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peanut- posted:Listened to the audiobook of that recently, highly recommended for both the lore and the extremely racist White Scars voices. The Black Library (Warhammer): Come For The Lore, Stay For The Racism
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Halfway through the second Cain novel, and the shtick is wearing thin. I particularly dislike the constant humorous footnotes. On a side note, I am amazed by so much of 40k artwork. I don’t know if any franchise inspires such high-quality fan art.  -Alexey Kruglov
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May 16, 2020 22:08
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I really enjoy the Cain books but they are incredibly same-y and formulaic.
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May 16, 2020 22:21
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Just read Slaves to Darkness and met the first Obliterator the demon basically saying "nah, pretty happy trapped here instead of having to fight for eternity" was great. It adds nothing to the larger Heresy and is entirely skippable but I enjoyed it a lot, it's not actively stupid like Battle for the Abyss.
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May 17, 2020 00:32
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Kevin DuBrow posted:Halfway through the second Cain novel, and the shtick is wearing thin. I particularly dislike the constant humorous footnotes. yeah cain is fun but its very formulaic and tiring at times. id say its the lays potato chips of 40k books. pretty good but they get old after a bit.
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May 17, 2020 03:54
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Just want to say that the Magos is way better than I ever hoped for It owns
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May 17, 2020 03:55
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After years of reading 40k stuff I'm finally on "Deliverance Lost" and it's so weird to read about the Emperor talking to people, even if via possessing someone, or telepathy.
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May 17, 2020 04:04
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I 100% believe gullyman heard nothing from Emps and just sat their faking it
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May 17, 2020 04:06
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I'd be down for the Emperor talking, but it's all disjointed messages from random points in time.
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May 17, 2020 05:54
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Then there’s The Last Church where the Emperor goes full +In this moment I am euphoric+
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Waroduce posted:I really enjoy the Cain books but they are incredibly same-y and formulaic. They are yes, they're a chore to read in succession. But as palate cleansers between books they're excellent.
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May 17, 2020 14:52
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Emps has talked to people every so often, mostly custodes and random very important individuals I think?
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May 18, 2020 01:58
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euphronius posted:I 100% believe gullyman heard nothing from Emps and just sat their faking it The Emperor said it's my turn to play the xbox
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May 18, 2020 03:17
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Dick Trauma posted:After years of reading 40k stuff I'm finally on "Deliverance Lost" and it's so weird to read about the Emperor talking to people, even if via possessing someone, or telepathy.
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May 18, 2020 03:19
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Relevant Tangent posted:Just read Slaves to Darkness and met the first Obliterator the demon basically saying "nah, pretty happy trapped here instead of having to fight for eternity" was great. It adds nothing to the larger Heresy and is entirely skippable but I enjoyed it a lot, it's not actively stupid like Battle for the Abyss. Any book where Lorgar eats poo poo is worth it to me.
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May 18, 2020 09:53
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From Fell Cargo, a warhammer fantasy book. "I have not the words, Sesto. No words to do it justice. Blood, there is blood. Pestilence. I see the future, I think. Fire and sword, fire and sword. Wholesale war. And darkness. Such suffocating darkness. Is that what is to come, Sesto? A grim darkness of the far future where there is only war?"
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May 19, 2020 01:58
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I like how the Emperor spells out his big plan to one of his Custodes in Master Of Mankind, who promptly drops his jaw and goes Jesus Christ.
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SardonicTyrant posted:I like how the Emperor spells out his big plan to one of his Custodes in Master Of Mankind, who promptly drops his jaw and goes Jesus Christ. The arrogance!
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May 19, 2020 03:24
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Telsa Cola posted:From Fell Cargo, a warhammer fantasy book. lol
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If you want a vision of the future, imagine a war hammer smashing into a human face for 40,000 years. A Warhammer 40,000 if you will.
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May 19, 2020 06:18
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A few chapters in listening to First And Only, and whew boy I already hate these two chucklefuck officers. Firenz / Dravere? The gently caress is their problem. The voice the narrator chooses for the General really nails the "gently caress this guy in particular" feeling.
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May 20, 2020 00:48
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Draker Flense and Hechtor Dravere. Two rather large assholes. Nowhere near the worst.
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mythicknight posted:A few chapters in listening to First And Only, and whew boy I already hate these two chucklefuck officers. Firenz / Dravere? The gently caress is their problem. The voice the narrator chooses for the General really nails the "gently caress this guy in particular" feeling. Just wait! There’s even bigger assholes! I’m about halfway through Storm of Iron. I’m enjoying it so far. Question: is there any recommendation for lore related to Alpha Legion?
