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Warhammer 40,000 books
The_Yeorinator
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So I'm kinda wanting to start reading the Warhammer 40,000 novels. I just love the setting and tone. But..I can't figure out where to start.
Where is a good starting point in the sea of books, and/or is there a timeline I should be following?
So I'm kinda wanting to start reading the Warhammer 40,000 novels. I just love the setting and tone. But..I can't figure out where to start.
Where is a good starting point in the sea of books, and/or is there a timeline I should be following?
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The whole Space Wolf series is amazing imo, so give those a read.
After that I moved onto the "Space Wolf Omnibus" which is "Space Wolf", "Ragnar's Claw" and "Grey Hunter" in one book. Also enjoyed this.
I tried to move onto the "Soul Drinker Omnibus", but I really couldn't get into it. I should give it another go and attempt to finish it, before it gathers as much dust as "Crime & Punishment" has (Sooooooooooo boring)
I just started by going onto Amazon and looking for the Horus books, then Amazon started suggesting stuff and I just grabbed a few more. Just make sure that if you're grabbing a book that it's not a follow on from the story, you don't want to be jumping into the middle of a story.
they don't it be like it is but it do
I'm enjoying the Horus Heresey series very much, though Descent of Angels is rather boring so far. It's been fun to see the events of the heresy from the viewpoints of different people and legions. I think my favorite was Fulgrim.
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Ultramarines Omnibus - It is very much like the Ultramarines themselves: not bad at really, but incredibly vanilla.
Souldrinkers Omnibus - A terrible trilogy. It lacks any real coherence, pacing, or consistency.
Spacewolves Omnibus - It's a good book. It's got good action and writing, and really fleshes out what it is to be a space marine. I'd definitely recommend it as a starter book if you like marines.
Eisenhorn Omnibus - It was definitely well written, but I did not like it. The book just gave me the feeling while it is good, it doesn't seem consistent with the rest of the 40k universe.
Various Horus Heresy novels - They range from decent to good. While I definitely believe the books are above average, I wouldn't recommend them to start out as it's a long series and skips through various authors.
Let the Galaxy Burn (short story compilation) - If you can at all appreciate short stories, and don't need your books to be long epics, you will more than get your money out of this book. It is a series of short stories written by various authors, many of whom have books recommended here. It's the best short story compilation I've seen, and it probably would be of particular interest to you just getting into the books. Since there are so many authors represented, you can use this book as a reference, finding which author's writing styles you like and which you can't stand.
Ciaphas Cain, Hero of the Imperium - I cannot recommend this book enough. This is easily my favorite 40k novel. Basically, every other 40k book is about finishing the story; the reason you read is so you can find out what happens next. The Ciaphas Cain books are more akin to other literature, in that the point is to enjoying reading what happens to these characters in their situations. They are well written, they are well paced, they have awesome characters, they match up with the 40k mythos, and they are (on occasion) funny in a dark way. Just incredibly good all around.
As a side note, noticing GoodOmens' name, I command that you must read Ciaphas Cain. The author's humor style is very much like Good Omens, albiet much less frequent since it is an adventure story afterall. You have to read it. Don't do it for me. Don't even do it for youreslf. Do it for the EMPEROR.
O, you mean the FALSE EMPEROR?
they don't it be like it is but it do
I'd also recommend:
Horus Heresy series
Storm of Iron
Gaunts Ghosts series
Execution Hour (one of the few books written for the Battlefleet Gothic setting).
Eisenhorn series
Ravenor series (follows one of Eisenhorn's acolytes after he becomes an inquisitor).
I would suggest avoiding anything written by C.S. Goto (the Dawn of War novels for example), as he apparently doesn't know anything about the universe.
As far as timeline, it generally doesn't matter unless its within the series (or it relies on another series like with the Ravenor books).
also if you don't mind picking up the game books, grab a few codexes, they have great background reading in there, though not in novel form
OP: Try it.
I also thoroughly enjoyed fifteen hours, and the Gaunt's Ghosts novels were pretty good.
Hmm, the first 13th Legion novel... what was it called again? That was alright too, but the sequels were a little shoddy.
There kinda was, the author decided to merge it with his Uriel Ventris series (Nightbringer, Warriors of Ultramar). I believe the name of the book was Dead Sky, Black Sun.