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victrix posted:Thread needs a serious reading guide/order info post
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D-Pad posted:Lol they announced a Sororitas VR game. I know it's gonna suck but I really want it. Yeah. I'm still getting it, but yeah.
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Sep 17, 2020 06:02
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Arquinsiel posted:There is no real order. Mostly these are disconnected series that just happen to inhabit the same world. Some of them are entirely generic TBH. I think they are referring to HH. The issue is there really isn't a right answer, it just comes down to personal preference. I read every single one in order. There were some real poo poo books, but I wanted the whole thing. I can completely understand someone who just wants to hit the highlights or somebody who wants everything but the really bad ones.
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Sep 17, 2020 06:29
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D-Pad posted:Lol they announced a Sororitas VR game. I know it's gonna suck but I really want it. The trailer is missing the part where the mother superior makes you kneel on Legos for six hours because the heretic you cooked was improperly charred on one side.l
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Sep 17, 2020 06:33
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Sep 17, 2020 06:38
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That flamer looks a lil anemic Is there a list out there that tiers the books into like genuinely good, okay, def skip? Both for HH and for 40k.
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Sep 17, 2020 10:15
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aphid_licker posted:That flamer looks a lil anemic Anemic? Hell, I've had BBQ lighters with more oomph than that 
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Sep 17, 2020 13:23
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The Rat posted:Anemic? Hell, I've had BBQ lighters with more oomph than that Guys, I think I found Elon’s account... 
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Sep 17, 2020 13:39
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aphid_licker posted:Is there a list out there that tiers the books into like genuinely good, okay, def skip? Both for HH and for 40k. The last 5 or so pages has a lot of discussion about both. You can check my posts for 40k recommendations and other have posted about good HH several times.
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Sep 17, 2020 18:17
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Book four The Flight of the Eisenstein was the first black library book I ever read, I remember it being good and liking it enough to go read like 100 more BL novels.
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Sep 17, 2020 18:26
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D-Pad posted:The last 5 or so pages has a lot of discussion about both. You can check my posts for 40k recommendations and other have posted about good HH several times. Yeah I know, I have the thread bookmarked, I was just curious if someone somewhere had compiled it all in one place.
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Sep 17, 2020 20:01
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Ego-bot sold me their copy of the Grey Knights Omnibus and it's here!    I'm, uh, concerned about the quality of the books after reading Galaxy in Flames but also gently caress it, it's gorgeous and it's mine and it's all thanks to Ego-bot being a cool goon. Thanks!
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Sep 17, 2020 21:16
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aphid_licker posted:Yeah I know, I have the thread bookmarked, I was just curious if someone somewhere had compiled it all in one place. I'd love to write a new OP for a new thread and could put most of it together and then ask thread for input, I just don't have the time right now.
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Sep 17, 2020 21:21
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D-Pad posted:I'd love to write a new OP for a new thread and could put most of it together and then ask thread for input, I just don't have the time right now. Literally just do the current OP but with a new section at the bottom called "NEW BOOKS SINCE THE ORIGINAL OP RELEASED, HERE ARE THE GOOD ONES", don't fix what ain't broke
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Sep 17, 2020 21:28
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I was just thinking about how BL books are all over-the-top but sanitized violence and melodramatic man-drama and was like oh poo poo this is wrestlingD-Pad posted:I'd love to write a new OP for a new thread and could put most of it together and then ask thread for input, I just don't have the time right now. I mean we can all collaborate on it in a google doc or something, surely we all remember one or two that we loved or hated. aphid_licker fucked around with this message at 21:48 on Sep 17, 2020 |
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Sep 17, 2020 21:41
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StrixNebulosa posted:Ego-bot sold me their copy of the Grey Knights Omnibus and it's here! There are 3 books in there. The first whips rear end and is the most metal thing I've ever read. The second is decent enough. The third is not great.
