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Trast posted::Finishes Straight Silver: But wait, there's more!!  edit: 
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Aug 30, 2012 19:19
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Yup, you've got it. Wonderful story. The bit in the seminary with the 'baptism' is fantastic.
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Sep 4, 2012 20:05
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Dec 25, 2012 23:39
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Infected Mushroom posted:The first two Ghosts books aren't anywhere near as good as the rest, try starting the third before writing the series off. Necropolis is the best book ever.
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Jan 26, 2013 11:30
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lenoon posted:One of the books will make you stop reading for a day or two. But I'm not going to tell you which one Interesting. Which one? God do I love Gaunt books. More than anything.
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Feb 6, 2013 20:23
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Umiapik posted:Pariah stuff Holy crap what a post. And a good post at that. I fully agree with your views - it's this constant sense of forboding that just fills it all. Can't wait for the others. Abnett is best author. I saw today what I thought was a new series about Macharius written by William King? Anyone know if it's any good? Not as good as Abnett. He sent me a Christmas card once because of Twitter. Still got that bad boy.
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Jun 1, 2013 20:03
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I have the Mordheim game on Early Access and it's pretty good too!
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Jan 17, 2015 12:27
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berzerkmonkey posted:Kharn: Eater of Worlds Any story introduced with "I'm so sorry" is just prime Abnett. I still love the bastard though. Best writer.
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Jan 21, 2015 20:32
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berzerkmonkey posted:
Along with the aforementioned "I'm so sorry", plus a "I'm so sorry, Gol" Going to be heartbreaking.
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Jan 21, 2015 21:31
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He needs to stop doing all these other series and just get on with more Gaunt. When is the Warmaster due?
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Jun 24, 2015 21:07
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I tweeted Dan's wife (who runs his Twitter) account the other day, and got a resounding "can't comment" on the delay from her.
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Jul 26, 2015 14:31
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Demiurge4 posted:It's a shame we won't see much out of Abnett anymore. What's happened?
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Nov 5, 2016 21:35
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Demiurge4 posted:That's Blenner if it's anyone. Doesn't fit Blenner's podgy description. Though the pallidness does. Also Blenner hasn't used a bolt pistol in the past, instead using an autopistol. I think. It's Gaunt, totally. I cannot wait.
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Feb 8, 2017 19:19
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Kolea is clearly absolutely hosed in the next book. It appears to me that a demon is coming for him and his family, as the healing done on him "opened him up" to the warp. I didn't make the Necron connection, to tell the truth, but that does make a lot of sense. His daughter (Yoncy, of "are they a boy or a girl/nicely handled cover-up of that mistake, Dan) is now drawing creepy pictures, as well as being oddly ageless - showing as immature and below her years but clearly pretty intelligent. Could be a good arc. Abnett has even written in the pre-face to the story which reveals this particular bit that terrible things are going to happen to Kolea, and he even apologises to him ("I'm so, so sorry Gol" if I remember correctly), so the poor guy is screwed. There's also a 30 page short story out on the Black Library. £2.50 seems steep but I had to have it. Story below for anyone that wants to save the money. It follows Mkoll being hunted around the ship as they're in transit, training exercise. The hunter is the White Scar from the Salvation's Reach mission, and Mkoll outwits him and has him dead to rights. The White Scar then reveals that he outsmarted Mkoll, as the other two Marines roll in. Mkoll THEN reveals that no, he is the master, and that the floor underneath them is packed with explosives. "I'm expendable", he says - one guardsmen would be a great swap for three enemies. The Space Marines are then frustrated when he reveals they're not explosives and something harmless instead. It was an odd one but a nice easing back in before the inevitable horror show that Warmaster is going to be. I must say I am the biggest Gaunt's Ghosts fan on the planet (and even have a Christmas card from Dan Abnett he sent to me a few years back!) and I can't wait for The Warmaster. Might even buy the big fancy stupid-money set. I'd like to go on Mastermind and have the Ghosts books be my subject.
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Nov 28, 2017 22:01
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Demiurge4 posted:I own one of those 500  Me too and it's superb. Really want to get the presumably stupidly expensive set for the Warmaster they're releasing in the next day or two.
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Nov 30, 2017 08:30
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Warmaster box thing bought!
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Dec 2, 2017 20:38
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holy hell Warmaster was one hell of a ride The ten year time shift is just superb and I know he'll get stick for it, but there's not a lot that makes me stop and audibly say "what the gently caress?". First Executor Lord Gaunt. loving hell. The boy done good. Also there's no way Mkoll goes out like that. He's fine. He must be. Poor old Ezra though. I do like how quickly and suddenly it happened - a big contrast to the slightly more drawn out Caffran death, for example. I also LOVE the whole Kolea's son/daughter thing that may have been a mistake by Abnett originally but which is now a clearly defined and massively important plot point. Amazing.
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Dec 6, 2017 17:51
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Holy hell that snuck up on me. Delightful.
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Jan 12, 2019 13:57
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boredsatellite posted:Please tell me that there an ebook version Yes, out now on the Books app on my iPhone, so probably elsewhere.
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Jan 19, 2019 10:51
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gently caress DAN ABNETT HE IS A MONSTER This is the most uncomfortably nervous I've ever been reading a book and it gets worse the more you get into it. Dreading the end. Gooses and Geeses fucked around with this message at 17:24 on Jan 19, 2019 |
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Jan 19, 2019 17:21
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Yes - no-one needs this book spoiled for them. Sorry if what I've posted appears spoilery but to be frank you could probably say "Abnett, you sod" after every one of the last five books. I have just finished it and I am emotional, to tell the truth. It's a fantastic book. It pulls no punches but I feel extremely satisfied with the ending and I don't feel it suffers from "rushed ending"-itis that a lot of people say his writing tends to. Never been exhausted by a book before but when you've read every GG book since the year 2000 then I think it's justified. What a ride.
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Jan 19, 2019 18:16
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bloom posted:I can't believe Abnett would kill off a few of the ghosts! Yeah it's the finale. There is definitely scope for further books though.
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Jan 20, 2019 10:49
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The Sabbat War anthology is outstanding. Easily the best anthology of the three (??) so far.
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Jun 20, 2021 09:18
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Arc Hammer posted:Well, off the top of my head: Brostin is still alive at least! The short story This is What Victory Feels Like (Forever the Same) in Sabbat War is excellent.
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Sep 12, 2021 09:45
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Cooked Auto posted:Feels like that describes her stuff in a nutshell, Honorbound had a very similar feeling to, and her short story in Sabbat War was also kinda the same. Officer tits: let's be precise here!
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Arc Hammer posted:EDIT. Decided to take it down for the sake of other people in the thread. If anyone wants to ask a question then PM me. This is a shame. I thought your recap was excellent. Thanks for doing it and having it up as long as it was.
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