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Planets in grand sci-fi just function as individual small countries, or sometimes cities. It's a part of the form at this point.
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feedmegin posted:Bear in mind the Flashman books started out being written in the 70s, when casual racism etc wasn't quite such a big deal in a comedic setting (srsly check out some of the British TV from the time; the Black and White Minstrel Show was still just about a thing even). Also the raping gets toned down a bit, sort of...I think the character says the rape in the first book is the only time he's ever done it, but then there's some suuuper problematic questions along the lines of 'how much consent can a slave woman on a slave ship who doesn't speak English actually give to her captor' kind of thing. Flashman isn't a "the 70s were a different time" thing. He's supposed to be an absolute monster, he's a stand in for rapacious British imperialism.
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D-Pad posted:So I read The Inquisition Wars because I wanted to see what the start of 40k writing was like and get into some old lore. gently caress Ian Watson forever and ever. Like is my ebook copy messed up or does it really just abruptly end after 700+ pages when the main character commits suicide by space marine, becomes a webway ghost, and is like "this is my life now" with no resolution to the plot whatsoever. I haven't read Inquisition War but that sounds like the most 40k thing ever.
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susan posted:Gonna be in need of a new book soon, are the Horusian War books any good? Or should I read the Ravenor series first? Or dive back into the Heresy line (I think the White Scars are where I left off)? Ravenor is a no-brainer if you haven't read it
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Immanentized posted:Speaking of inquisitors, any one try out the new game? Yeah, the core game is fun but it's like playing an alpha. Game badly needed another 6 months in the oven.
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Exorcist Grey Knights is even lamer fanfiction-y garbage than the Exorcists already are
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Nuclear War posted:I just finished the Gods of Mars trilogy. Pretty good all told really. Are there other good books that describe the mechanicus at all? The Mechanicus omnibus and Atlas Infernal, both by Rob Sanders. Also, Pariah and The Magos are parts 1 & 2 of the sequel trilogy to Eisenhorn/Ravenor, if you weren't aware.
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beergod posted:Eisenhorn still the read-me-first for getting into 40k? Looks like the OP is 6 years old. I'm 30, thank you very much 
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Brothers of the Snake is basically a short story/novella anthology, and I think at least a few of them were written well before the book was published in '07.
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Randalor posted:Has humanity ever trusted xeno species in the 40k verse, or were they always wanting to shoot them first, ask questions later? Humanity yes, the Imperium no.
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Angel Exterminatus is great because of the reveal that the Iron Warriors spend their free time playing 40k tabletop
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Storm of Iron kicks rear end and is worth 8 bucks on its own, easily McNeill's best book.
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Miguel Prado posted:So is James Swallow any good? Thinking about buying the next book in the HH series when it drops in the end of February. No
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Galvanik posted:Bit late to comment on this, but I feel like it's worth mentioning that the Eldar managed to exist as a space faring race for millions of years without creating a galactic warp catastrophe. I'm afraid I have some bad news
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Waroduce posted:Whose the other marine on the cover of doom. There are back stories for z tier star wars characters, don't tell me second marine doesnt have a name Steve
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Daemon World owns and it's the best Ben Counter book by a mile imo
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Christopher Meloni as Fischig for sure
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Johnny-5 as Pontius Glaw
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What I don't understand is why he's fighting Starcraft enemies in the trailer, surely they're opening themselves up to a lawsuit from Activision Blizzard
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Capitalism isn't just "companies" or "money" or "commodity ownership", it's a whole legal framework guaranteeing the sovereignty of capital investment and making it the primary determinant for how resources are distributed. The Imperium is pretty clearly not that.
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The Imperium is really just a permanent wartime economy, so the model you'd be looking at would be the US/Britain/Germany/Japan during WWII. It isn't capitalism, but it's not quite pre-capitalism either.
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Mechanicum are what would happen if the Luddites weren't all murdered by factory owners
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If you have any idea what space marines and chaos and the Imperium are then the Night Lords books are plenty accessible, it'll just be a lot if you're going into it without any prior exposure to the setting.
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Ganguro Blood Angels, very kawaii
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Maybe the Imperium aren't the good guys
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Deptfordx posted:Lol, just reminded me. wow cool story
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