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 Knockagh wrote:

The Heresy hardbacks were so wrong! They had a curved spine until Eye Of Terra and then they moved to flat spines! Why oh why would anyone do this!!


Because they don't care? They supposedly cater for collectors but continue to make these childish errors.

"Bloody typical, they've gone back to metric without telling us."

"As the days go by, we face the increasing inevitability that we are alone in a godless, uninhabited, hostile and meaningless universe. Still, you've got to laugh haven't you?"

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Thoroughly enjoyed Praetorian of Dorn.

http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/War-of-Secrets/Phil-Kelly/Space-Marine-Conquests/9781784967093

actual cover revealed :

by Neil Roberts :

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 reds8n wrote:
Thoroughly enjoyed Praetorian of Dorn.



Why you gotta troll like that?!?

   
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Read two of the six Necromunda short stories thus far.

Burned is okay, nothing ground shattering or anything, bit of background filler for those curious about how the Underhive looks and feels, though it has a good twist in the end, whereas Death's Head was nice, as it showcases a "clever" Goliath (something some people here were upset about) and also, melon-fething LOTHAR HEX, complete with scary face and deck of special holographic cards.

Next up.. Emp-Rah's Eye.



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 Alpharius wrote:
 reds8n wrote:
Thoroughly enjoyed Praetorian of Dorn.



Why you gotta troll like that?!?


It is a great book, and I’m an Alpha Legion fan.

On the different format thing, Talon of Horus and Black Legion are different in hardback. ToH has a curved spine and BL has a flat spine. I prefer the flat one and I can live with it but I can see why it would be annoying.
   
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Mixing up flat and curved spines is annoying, but at least the basic colour is the same, the logos are roughly in the same place. The inquisition hardbacks are different colours and they couldn't even print the I in the same place!
   
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Oh man, I hate it when the company logos jump all over the place.



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https://www.trackofwords.com/2018/02/23/rapid-fire-gav-thorpe-talks-ashes-of-prospero/#more-8315

little bit of blurb about the forth coming "Ashes of Prospero"

The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
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 BrookM wrote:
Read two of the six Necromunda short stories thus far.

Burned is okay, nothing ground shattering or anything, bit of background filler for those curious about how the Underhive looks and feels, though it has a good twist in the end, whereas Death's Head was nice, as it showcases a "clever" Goliath (something some people here were upset about) and also, melon-fething LOTHAR HEX, complete with scary face and deck of special holographic cards.

Next up.. Emp-Rah's Eye.


Would go say they have the old western feel to them the old book had? Or more of a 40k vibe?

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It's more dystopian and grimy now, so far there's no western vibe present, which is a shame.

In my opinion no real 40k vibe comes off it. There are hints of it, but this isn't a society completely run by it either.



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 BrookM wrote:
It's more dystopian and grimy now, so far there's no western vibe present, which is a shame.

In my opinion no real 40k vibe comes off it. There are hints of it, but this isn't a society completely run by it either.


As much as I like the old western feel of the old books I’m glad they are more grimy and dystopian, shake it up a bit.

So long as it feels far removed from the normal 40k fiction we have. The lives of those involved are so parochial and far removed from marines, Inquisitors, church, mechanicus and guard that these have little or no relevance for them. I loved that feeling of complete disconnect from the bigger picture.

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Scar Crossed was okay, a bit of a glimpse into the politics of two Houses, but nothing special really.

Emp-Rah's Eye however.. favourite of the bunch so far! A nice look into Ratskin culture, but also a trip through the Underhive itself as a rite of succession. Maybe also a bit of a retcon of older fluff (or specific to this group of tribes), as the Ratskins here worship the Hive, the overlord sitting in the Spire and looking down on all of them from above, the mighty Emp-Rah. Though it was cool the way they described knowing that their Underhive world isn't the only one out there, but that the Emp-Rah looks out over thousands of other worlds as well.



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And the last two.

