So I tried asking this in the D&D reading thread, but got no responses. Just finished reading Abnett's Horus Rising, after hearing that he is writing some great stuff in the 40k universe. I'm interested in the rest of the Horus Heresy story, but I'm cautious about proceeding. How do the books by the other authors hold up compared to Abnett? Are they decent, or should I stick to just Abnett's stuff?
So I tried asking this in the D&D reading thread, but got no responses. Just finished reading Abnett's Horus Rising, after hearing that he is writing some great stuff in the 40k universe. I'm interested in the rest of the Horus Heresy story, but I'm cautious about proceeding. How do the books by the other authors hold up compared to Abnett? Are they decent, or should I stick to just Abnett's stuff?
There was quite a good thread about the Horus Heresy series in The Writer's Block, but I can't seem to find it. If I do, I'll edit this post with a link...
From the sound of it most people have enjoyed the other authors' works; Graham McNeill has contributed some very good entries to the series and I can personally attest that 'Flight of the Eisenstein' by James Swallow is amazing.
There are a couple of duds like 'Descent of Angels' and 'Battle for the Abyss' which aren't actively bad, just nowhere near as good as the rest. But as books about Warhams go, I'd say overall the Horus Heresy series is pretty solid stuff.
The books through Fulgrim are great. Then you can skip to Legion or Thousand Sons. Unless you have a particular interest in the Dark Angels, I hear their books aren't that great.
As far as Black Library authors go, Abnett is widely regarded as the best. Graham McNeill is my favorite HH author, though. I really liked False Gods, Fulgrim and Thousand Sons. They are all solid books.
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I think I agree mr. Nuts. Not got to Thousand Sons yet but Fulgrim is my favourite.
Anyway, had my 3rd DE game tonight, this time against mech Tau. I, er, lost again.
My tactics were a lot more solid I think, however I suffered from the fact that my Dark Lances could not open up his vehicles. I shook and stunned loads but didn't even manage to blow the weapons off anything. On the plus side, my jetbikes finally did something awesome. Kept them in reserve before turbo boosting across the board to slaughter a whole unit of fire warriors in one flyby attack. Yeah, Fire Warriors are not very impressive I know, but it was still cool :P
Retail at a GW on Black Friday seems like it wouldn't be too bad, seeing as they have no deals and charge you for the cool things they're supposed to hand out free.
Mr_Rose83 Blue Ridge Protects the HolyRegistered Userregular
edited November 2010
The thing about Fulgrim (and most all the "official" slaanesh fiction outside of the Liber Chaotica) is that I could almost feel when the author ran into a brick 'this far and no further' wall of self-censorship when it came to describing the depths of depravity to which these people were slowly sinking.
I mean I know and understand why it was done; these books are available for sale without restriction to anyone who walks into a GW and also a large number of more mainstream book sellers, but it still felt a little jarring.
So I tried asking this in the D&D reading thread, but got no responses. Just finished reading Abnett's Horus Rising, after hearing that he is writing some great stuff in the 40k universe. I'm interested in the rest of the Horus Heresy story, but I'm cautious about proceeding. How do the books by the other authors hold up compared to Abnett? Are they decent, or should I stick to just Abnett's stuff?
There was quite a good thread about the Horus Heresy series in The Writer's Block, but I can't seem to find it. If I do, I'll edit this post with a link...
From the sound of it most people have enjoyed the other authors' works; Graham McNeill has contributed some very good entries to the series and I can personally attest that 'Flight of the Eisenstein' by James Swallow is amazing.
There are a couple of duds like 'Descent of Angels' and 'Battle for the Abyss' which aren't actively bad, just nowhere near as good as the rest. But as books about Warhams go, I'd say overall the Horus Heresy series is pretty solid stuff.
I bet you will really like False Gods and Galaxy in Flames as it follows the same characters. Then you switch gears beginning with FotE. I got about 100 pages in before I realized it wasn't a direct chronological sequel and had to reread it from the beginning -- so keep that in mind. At first I didn't like it, but it really grew on me as it pressed on. As others have said, most of the books are really awesome. I think you'll enjoy them!
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There are some acts so ruthless, some deeds so unpalatable, that only the Vlka Fenryka are capable of undertaking them. It's what we were bred for. It's the way we were designed. Without qualm or sentiment, without hesitation or whimsy. We take pride in being the only Astartes who will never, under any circumstances, refuse to strike on the Allfather's behalf, no matter what the target, no matter what the cause.
The following people are amazing and I love them: Wildcat, Timspork, Kias, Denada, susan, Sharp101, [GHSC]Ryctor, Matev, Matrias, ItBurns, Slapnuts, Dayspring, see317, and the unknown poster that sent me a box of Death Company! If you get them as Santees you should buy them amazing things!
Sorry Nax. In a show of solidarity, I will sleep in and not buy a single thing tomorrow...Unless something on Amazon blows me away.
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There are some acts so ruthless, some deeds so unpalatable, that only the Vlka Fenryka are capable of undertaking them. It's what we were bred for. It's the way we were designed. Without qualm or sentiment, without hesitation or whimsy. We take pride in being the only Astartes who will never, under any circumstances, refuse to strike on the Allfather's behalf, no matter what the target, no matter what the cause.
I pity any and all men who limit their turkey feasts to any specific days just because that's tradition.
Turkey should be a year round food. Maybe you limit the sides to stuffing or mashed potatoes and some veggies to lighten the work load, but there's no reason not to get a turkey breast and cook it up on a cool fall day, or smoke one in the summer. And there's no wrong season for leftover turkey sammiches.
