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Demiurge4 posted:Who is John French? https://www.blacklibrary.com/authors/john-french He's solidly mid-tier in terms of BL quality.
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French's Ahriman series is really good. I'd put him in the higher echelons myself
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Demiurge4 posted:Who is John French? Field Marshal of the British Expeditionary Force in WW1 until 1915?
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May 13, 2019 13:41
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Plavski posted:French's Ahriman series is really good. I'd put him in the higher echelons myself Yeah, French has moved up into top tier but still below Abnett, ADB, and Wraight. His Horusian Wars series is excellent and I really enjoyed Slaves To Darkness although I think a lot of people here didn't. Horusian Wars doesn't get enough love here and it should.
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So the new Dark Angel's omnibus, Knights of Caliban is out. I have not read the Legacy of Caliban omnibus yet either. Which one should I read first? Order of publishing date or would it be better to read Knights before Legacy?
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Biplane posted:I actually recently read all three for the first time, and I liked them overall. spoiler: apart from the extremely, ridiculously abrupt ending to the third book. I just finished all three books of the Macharius Crusade series and I loved them. I liked how they closed out the ending. It was abrupt but fitting. If you want a poo poo abrupt ending the Inquisitor War series is the worst offender. Seriously, how is it I never see these books mentioned as 40k must reads? They were great. Wtf happened to this thread, it's been unusually quite lately. I expect it will pick up Saturday when we get The Solar War release. Now on to Inferno volume 3. I can't stop reading 40k someone pls send help.
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May 16, 2019 04:53
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Inquisitor War is a very abrupt end, and yet at the same time oddly fitting. I mean, when most of the main cast is dead, and the only two left are a character that vanished after book one for a good while, and a Space Marine, where do you go from here?
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New site up for Siege of Terra with a pretty sweet map of the solar system: https://siegeofterra.com/ The 4 characters they choose to highlight at the bottom are interesting and I wonder what the significance of choosing those four is. D-Pad fucked around with this message at 19:47 on May 16, 2019 |
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May 16, 2019 19:44
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Aren't they the main characters of The Solar War?
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May 16, 2019 19:52
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Did the Fantasy horror book come out? Is it good? Old World or Sigmar?
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May 17, 2019 17:33
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So the last HH book I read was Unremembered Empire, am I safe enough just jumping into Solar War or are there any really good titles in between the two that I should read first?
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May 17, 2019 20:56
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When do new black library books launch? If Solar War is out tomorrow can I get it midnight tonight or sometime tomorrow? I haven't been this excited about a book launch since dance of dragons.
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May 18, 2019 02:24
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D-Pad posted:I haven't been this excited about a book launch since dance of dragons. I uh, I can't tell if this is sarcasm or not
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D-Pad posted:When do new black library books launch? If Solar War is out tomorrow can I get it midnight tonight or sometime tomorrow? I haven't been this excited about a book launch since dance of dragons. And look how that turned out! Thanks to you, this is how the book is going to end now: Warboss Gurm posted:Sunset found 'im stompin' in the grass, choppin'. Every waaagh was louder than the one before, and carried farther. By the time the moon came up 'e was crumpin' lousy gits. The more 'e rocked, the more 'e waaaghed, but the more 'e waaaghed, the 'arder 'e grew, and his bloodlust sent 'im charging to the fight to crump some more gits.
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May 18, 2019 04:27
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Preechr posted:And look how that turned out! Thanks to you, this is how the book is going to end now:
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May 18, 2019 04:41
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Y'all getting The Solar War?
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I know w40k is not some literary masterpiece. It's genre schlock for sure, but I unabashedly love it anyway. The scale of it is very much my thing. I'm about 10% in and happy to report the scale of the battle so far dwarfs anything else I've read in 40k. Suitably epic.
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I guess the hardcover isn't available until the 28th? At least according to B&N it isn't, which sucks. Should I just order from BL.com?