Once a Stimm Queen was okay, certainly gave us a glimpse at the much-hated "Black-plates", the derogatory slang for the Enforcers, who yes, have cyber mastiffs who like to go for faces!

And last is Dirty Dealings, which was okay, but I wasn't a fan of how the main character was prepared for everything, just as planned, like some sort of Batman. The twist explains it, but still.

Emp-Rah's Eye and Death's Head are my personal favourites of the bunch, the rest was okay, but nothing groundbreaking or too interesting in my opinion. They do a bit of world building, so there's that at least.



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Thanks for that BrookM. Appreciate it. Hopefully we will see some novels in the not to far off future. Personally I would love to see Matt Farrer take on a series I loved his Junktion. ADB I reckon could pull off a mean gang war too

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Junktion was good, it was nice to read a book not about one of the houses, but instead the essential little people that make up a settlement.

Here's hoping we don't get repeats of Salvation or Fleshworks though, ick.



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Not the best place, so unless someone knows a better thread..

Free Eisenhorn mission: https://www.games-workshop.com/resources/PDF/Downloads//40K_Eisenhorn_Narrative_Mission.pdf



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 BrookM wrote:
Not the best place, so unless someone knows a better thread..

Free Eisenhorn mission: https://www.games-workshop.com/resources/PDF/Downloads//40K_Eisenhorn_Narrative_Mission.pdf


Free is good, but blimey... that must have taken them all of five minutes to think up.
   
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Saturday, I picked up the Eisenhorn mini from my new FLGS. Got a free copy of Dark Imperium novel. Great mini!

 reds8n wrote:
Picked up my legacy format of "Praetorian of Dorn" from my local GW today.


I enjoyed that one, despite some one spoiling the ending without using spoiler quotes here.

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..alas... !


3/4s of the way through "Shroud of night" ..

and it's enjoyable enough.

Don't want to damn the author with faint praise -- been the odd section or line or etc etc that I've really enjoyed, and the overall premise is sound enough.


Just not really sure the stuff about primaris marines is really needed or does anything/goes anywhere, thus far anyway.

Think I'm going to read start on "The Magos" next , but going to follow the suggested order in the new book for all the tales.

.. 1st world problems etc etc eh.


UK people might be interested in :

https://alchemistsworkshops.com/product-category/black-library/

which seems to have some nice discounts.

The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
 
   
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I haven't seen this mentioned anywhere else yet, not even on the BL site, but it looks interesting for fans of the underrated Peter Fehervari:

http://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Cult-of-the-Spiral-Dawn/Peter-Fehervari/Genestealer-Cults/9781784966652

It's the Genestealer Cults book with an added short story, "Cast a Hungry Shadow", previously available as an e-short.
   
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Thanks for the book reviews BrookM .

I've been wondering about those.

Overall, would you say worth the purchase?

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 BrookM wrote:
Junktion was good, it was nice to read a book not about one of the houses, but instead the essential little people that make up a settlement.

Here's hoping we don't get repeats of Salvation or Fleshworks though, ick.


Ordered Junktion with Necromunda and really enjoyed it, lots of interesting stuff going on.

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Black Library has its own tab on the GW site now, no more mucking about trying to find the books via the horrible menu system. They've also got upcoming releases listed, in some cases up to three months(!) ahead of release time. Quite pleased that Titan's Bane (still waiting on the preview on the BL site) and Agent of the Throne - Truth and Dreams are released a few weeks apart, makes waiting for both in one delivery not that much of a hassle.

Link: https://www.games-workshop.com/en-NL/Black-Library

Still need to get started on the Magos, decided to read the free novella first instead (horrible priorities, I know..) and not a bad selection at all. The Covenant short story is good though, proper intro to the characters of the main novel that I still need to finish one of these days. The Lukas story was okay as far as origin stories go, Bear-Eater needs to grow onto me as it feels I don't know, odd. Still need to read the other Age of Sigmar short, the two Horus Heresy stories.. Really liked the Last Son of Prospero, which is something I was missing when I wrapped up the White Scars arc to date, didn't like Into Exile all that much though, could be the odd reverse time line format, but it didn't appeal to me one bit.

