Taerkar posted:Where is Ashes of Prospero on the Thousand Sons v Space Wolves hateboner book timeline? Is it the start of the 'modern' books? It's one of the most "recent" books in the timeline if not the most recent - it all happens after the Indomitus Crusade.
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I'm having trouble determining this from the BL site: the first three and the three most-recent GGs have been released in audio, the rest we're still waiting on Toby for, right?
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Relevant Tangent posted:It's a good book. I personally think it's the weakest of the Siege books. It just blew my mind when I realised ADB is just a better writer and it made me notice all the Abnettisms. Like everyone tries to make witty comments all the time and have action hero lines. I think Sigismund at one point even says "hell yeah!".
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oh yeah the space marine sections are mostly bad but that's because space marines are bad in general and abnett marines are particularly bad abnett writes humans very well though and the parts with humans are all good to very good
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For being the literal posterboys of the setting Spess Mehreens have always been by far the least-interesting part of it for me. I'd literally even rather to listen to Eldars whine about how great they used to be before they literally  'ed a new Chaos god into being.
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I thought Saturnine was the best SoT book so far, but yeah I am sure Wraight's will be better. The scene where the Fist holds the bridge to the space port is one of Abnett's best written combat scenes ever. The sentences slowly shrink until they are each just one to two word impressions as the fighting gets more frenzied and desperate. Loved that scene.
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Relevant Tangent posted:oh yeah the space marine sections are mostly bad but that's because space marines are bad in general and abnett marines are particularly bad His jusxtapostion of the iron snakes with that one noble lady was pretty good.
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Yeah, Brothers of the Snake was great I thought. Also the marine parts in Salvation’s Reach were as good as any bolter porn I’ve read.
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I still can't get over Abnett naming a marine Holofurnace. It's so silly and makes me giggle even when he is being a badass.
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Also Brothers of the Snake revealed that an infusion of Space Marine blood makes you relatively immune to radiation and increases your lifespan but a appreciable amount.
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Arcsquad12 posted:I still can't get over Abnett naming a marine Holofurnace. It's so silly and makes me giggle even when he is being a badass. It's a misspelling of a biblical name, Holofernese. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_beheading_Holofernes
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CaptainAttitude posted:It's a misspelling of a biblical name, Holofernese. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_beheading_Holofernes I know who Holofernes is, that's why I rolled my eyes at calling him Hollow Furnace. It's intentional and it's hilarious.
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Well, maybe I can save somebody else from mispronouncing his name for as long as I did, then.
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Biplane posted:I personally think it's the weakest of the Siege books. It just blew my mind when I realised ADB is just a better writer and it made me notice all the Abnettisms. Like everyone tries to make witty comments all the time and have action hero lines. I think Sigismund at one point even says "hell yeah!". Something about this made me remember the last third of Void Stalker and that got me thinking about the ultimate fates of First Claw, and goddamn but can ADB land an ending. Time for a Night Lords reread.
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Schadenboner posted:I'm having trouble determining this from the BL site: the first three and the three most-recent GGs have been released in audio, the rest we're still waiting on Toby for, right? That's correct. IshmaelZarkov posted:Something about this made me remember the last third of Void Stalker and that got me thinking about the ultimate fates of First Claw, and goddamn but can ADB land an ending. Audiobook versions are pretty good if you're into them.
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Deptfordx posted:
I'm about a third through book two and I'm digging them. Not as good a narrator as Jonathan Keeble, but still better than the guy that did The First Heretic. At first I was thrown a bit by the narrator giving the Night Lords Russian gangster accents, but the more I listened, the more it fit.
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I would listen to a nearly unlimited number of hours of Toby reading stories about Carl being arch and fey. Thonius did nothing wrong. 
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There is a good ebook bundle up today. $17 for 26 books at the top tier. Lot of good titles if you don't have them https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/07/01/a-brilliant-book-bundle-from-fanatical/
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Schadenboner posted:I would listen to a nearly unlimited number of hours of Toby reading stories about Carl being arch and fey. I've listened to almost uncountable hours of Toby Longworth and Jonathan Keeble narrating 40k books and they consistently elevate even the trashy books. They do so many different voices and effects and accents and poo poo, there's no way they're getting paid nearly what they should be.
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hopterque posted:I've listened to almost uncountable hours of Toby Longworth and Jonathan Keeble narrating 40k books and they consistently elevate even the trashy books. They do so many different voices and effects and accents and poo poo, there's no way they're getting paid nearly what they should be. Can confirm. Im currently listening to Outcast Dead read by Keeble, and it's an entirely new experience to just reading the super-  book version.
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FPyat posted:Which Gaunt's Ghosts books spend the most time out of the warzone? Probably Blood Pact. It takes place entirely away from combat zones.
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FPyat posted:Which Gaunt's Ghosts books spend the most time out of the warzone? Blood Pact is set on Balhaut, a world liberated before the series starts in a key part of Gaunt's background. The Ghosts have finally been assigned garrison duties to recover from their constant pummelling.
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Second runner up may be Salvation's Reach. Much of the book is spent preparing for and traveling to the big climactic event.
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Please recommend my next few reads for me! haven’t read 40k books for years but I’m itching for some grimdark sci-fi. I’ve read... Eisenhorn Ravenor The gaunts ghosts books Ultramarine The night lords trilogy A grey knights book I’m not particularly into the Horus heresy era and would like something current, favourite 40k race being Tau, Grey Knights & Space Marines. Ta
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ColdIronsBound posted:Please recommend my next few reads for me! haven’t read 40k books for years but I’m itching for some grimdark sci-fi. Baneblade is fun. So is Titanicus.
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ColdIronsBound posted:Please recommend my next few reads for me! haven’t read 40k books for years but I’m itching for some grimdark sci-fi. These are really good current books, not necessarily related to your other criteria, that I read after finishing almost the exact same books as you. The Carrion Throne, The Hollow Mountain, and The Emperor's Legion all by Chris Wraight, in that order. Rites of Passage by Mike Brooks for an awesome stand alone novel. There's no Tau in any of that, Grey Knights get involved in the third Wraight book, but the Custodes are all over the Wraight books which are interesting juxtapositions against space marines. Edit: seconding Titanicus
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ColdIronsBound posted:Please recommend my next few reads for me! haven’t read 40k books for years but I’m itching for some grimdark sci-fi. Brothers of the Snake is quite good.
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If you like Tau give Phil Kelly's Farsight books a try they are good. Blades of Damocles Farsight Crisis of Faith Empire of Lies
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abrosheen posted:
This is the correct answer.
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ColdIronsBound posted:Please recommend my next few reads for me! haven’t read 40k books for years but I’m itching for some grimdark sci-fi. Generally speaking you can't go wrong with anything by Abnett, Wraight, or ADB. My vote is for Armageddon, by ADB. Black Templars versus orks in the 3rd war for Armageddon.
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Another animation announced. They are really going all in on these as they've announced quite a few. If they were testing the waters I would expect them to just be doing one to start, but it sounds like they are serious about making this a thing. I am all for it. I bet it had a lot to do with Helsreach and then Astartes. Astartes really blew up and got a lot of people interested that didn't know anything about 40k previously. Now I just need some 40k prestige TV on HBO or something. https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/07/02/interrogator-announced/
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ColdIronsBound posted:Please recommend my next few reads for me! haven’t read 40k books for years but I’m itching for some grimdark sci-fi. Not quite current, but the Mars trilogy is really, really good.
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