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Modulo16 posted:Just wait! There’s even bigger assholes! Sons of the Hydra is probably your best bet as far as 40k goes. It and Shroud of Night are the only two I know of that are fully focused on the Alpha Legion. I enjoyed Sons of the Hydra, but a lot of people didn't. It's certainly not top tier BL, but I like the AL and it was readable. Legion is a the best 30k look at them and was written by Abnett so it's pretty good. If you just want lore maybe just go read through their wiki articles? I really wish BL would flesh them out more, but doing them justice is very tricky, not a lot of authors can write a good plot that has as many twists and turns and quadruple crosses as the AL deserves.
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May 20, 2020 03:34
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Amazon keeps recommending the Cacharodon books. They any good?
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May 20, 2020 03:40
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They're pretty good. Solid space marine action.
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I wasn't too impressed with Red Tithe, but it's not bad per se, just sort of mediocre.
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I love that the Carcharodon plan in the second book to uncover a genestealer cult is to kick off a planet wide riot so the cult thinks it's their chance. Purge enough people and the heretic dies eventually.
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Guyver posted:I love that the Carcharodon plan in the second book to uncover a genestealer cult is to kick off a planet wide riot so the cult thinks it's their chance. Purge enough people and the heretic dies eventually. The population can't be Genestealer kissed if there's no population to Genestealer kiss. *taps forehead*
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Pro fuckin' click: https://twitter.com/K_Iragana_A/status/1262778208132296705?s=20
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Just finished up the Fabius Bile books. I always just thought of him as a Dr. Moreau rip-off, and to a large extent he is, but his whole "third way" shtick is a really refreshing departure from the normal Imperium / Chaos dynamic. The secondary characters in the books are generally pretty interesting as well, and there's some really fun fluff that gets factored into the plot. Would highly recommend these to anyone who has given them a pass based on a lack of interest in the protagonist. Really excited now to see how he factors into the Psychic Awakening and Dark Imperium stuff now.
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Paddyo posted:Just finished up the Fabius Bile books. I always just thought of him as a Dr. Moreau rip-off, and to a large extent he is, but his whole "third way" shtick is a really refreshing departure from the normal Imperium / Chaos dynamic. The secondary characters in the books are generally pretty interesting as well, and there's some really fun fluff that gets factored into the plot. Would highly recommend these to anyone who has given them a pass based on a lack of interest in the protagonist. Ugh - I don’t know how I did not pick up on the Doctor Moreau reference until now. Thanks for connecting the dots for me! I absolutely agree that he is one of the more interesting characters in the setting. I like the whole “one of the only guys who stills buys into the Imperial Truth is a chaos marine” aspect of his backstory.
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I believe the 3rd Bile book, Manflayer, was supposed to release a few weeks ago but got delayed due to covid. Now that they've opened their webstore back up we could get it anytime.
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Paddyo posted:Just finished up the Fabius Bile books. I always just thought of him as a Dr. Moreau rip-off, and to a large extent he is, but his whole "third way" shtick is a really refreshing departure from the normal Imperium / Chaos dynamic. The secondary characters in the books are generally pretty interesting as well, and there's some really fun fluff that gets factored into the plot. Would highly recommend these to anyone who has given them a pass based on a lack of interest in the protagonist. Do we ever get an answer on why Abaddon didn't just kill the guy?
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D-Pad posted:I believe the 3rd Bile book, Manflayer, was supposed to release a few weeks ago but got delayed due to covid. Now that they've opened their webstore back up we could get it anytime. Manflayer is what's on his rad skin tunic written in rhinestones
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Hot Dog Day #82 posted:Ugh - I don’t know how I did not pick up on the Doctor Moreau reference until now. Thanks for connecting the dots for me! I absolutely agree that he is one of the more interesting characters in the setting. I like the whole “one of the only guys who stills buys into the Imperial Truth is a chaos marine” aspect of his backstory. Yeah, and he's still all about the original spirit of the Great Crusade too. He just realizes that in order to not be dominated over by daemons, aliens, or Space Marines baseline humanity needs some new tools introduced into the gene pool to give them a fighting chance to succeed on their own merits.
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Paddyo posted:Yeah, and he's still all about the original spirit of the Great Crusade too. He just realizes that in order to not be dominated over by daemons, aliens, or Space Marines baseline humanity needs some new tools introduced into the gene pool to give them a fighting chance to succeed on their own merits. I think that's just what he tells himself while really he's just a sicko madman Kind of like how the nightlords pretend they bring justice when really they just like to skin people
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Ego-bot posted:Do we ever get an answer on why Abaddon didn't just kill the guy? It's hinted that the Chaos Powers just love the guy for some reason, and that he plays a big role in some favorable future event. Interestingly enough the Harlequins feel the same way for the same reason.
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Noblesse Obliged posted:I think that's just what he tells himself while really he's just a sicko madman Of course! That's what we all love about 40K, right?
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Paddyo posted:Of course! That's what we all love about 40K, right? Heck ya.
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