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Sep 17, 2020 22:23
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I borrowed the first Grey Knights from a friend years ago and then forgot to read the rest, but I seem to remember being entertained (and forgetting to read the rest has way more to do with ADHD than anything else).
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Sep 17, 2020 22:24
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aphid_licker posted:I was just thinking about how BL books are all over-the-top but sanitized violence and melodramatic man-drama and was like oh poo poo this is wrestling Holy poo poo.
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Sep 17, 2020 22:31
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aphid_licker posted:I was just thinking about how BL books are all over-the-top but sanitized violence and melodramatic man-drama and was like oh poo poo this is wrestling
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Sep 17, 2020 22:46
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The third Greyknights book by Counter is definitely a book.
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Sep 18, 2020 00:03
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aphid_licker posted:I was just thinking about how BL books are all over-the-top but sanitized violence and melodramatic man-drama and was like oh poo poo this is wrestling Guilliman's not very good at promos but his ringwork is fantastic.
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Sep 18, 2020 02:04
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StrixNebulosa posted:Ego-bot sold me their copy of the Grey Knights Omnibus and it's here! Wow, that arrived a lot quicker than I expected. I posted a picture of my collection earlier in this thread. If anyone wants one or more of these books, let me know. I'm likely going to give them to a library or prison at some point so It'll just cost you shipping. edit: Some I haven't read yet but I'm planning to. Also available but not pictured, Devestation of Baal and Plague Wars. Chemtrailologist fucked around with this message at 05:00 on Sep 18, 2020 |
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Sep 18, 2020 02:21
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Ego-bot posted:Wow, that arrived a lot quicker than I expected. PMing you about Eisenhorn and Ravenor!
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Sep 18, 2020 02:33
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Ego-bot posted:Wow, that arrived a lot quicker than I expected. pm'ing you about a couple books.
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Sep 18, 2020 03:32
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The first Ben Counter Grey Knights book in my head I remember being great. However, I must have read it like 15 years ago now? There is one scene I remember bugging me: Don't they visit a feudal world and are nearly captured by a bunch of guys on horses? Some amazing setpieces in that book though and a great depiction of how they pool their powers together and through force-weapons. The ending with Tancred and the whole "I am the.." speech owns, one of the best scenes written along with Camba Diaz on the bridge by Abnett and bladebreaking scene with Hyperion by ADB. ed balls balls man fucked around with this message at 10:13 on Sep 18, 2020 |
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Sep 18, 2020 10:10
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Diaz on the bridge in the audiobook was amazing
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Sep 18, 2020 10:53
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ed balls balls man posted:The first Ben Counter Grey Knights book in my head I remember being great. However, I must have read it like 15 years ago now? There is one scene I remember bugging me: They're ambushed by a feudal army, which sends cavalry at them. The cavalry get rekt, as you would expect, but while that's happening thousands of footsoldiers are able to advance without getting shredded by bolter fire and get into close combat in sufficient numbers to overwhelm the Grey Knights. The bit where they use psychic powers as a squad is what busts them out of the trap just as they're about to be swamped by the enemy's numbers. I found it a pleasing case of showing (rather than telling) that space marines have their limits, and that a sufficiently cunning enemy can effectively exploit those limits even with relatively sparse resources.
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Sep 18, 2020 12:46
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The Imperial Infantry handbook reprint will be out tomorrow. It isn't as limited as a LE, but from what I have seen it probably won't be in stock for longer than a day or three. If you are interested I would grab one tomorrow.quote:A Warhammer 40,000 book D-Pad fucked around with this message at 05:51 on Sep 19, 2020 |
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Sep 19, 2020 05:45
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I am about halfway though Kal Jericho: Sinner's Bounty, and it's basically Forgeworld Hired Guns: The Book. Current count is eight named characters, and at least two of the big generics being used..
