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Improbable Lobster posted:Emprah Bigger Than You is a good line Really takes you into the character. I am in awe of the skill in just those few sentences.
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Black Griffon posted:I would like the whole thing to be read by the guy who does the russian ogryn in Darktide. Im pretty sure thats Toby Longworth
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Wait so Lion El'Johnson is named for the woods, so "johnson" means "wood", which is to say they made it even dumberFingat posted:Im pretty sure thats Toby Longworth Oh that owns. He needs to do it in that specific accent though.
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The Mechanicus 40k game was available for free on Epic so I grabbed it. It's very chatty but the writing's good and sufficiently grimdark even if it's not quite pressing my Xcom button.
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Yeah I listen to all my BL books these days and have held off on any of the Heresy Scars stuff anticipating just that kind of thing
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Mechanicus is very easy to break over your knee and the difficulty curve never swings back up, but drat is the atmosphere awesome. A solid 8/10 for me, not something I'm gonna replay but I enjoyed my time with it.
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I know that some people consider Salamanders the black chapter, but that either seems to stem from a misunderstanding or a desire to make them like that because it fits their own interpretation of the canon, which in turn can either be good for them if it's a personal thing or really weird if it's not.
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The Celestial Lions are an African pastiche, and not the best-handled one imo
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Black Griffon posted:I know that some people consider Salamanders the black chapter, but that either seems to stem from a misunderstanding or a desire to make them like that because it fits their own interpretation of the canon, which in turn can either be good for them if it's a personal thing or really weird if it's not. I mean they straight up were for a while? This lore was invented by white british nerds in the 80s, which meant that when they imagined a group of superhumans with genetic augmentations including the ability to shift melanin through their skin to survive a staggering array of atmospheres the skin shades they imagined ranged from 'transparently pale' to 'something that might resemble a light tan if you squinted hard' and then there were the black ones! edit: sitting in a pub in shrup-on-shire-brook and trying to imagine how fierce the sun could get on a world with no atmosphere. Maybe you could see the sun!
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Black Griffon posted:I know that some people consider Salamanders the black chapter, but that either seems to stem from a misunderstanding or a desire to make them like that because it fits their own interpretation of the canon, which in turn can either be good for them if it's a personal thing or really weird if it's not. In several of the audio books the voice actors are also accented that way. The Salamanders in Helsreach come to mind.
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Telsa Cola posted:In several of the audio books the voice actors are also accented that way. The Salamanders in Helsreach come to mind. Burva Alfabusa(?) also had what I'm sure was a jolly generalized African accent for Vulkan.
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Black Griffon posted:Oh dear Gareth Armstrong is doing a poorly restrained asian-voice for a white scar. That seems unnecessary. It's pretty unfortunate, as is the general stereotypical asian acccents used for the white scars in general. It feels like a weird throwback, in a bad way. FWIW it isn't just him, I'm pretty sure someone higher up made that decision. Doesn't make it easier to listen to though.
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Well that's the angels done. Nice thing about audiobooks is that they can be read in a day like you're the Tai Lopez of Warhammer, but less of a loving loser.Improbable Lobster posted:It's pretty unfortunate, as is the general stereotypical asian acccents used for the white scars in general. It feels like a weird throwback, in a bad way. Yeah I guess it's just a document note that says "oh yeah these guys are Asian" and no one over there has any great reason to do anything about it. Benagain posted:I mean they straight up were for a while? This lore was invented by white british nerds in the 80s, which meant that when they imagined a group of superhumans with genetic augmentations including the ability to shift melanin through their skin to survive a staggering array of atmospheres the skin shades they imagined ranged from 'transparently pale' to 'something that might resemble a light tan if you squinted hard' That's fair. I know I've had the impression that they've been thought of as the black guys for two decades, so it obviously comes from somewhere.
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Deptfordx posted:I would love an audiobook version of Space Marine read by Toby Longworth or Jonathon Keeble. Audiobook ? Dream bigger. Ian Watson was doing some story development for a prominent British film director. He took an interest and read the manuscript for Inquisitor, and then GW sent over a pile of art and fluff books. We could have had a 40K movie by Stanley loving Kubrik.
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mllaneza posted:Audiobook ? Dream bigger. Ian Watson was doing some story development for a prominent British film director. He took an interest and read the manuscript for Inquisitor, and then GW sent over a pile of art and fluff books.  Kubrick was American! I'd kill to see that.
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Okay, he was in Britain at the time.
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Black Griffon posted:jesus reading Abnett after Descent of Angles feels straight up unfair Yyyyep
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So after looking for those SPACE MARINE quotes I decided to do a re-read. I stand by my statement that it still owns, but I think it's biggest weakness is that there's no actual plot. It's a series of things happening one after the other, and then the book ends. All of those things are either awesome, weird, or involve farts in some way, and it is never ever dull.
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Last I heard Watson is writing gay porn these days. Which honestly checks out.
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Does anyone have some suggestions for short, less than 10h audiobooks? Audiobooks exclusively, I listen to books while I paint. I'm listening to this now:  I've listened to a few things, I tend to like audo dramas but audiobooks are fine, if the narrator has a good enough vocal range.
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Gravitas Shortfall posted:So after looking for those SPACE MARINE quotes I decided to do a re-read. I loved how the evil governor used illegal eldar guns but tuned them so they would say his name. SSSSS RANG OOOOO
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GreenBuckanneer posted:Does anyone have some suggestions for short, less than 10h audiobooks? Audiobooks exclusively, I listen to books while I paint. Question, just 40k? Or other genres as well.
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GreenBuckanneer posted:Does anyone have some suggestions for short, less than 10h audiobooks? Audiobooks exclusively, I listen to books while I paint. The Aurelian audiobook is about Lorgars first pilgrimage in the warp, you might like it. There's also The Butchers Nails which is an Angron/Lorgar journey that's pretty fun. For super short audio dramas I also recommend Warmaster & Stone and Iron.
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Deptfordx posted:Question, just 40k? Or other genres as well. Anything in the Warhammer sphere
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All of the Eisenhorn books are under 10 hours and are must read if you haven't touched them yet. For a change of style from the usual 40k there's Ciaphis Cain books, For The Emperor is under 9.
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Onto The Abyss. So far I think I like it more than Angels.
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With all this talk of bad horus heresy books, I found a recommended reading order for the series that cuts out like 25 books. I was wondering if this was missing anything good. I'm going to tackle these in audiobook form once I finish the guy Haley blood angels trilogy. https://www.reddit.com/r/40kLore/comments/jjr9m5/cd8ds_personal_guide_to_reading_the_horus_heresy/
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Has anyone read the Red Gobbo books (Da Gobbo’s Revenge and Da Gobbo’s Demise)? Can anyone spoil me their plot?
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There isn't really much to spoil, there is no continuity between them. The Red Gobbo isn't one gobbo, it's a title/persona passed from gobbo to gobbo in an attempt to unify them to break free of ork suppression if they could only work together They're fun little and fast reads, try to track them down.
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