Can't wait for Sunday to roll on in so I can get started on the Magos, may keep the limited edition boxed up (quite surprised they shipped it in a protective box, I thought they'd chuck it in like the rest of the books as they usually do) until I can get a proper display unit or something.

On another note, has anyone bought the postcards?



If so, any comments on them? Seeing some of the covers listed makes me feel somewhat nostalgic and maybe turn it into a scrapbook project.



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Limited editions always come boxed up in a protected box. Have to be at the price of them!

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Aye, I'm not a collector's edition collector myself, this was a gift from my bestie, but happy to see they make some effort to keep it in one piece.



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I liked the short story "Pantheon" best out of all the Black Library Day ones.
   
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I was happy with all the free stories TBH.


I thought the Lukas one served as a nice intro to his book, which I finished a wee while ago and thoroughly enjoyed.

Shroud of Night was ...a solid read too in the end IMO.

Glad I waited for the paperback version but as/when/if they do a sequel I'll pick that version up as well.

No bad moments as such IMO and a few really good ones.

I think the Alpha Legion make for good protagonists.

Started on the Magos book, decided I'm going to follow the suggested chronology/reading order provided .... it's a tough life sometimes eh ?

meanwhile :

Malus Darkblade on print on Demand :

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/searchResults?N=2560222812+4945311&utm_campaign=864ffa33b9-GW_3rd_March_Daughters_of_Khaine_EN_EU&utm_source=GamesWorkshop.com&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c6e14e39d2-864ffa33b9-113914489

The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
 
   
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We'll find out soon enough eh.

What's the skinny on the Darkblade novels? I recall enjoying the occasional story from the comic, but Little Me didn't really care enough about elves to get all of them and the novel adaptations never even registered.

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 Yodhrin wrote:
What's the skinny on the Darkblade novels? I recall enjoying the occasional story from the comic, but Little Me didn't really care enough about elves to get all of them and the novel adaptations never even registered.


IMHO the three Darkblade novels are my absolute favourites from Black Library.
Dan Abnett and Mike Lee at their best. A must-read if you like(d) the Old World.

Note: Stay away from the C L Werner turd that is ”Deathblade”.
It is beyond bad. Badly written and disregarding both the previous books and much of the dark elf fluff.
With Malekiths armour walking around empty at night and other stuff that is equally silly...
Think ”giant alien baby” from Alien 4...



   
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We'll find out soon enough eh.

Really? That's surprising, I've yet to read any WHF novel by CL Werner I didn't like. I'm tempted to excuse the author since it's an End Times book and they're all garbage because "wrap up an entire setting with 30 years of history and dozens if not hundreds of beloved characters in half a dozen novels kthxbai" is perhaps the most ludicrous brief ever given to any group of authors.

Though is it not five novels? Daemon's Curse, Bloodstorm, Reaper of Souls, Warpsword, and Lord of Ruin all seem to have that Abnett/Lee pairing as author.

I need to acquire plastic Skavenslaves, can you help?
I have a blog now, evidently. Featuring the Alternative Mordheim Model Megalist.

"Your society's broken, so who should we blame? Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No, lets blame the people with no power and no money and those immigrants who don't even have the vote. Yea, it must be their fething fault." - Iain M Banks
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"The language of modern British politics is meant to sound benign. But words do not mean what they seem to mean. 'Reform' actually means 'cut' or 'end'. 'Flexibility' really means 'exploit'. 'Prudence' really means 'don't invest'. And 'efficient'? That means whatever you want it to mean, usually 'cut'. All really mean 'keep wages low for the masses, taxes low for the rich, profits high for the corporations, and accept the decline in public services and amenities this will cause'." - Robin McAlpine from Common Weal 
   
 
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