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Sep 19, 2020 06:17
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D-Pad posted:The Imperial Infantry handbook reprint will be out tomorrow. It isn't as limited as a LE, but from what I have seen it probably won't be in stock for longer than a day or three. If you are interested I would grab one tomorrow. I recently realized that, while I can still find my Munitorum Manual, I can't find my Primer. I'm glad this reprint happened before a Commissar realized this, too!
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Sep 19, 2020 14:08
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In the time it took me to find my credit card, it went out of stock
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Sep 19, 2020 20:59
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radlum posted:In the time it took me to find my credit card, it went out of stock Amazon doesn't even show it being released until the 29th? 
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Sep 19, 2020 21:01
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I meant on the GE site, but I might get it from Amazon. How are the Hammer of the Emperor and Shield of the Emperor omnibuses?
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Sep 19, 2020 21:20
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Schadenboner posted:Amazon doesn't even show it being released until the 29th? GW does releases a week before they actually go on sale. You can pre-order it on Amazon right now and you'll get it after next Saturday. I just checked and Amazon says they are in stock. https://www.amazon.com/Imperial-Infantrymans-Handbook-Warhammer-000/dp/1789991935 Anybody who ever plans on maybe ordering something like this on the GW site should create an account and save a method of payment so you don't miss out. Or you can use the paypal check out option if you don't want to save a CC on GW site. Edit: It shows as still in stock on the US GW site...
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Sep 19, 2020 22:10
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The new Ork POV novel is pretty good at halfway in. It's split between Ork POV and Mechanicus POV. Brooks does a good job of not making the Ork speak too annoying, in fact, I am actually enjoying it. The Ork sections are awesome. He obviously has a great understanding of what makes the Orks fun. He's even got a non-binary techpriest which makes a ton of sense considering the Mechanicus's views and I look forward to the 40k chuds being triggered.
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I've heard only good things about that so far, I didn't realize it had any AdMech stuff though, I might have to add it to the list.
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Sep 20, 2020 03:13
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D-Pad posted:The new Ork POV novel is pretty good at halfway in. It's split between Ork POV and Mechanicus POV. Brooks does a good job of not making the Ork speak too annoying, in fact, I am actually enjoying it. The Ork sections are awesome. He obviously has a great understanding of what makes the Orks fun.
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SardonicTyrant posted:Sadly, Horus doesn't get much more characterization after his fall to Chaos, but one moment does stand out: During I think it was Vengeful Spirt Horus and his Justaerians (Luna Wolves name for 1st Company Terminators) board a loyalist vessel and take the bridge. The captain knows he's outgunned and is about to surrender when Horus goads him into attacking. Since it's baseline humans vs. a Primarch and Astartes the captain and crew get wiped out almost immediately. Abadon asks Horus why he did that and Horus says that if it gave the captain a way to die with honor instead of surrendering in shame i mean i kinda view it as he is really barely himself anymore by the time they hit terra. dudes been warp hosed to hells and back and probably has like 30 deamons in his brain and all 4 major gods screaming in his ears. he is basicaly an broken avatar for them now just like the rest of the chaos primarcs are twisted to gently caress and back outside perterabo who was always a sulky shithead and i guess konrad who is in an escape pod.
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Sep 21, 2020 00:29
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D-Pad posted:The new Ork POV novel is pretty good at halfway in. It's split between Ork POV and Mechanicus POV. Brooks does a good job of not making the Ork speak too annoying, in fact, I am actually enjoying it. The Ork sections are awesome. He obviously has a great understanding of what makes the Orks fun. i mean do the techpriests even have a biological sex after a fashion after a while. i mean when your a brain in robot spider or whatever, its all gender than and even then you come from a society than doesn't even care about that kinda stuff because they dont even want to be human. anyway, thats cool. whats the ork book called?
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Brutal Kunnin Started reading it a couple hours ago. It's a lot of fun and Brooks' ork dialogue is much better. Ere we go. Ere we go. Ere we go. Edit: The first thing I asked in this thread was if there was an Ork novel. There wasn't at the time and this is shaping up to be exactly what I wanted.
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