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Scheduled for February 2017 last I checked. Which probably means it'll actually be released in the early '20s at this rate.
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I wrote amazon asking wtf when I didn't receive it in February 2014...
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Jun 4, 2016 18:52
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I got through the first round of Black Library's short story competition. Uhh I'm in shock here guys. Don't know how to process this really. Been told that my pitch has been accepted but it could still be a no but to wait for further instructions. Suffice to say if I do end up writing for BL I will have to give you fine fellows a mention somewhere in my short piece.
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Jun 4, 2016 23:33
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 Real nice job having an editor there, BL marketing team.
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Jun 4, 2016 23:37
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You think that is bad? At Warhammerfest they were selling mugs. One of which has "I he" or something like that in the middle of a sentence printed on the mug. Of course I went for the "A cup a day keeps the Nails at bay!" Khorne mug. Because I'm classy.
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Jun 4, 2016 23:50
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KramFoot posted:I got through the first round of Black Library's short story competition. Uhh I'm in shock here guys. Don't know how to process this really. Been told that my pitch has been accepted but it could still be a no but to wait for further instructions. Suffice to say if I do end up writing for BL I will have to give you fine fellows a mention somewhere in my short piece. Congrats! Now I take it as long as you're in the process you're under an NDA to not talk about it, so don't tell us anything yet. But still, that's awesome.
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Jun 5, 2016 05:18
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Yeah pretty much under a NDA so won't risk it but still it's really exciting\bloody terrifying to think about.
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Jun 5, 2016 11:25
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KramFoot posted:I got through the first round of Black Library's short story competition. Uhh I'm in shock here guys. Don't know how to process this really. Been told that my pitch has been accepted but it could still be a no but to wait for further instructions. Suffice to say if I do end up writing for BL I will have to give you fine fellows a mention somewhere in my short piece. Wow, congrats!
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Jun 5, 2016 14:29
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KramFoot posted:I got through the first round of Black Library's short story competition. Uhh I'm in shock here guys. Don't know how to process this really. Been told that my pitch has been accepted but it could still be a no but to wait for further instructions. Suffice to say if I do end up writing for BL I will have to give you fine fellows a mention somewhere in my short piece. Awesome, man. Congratulations!
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Jun 5, 2016 14:34
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Just finished the first Eisenhorn book, now I find myself pouring over warhammer wikis for hours to better understand the organizational structure of the Imperium and how pieces of it fit together. This is normal, right?
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Jun 5, 2016 20:15
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mythicknight posted:Just finished the first Eisenhorn book, now I find myself pouring over warhammer wikis for hours to better understand the organizational structure of the Imperium and how pieces of it fit together. This is perfectly normal and part of a well-documented process. You read Eisenhorn, then came back.
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Jun 5, 2016 20:20
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It's worth noting that Abnett has his own take on the Imperium. The primary feature is that he presents it as a mostly functioning government with seriously shady dealings, as opposed to a crumbling system that fails on every level through bureaucratic incompetence.
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Jun 5, 2016 20:47
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KramFoot posted:I got through the first round of Black Library's short story competition. Uhh I'm in shock here guys. Don't know how to process this really. Been told that my pitch has been accepted but it could still be a no but to wait for further instructions. Suffice to say if I do end up writing for BL I will have to give you fine fellows a mention somewhere in my short piece. Congratulations! Also, if by any chance you end up working for Black Library and meet with C.S Goto, please punch him in the face.
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Jun 5, 2016 21:00
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Angry Lobster posted:Congratulations! Also, if by any chance you end up working for Black Library and meet with C.S Goto, please punch him in the face. I don't remember the last time C.S. Goto wrote a book for BL; after his treatment of the setting, I'd be surprised if he was allowed within 500 yards of GW HQ.
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Jun 5, 2016 23:30
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Arcsquad12 posted:It's worth noting that Abnett has his own take on the Imperium. The primary feature is that he presents it as a mostly functioning government with seriously shady dealings, as opposed to a crumbling system that fails on every level through bureaucratic incompetence. The Imperium is so huge that I just say that in some areas it is mostly functional and in other areas it's crumbling and failing
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Jun 6, 2016 03:44
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Worrying about things like "consistancy" and "canon" in WH40K actively defeats the purpose of the setting. The more seriously people take it, the worse it gets. That doesn't mean you can't play it straight, I like it when the absurdity is played straight.
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Jun 6, 2016 04:35
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SRM posted:
This will be what, the third book focused around trying Vulkan being lost? You think the Salamanders would just get him microchipped at this point given how often he goes walkies.
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Jun 6, 2016 09:08
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Re Emperor's Gift: Holy poo poo, that Zael reveal had me audibly cry out in surprise. So good, I've missed ADB.
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Jun 6, 2016 15:10
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Khizan posted:The Imperium is so huge that I just say that in some areas it is mostly functional and in other areas it's crumbling and failing I was just going to say this. On a micro (planetary/system) scale, a government could run smoothly and efficiently. The problem becomes when you're attempting to oversee millions of those micro governments.