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Just started reading The Solar War and what did Sigismund do to make Dorn say those things? Yikes
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Miguel Prado posted:Just started reading The Solar War and what did Sigismund do to make Dorn say those things? Yikes Dorn ordered him to lead one of the fleets sent to Isstvan to confront Horus. Keeler (I think it was Keeler) showed him a vision/told him that if he led the fleet he would end up dead and forgotten under a nameless star but if he stayed he would fight by his father's side on Terra and his name would echo down the ages. He asked Dorn to assign somebody else but didn't tell him why. Later on when the fleet disappeared completely he admitted what happened and Dorn flipped his poo poo for not saying anything.
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Keeble is doing a fantastic job on The Solar War so far. It's almost a given at this stage, but he's doing it proper justice. There are some audio issues though, where the editing wasn't tight enough and previous takes were kept in instead of replaced so you hear him repeat a line with different emphasis or pronunciations. Might've been a bit of a rushed release as their quality control is not quite up to the usual very high standard.
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Schadenboner posted:Did the Fantasy horror book come out? Is it good? Old World or Sigmar? There are two horror books. One is strictly 40K and the other (Maledictions) is both 40K and AoS. And AoS from the ground-level view is pretty close to the old world nowadays, apart from some name swaps.
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D-Pad posted:Dorn ordered him to lead one of the fleets sent to Isstvan to confront Horus. Keeler (I think it was Keeler) showed him a vision/told him that if he led the fleet he would end up dead and forgotten under a nameless star but if he stayed he would fight by his father's side on Terra and his name would echo down the ages. He asked Dorn to assign somebody else but didn't tell him why. Later on when the fleet disappeared completely he admitted what happened and Dorn flipped his poo poo for not saying anything. That makes sense, thanks.
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Plavski posted:Keeble is doing a fantastic job on The Solar War so far. It's almost a given at this stage, but he's doing it proper justice. I was wondering if my audio had stuttered when Sigismund called Boreas twice. Guess not!
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Finished Solar War late last night. I loved it. As I said before, the sheer scale of it was breathtaking. It's undoubtedly the biggest space war/battle I have ever seen in a science fiction story. John French does a great job of conveying the epic scale. I was surprised it ended with the traitor fleet over Terra and ready to invade the ground. I figured with 8 books we would get at least 1-2 more before the story got to that point. I think the siege lasted at least a couple of months though and I am sure they will take the opportunity to give us a pretty detailed glimpse of what each legion is up to during the siege. I am hoping we get a book entirely devoted to the Alpha Legion. They are chronically underrepresented in the war, and the siege is an excellent opportunity for them to shine. John French outdid himself this time, and I am comfortable putting him just below ADB, Abnett, and Wraight as the best BL authors.
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Well I stopped buying Heresy books as it was getting a bit silly and £9.99 for kindle edition was ridiculous, but I've pulled the trigger on the Solar War to see if things are back on course. I've liked French's work so far and it sounds like it's a good one so here goes. Plus... you know... the fact that we're actually getting the Horus Heresy we were waiting for 13 years after it all started.
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Well I've been reading Maledictions and so far I'd rate it one of the better Black Library books I've read of late. It's not exactly breaking new ground in SF or fantasy horror but there are some nice twists on 40k lore. It also has an Age of Sigmar story featuring fantasy samurai, which I completely wasn't expecting. All in all if you want some stories with lower stakes than the usual big battle 40k/Fantasy stuff I'd try it, and it certainly gives me a bit of hope for the Warhammer Horror line as a chance for slightly different stuff to the norm, particularly in short stories. I also read Shadespire - The Mirrored City by Josh Reynolds and quite liked that, too. Not particularly challenging to expectations and quite transparently trying to get game concepts and units in as much as possible, but pleasantly weird and seemed to refer indirectly to a bit of really old Warhammer Fantasy Chaos lore, Zuvassin. I'd be quite happy if the group of heroes from it, a bunch of Freeguild soldiers including a battle wizard, Free Company mercenary and handgunner, turned up in miniature form at some point.