Sorry Nax. In a show of solidarity, I will sleep in and not buy a single thing tomorrow...Unless something on Amazon blows me away.
I'll stand with Slapnuts here. I'll sleep in and not buy a single thing at a store all day. Note: online doesn't count, cause it's entirely possible that's where I'm shopping for my secret Santa, and if they've got a good sale all the better.
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Back when I was on my break from all things 40k, my brother came up to me with a HH book. Said it was a cool series and explained, obviously, what went on with the Horus Heresy. So I read it, had a good ol' time, got to the end. I asked him for the next book. But it wasn't to be.
He'd given me Galaxy in Flames.
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edited November 2010
Nax, apropos of nothing, what armies are you playing these days?
Nax, apropos of nothing, what armies are you playing these days?
Blood Angels and Blood Angels alone I've gotten rid of everything else
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Ok, so, the new flying stands are pretty great for DE raiders.
The smaller ones, whilst better than they used to be, still result in jetbikes falling off them a lot of the time, so I'm going to put them on scenic bases like I did for my craftworlders.
My question is, which would look better? Bike bases, or terminator bases? My guardian jetbikes are on termy sized bases, but I have some biker bases kicking about I could use.
I dunno. Working at Wal-Mart on Black Friday can be pretty entertaining (watching two moms fist fight over Care Bears has been one of the single greatest memories of my life).
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I dunno. Working at Wal-Mart on Black Friday can be pretty entertaining (watching two moms fist fight over Care Bears has been one of the single greatest memories of my life).
I dunno. Working at Wal-Mart on Black Friday can be pretty entertaining (watching two moms fist fight over Care Bears has been one of the single greatest memories of my life).
Why the hell didn't you record that thing?
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I think we were all too busy laughing way too hard at them.
So, 3 hours left of my shift.... it feels like I have been here for months
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There was quite a good thread about the Horus Heresy series in The Writer's Block, but I can't seem to find it. If I do, I'll edit this post with a link...
From the sound of it most people have enjoyed the other authors' works; Graham McNeill has contributed some very good entries to the series and I can personally attest that 'Flight of the Eisenstein' by James Swallow is amazing.
There are a couple of duds like 'Descent of Angels' and 'Battle for the Abyss' which aren't actively bad, just nowhere near as good as the rest. But as books about Warhams go, I'd say overall the Horus Heresy series is pretty solid stuff.
edit: Found it!
As far as Black Library authors go, Abnett is widely regarded as the best. Graham McNeill is my favorite HH author, though. I really liked False Gods, Fulgrim and Thousand Sons. They are all solid books.
Anyway, had my 3rd DE game tonight, this time against mech Tau. I, er, lost again.
My tactics were a lot more solid I think, however I suffered from the fact that my Dark Lances could not open up his vehicles. I shook and stunned loads but didn't even manage to blow the weapons off anything. On the plus side, my jetbikes finally did something awesome. Kept them in reserve before turbo boosting across the board to slaughter a whole unit of fire warriors in one flyby attack. Yeah, Fire Warriors are not very impressive I know, but it was still cool :P
I also really liked Fulgrim and Thousand Sons. Like many of the HH books they made me reconsider how I view a few legions.
I mean I know and understand why it was done; these books are available for sale without restriction to anyone who walks into a GW and also a large number of more mainstream book sellers, but it still felt a little jarring.
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Ah, thanks for that. I guess I'll press on and see how I fare. If the rest of the books are even half as good as Horus Rising was I'll be happy.
I pity any and all men who limit their turkey feasts to any specific days just because that's tradition.
Turkey should be a year round food. Maybe you limit the sides to stuffing or mashed potatoes and some veggies to lighten the work load, but there's no reason not to get a turkey breast and cook it up on a cool fall day, or smoke one in the summer. And there's no wrong season for leftover turkey sammiches.
I'll stand with Slapnuts here. I'll sleep in and not buy a single thing at a store all day. Note: online doesn't count, cause it's entirely possible that's where I'm shopping for my secret Santa, and if they've got a good sale all the better.
He'd given me Galaxy in Flames.
Blood Angels and Blood Angels alone
"Oh what a day, what a LOVELY DAY!"
Here are some pics of some happy things:
The smaller ones, whilst better than they used to be, still result in jetbikes falling off them a lot of the time, so I'm going to put them on scenic bases like I did for my craftworlders.
My question is, which would look better? Bike bases, or terminator bases? My guardian jetbikes are on termy sized bases, but I have some biker bases kicking about I could use.
Try working one where you boss freaks out it's well worth the hell it turns into
As for HH books I do want one for the Imperial Fists but I have a feeling they are going to do books about the Universe after HH
I dunno. Working at Wal-Mart on Black Friday can be pretty entertaining (watching two moms fist fight over Care Bears has been one of the single greatest memories of my life).
Why the hell didn't you record that thing?
The era before Cel phones
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Those are deliciously gay.
Squats came back, 8 new marine books came out, and 6th edition dropped.
Tim still plays guard though.
I specifically optimized for what I think I will need:
3 basilisks
9 leman russ (or equiv sized tanks)
6 chimera hulls
8 Sentinels
20 heavy weapons teams
191 troops (various sizes, incl. banners etc)
15 terminators (ogryn)
20 assault marines (uh... )
6 bikes (rough riders?)
"Oh what a day, what a LOVELY DAY!"
Day you said that like it was new info.