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Jun 6, 2016 15:17
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Abyss posted:Re Emperor's Gift: Holy poo poo, that Zael reveal had me audibly cry out in surprise. So good, I've missed ADB. That inquisitor that brought him gets around too. She also grabbed Agun Zoric.
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Jun 6, 2016 16:28
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It is more that the Imperium is efficient at a few things, and conducting war is one of them. The corruption, total waste, and refusal to change just turn these into nightmare slogs of attrition with notable exceptions. Of course the everyday man and leaders have to competent at what they do because we are still talking about things like interstellar travel and spaceship constructing, the notion being that the people in question can follow instructions and fill in the gaps pretty well, just don't expect anything new from them, which doesn't matter when you realize nearly 99.9% of imagined Sci-fi technology exists in the 40k setting, so you just got to find it and put it to use.
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Jun 6, 2016 20:02
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Just saw Event Horizon for the first time thanks to netflix. Definitly humanities first contact with the warp, was amazing
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Jun 7, 2016 20:57
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Waroduce posted:Just saw Event Horizon for the first time thanks to netflix. Definitly humanities first contact with the warp, was amazing Oh man, it took you this long? At least you finally saw this wonder of film. I originally saw it in the theater and was like "Oh my God, this is so 40K warp travel and Chaos..." Everyone I knew hated it or thought it was too weird, but I knew what it really was. Oh yes, I knew... If you haven't seen it, watch In the Mouth of Madness and view the most perfect Lovecraftian movie ever made.
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Jun 8, 2016 01:24
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Uroboros posted:It is more that the Imperium is efficient at a few things, and conducting war is one of them. The corruption, total waste, and refusal to change just turn these into nightmare slogs of attrition with notable exceptions. Uh, I think you are confusing efficient and effective here. The Imperium wages war very effectively, but it isn't efficient at all.
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Jun 8, 2016 01:46
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KramFoot posted:I got through the first round of Black Library's short story competition. Uhh I'm in shock here guys. Don't know how to process this really. Been told that my pitch has been accepted but it could still be a no but to wait for further instructions. Suffice to say if I do end up writing for BL I will have to give you fine fellows a mention somewhere in my short piece. Whatever the story, you have to work a veteran sergeant Moola and his mighty Power Fist in there.
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Jun 8, 2016 12:26
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Deptfordx posted:Whatever the story, you have to work a veteran sergeant Moola and his mighty Power Fisting in there. Ftfy
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Jun 8, 2016 12:56
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Hmm challenge accepted. I was gonna go with giving a ship the latin translation of Something Awful buut you cant have a warham story without skulls and power fists.
KramFoot fucked around with this message at 15:44 on Jun 8, 2016 |
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Jun 8, 2016 15:36
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What's Latin for 'Insert Generic Name Here'? Edit: Nomen Genericum.
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Jun 8, 2016 18:59
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If there's no servitor shoving someone down the stairs while augmitting "PAK CHOOIE UNF", you needn't even bother. 
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Jun 8, 2016 19:15
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MMAgCh posted:If there's no servitor shoving someone down the stairs while augmitting "PAK CHOOIE UNF", you needn't even bother. QUESTION: PLEASE TELL ME IN WHAT IMPERIAL SECTOR YOU LIVE SO I MAY -> I MAY COME AND HELP YOU
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Jun 8, 2016 19:52
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DOES YOUR HAB-DOME CONTAIN STAIRS?
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Jun 8, 2016 19:55
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Okay so something awful translates into Formidolosa est. Huh. Think I might actually use that. DO YOU HAVE STAIRS IN YOUR SECTOR?
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Jun 8, 2016 20:03
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I'm reading Space Marine by Ian Watson and its hilarious quote:Yet still, there was to be a branding upon the leather-tough buttocks: an imprint of a clenched fist, quote:As their striding Emperor quivered with the unleashing of its weaponry, Biff sat impotently for
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Jun 10, 2016 14:38
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Waroduce posted:I'm reading Space Marine by Ian Watson and its hilarious
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Jun 10, 2016 17:04
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MMAgCh posted:You know, given that it's been out of print for years I might actually pay $70 for a limited collector's hardcover edition of such magnificent prose. Chop chop, BL! $70!? You'd be lucky to get the eBook for that. This is BL we're talking here
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Jun 10, 2016 20:13
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MMAgCh posted:You know, given that it's been out of print for years I might actually pay $70 for a limited collector's hardcover edition of such magnificent prose. Chop chop, BL! Ugh. If you're going to read that piece of garbage, at least be economical about it. Also, BL did do a POD version a few years back, but it looks like they've dropped that option.
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Jun 10, 2016 20:20
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I was joking about the limited edition thing, although as a rule I don't buy used either. If they ever re-release it as a reasonably priced eBook (ha ha) I might grab it.
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Jun 10, 2016 20:41
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quote:Tyranid Terror quote:A coccyx of bleached bone jutted into space, bearing the sphincter at its tip like a quartet of Waroduce fucked around with this message at 02:03 on Jun 11, 2016 |
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Jun 11, 2016 01:41
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Ian Watson really understands the setting.
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The Lexicanum lists an ISBN for a 2013 eBook release, but that article is literally the only Google hit for the ISBN given. So close and yet so far. 
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