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Bob Smith posted:Well I've been reading Maledictions and so far I'd rate it one of the better Black Library books I've read of late. It's not exactly breaking new ground in SF or fantasy horror but there are some nice twists on 40k lore. It also has an Age of Sigmar story featuring fantasy samurai, which I completely wasn't expecting. I enjoyed Maledictions but I thought The Wicked and the Damned had better horror stories.
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Now that the Siege of Terra is actually starting I've decided to go back and (partially) read through the Horus Heresy series because I'm a crazy person who loves eating garbage. I'm aware of two infamous ones (Battle for the Abyss, Nemesis), are there any others that are 'must-skip'? Conversely, which of the non-ADB/Abnett books (other than the opening trilogy and Eisenstein) are important to read, either because they are actually good or because they are plot-critical? I'm currently re-reading the opening trilogy, will probably skip re-reading Eisenstein. It's a shame how badly they handled Horus's fall to Chaos. It would have been interesting if the rebellion had been treated more sympathetically, especially given that it's not like the Imperium is particularly great, but in the books he's at 100% cartoon badguy the moment he walks out of the Temple on Davin.
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Fallen Hamprince posted:Now that the Siege of Terra is actually starting I've decided to go back and (partially) read through the Horus Heresy series because I'm a crazy person who loves eating garbage. I'm aware of two infamous ones (Battle for the Abyss, Nemesis), are there any others that are 'must-skip'? Conversely, which of the non-ADB/Abnett books (other than the opening trilogy and Eisenstein) are important to read, either because they are actually good or because they are plot-critical? 'Betrayer' of course is amazing, and 'Scars'/'Path of Heaven' are underrated.
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Fallen Hamprince posted:Now that the Siege of Terra is actually starting I've decided to go back and (partially) read through the Horus Heresy series because I'm a crazy person who loves eating garbage. I'm aware of two infamous ones (Battle for the Abyss, Nemesis), are there any others that are 'must-skip'? Conversely, which of the non-ADB/Abnett books (other than the opening trilogy and Eisenstein) are important to read, either because they are actually good or because they are plot-critical? Bearing in mind there's 50+ books to read. I'd say this was my absolutely ruthless list. Original trilogy Know No Fear Betrayer Vengful Spirit Praetorian of Dorn Master of Mankind Which is still 8 books, but is a managable amount, rather than attempting to read 30 of them and burning out. Yes I know this skips entire plot threads, but nothing you couldn't live without, or get the gist of from reading these.
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Before reading Ashes of Prospero, should I read the HH Prospero books, or am I good to just dive in?
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Technowolf posted:Before reading Ashes of Prospero, should I read the HH Prospero books, or am I good to just dive in? The HH Prospero books are pretty good but if you just want to read a wiki on them that would probably be enough. I would read them though.
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Deptfordx posted:Bearing in mind there's 50+ books to read. I'd say this was my absolutely ruthless list. Not sure why you wouldn't include The First Heratic on that list.
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susan posted:'Betrayer' of course is amazing, and 'Scars'/'Path of Heaven' are underrated. Deptfordx posted:Bearing in mind there's 50+ books to read. I'd say this was my absolutely ruthless list. TY guys 
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The Solar War is pretty good. I was finishing up Battlefleet Gothic Armada 2 when reading which added an important bit of context in otherwise confusing or vague ship battles. It sure did do a great job of conveying that scale of destruction and death I read 40K for though and the first two thirds or so were great. The last few chapters really struggled though gotta say.
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Laughing Zealot posted:Not sure why you wouldn't include The First Heratic on that list. Fair.
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Technowolf posted:Before reading Ashes of Prospero, should I read the HH Prospero books, or am I good to just dive in? You don't need to read them, but I'd say do it anyway because A Thousand Sons is just awesome in general. Honestly Ashes of Prospero is pretty cookie cutter in comparison. Like, I don't have the burning hatred for it some people do but it doesn't really do a great deal of interest with the material.
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Fallen Hamprince posted:TY guys Speaking of the Original Trilogy of the Horus Heresy. The Audible audio editions are on sale now for £3 each if that's any good for you.
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