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2009/10/22 11:44:11
Subject: Could anyone recommend their favorite book from The Black Library?
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Brainy Zoanthrope
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Contact-wait-out wrote: ...put your faith in Dan Abnatt or Sandy Mitchell and you cant go far wrong!
QFT. Another vote here for the Eisenhorn trilogy if you want to see 'behind the scenes' and the Gaunt's Ghosts series for a more front-line setting. Both are, in my opinion, absolutely fantastic series =D
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2009/11/17 02:32:22
Subject: Could anyone recommend their favorite book from The Black Library?
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Implacable Black Templar Initiate
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sharkticon wrote:Storm of Iron FTW
Hands down the Best one published IMHO
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"I have no idea, people who boast about their IQs are losers." - Steven Hawkings when asked what his IQ was during an interview.
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2009/11/17 02:36:07
Subject: Re:Could anyone recommend their favorite book from The Black Library?
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Stabbin' Skarboy
123 fake street
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The gaunt's goasts, all og them, read them, or die.
Eisenhorn and Ravenor.
Crucible of war has some good ones in it, some are kind of depressing.
Cain is awsome too.
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"I can envision a world with no war, pain, or strife, were peace is constant, then I envision attacking that world because they'd never see it coming."
-  Orks, 4175 points
- The face of an opponent when you lose five dozen models and say "that's it?", priceless. |
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2009/11/17 03:56:52
Subject: Could anyone recommend their favorite book from The Black Library?
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Road-Raging Blood Angel Biker
Canfield, OH
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Eisenhorn trilogy......killer read. On a side note I'm reading the Blood Angels Omnibus and it's really good but I'm a BA fan so....
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"...THIS IS THE INTERWEBZ! Where people aren't about to let the lack of having the slightest idea what they are talking about slow them down one bit! ;-).....And they'll get angry at others for disagreeing." - jmurph
"Disclaimer: I am not one of those who is going to tell you that you must change your list to find success. If these are the models and the list that you want to play, then play them." - Feldmarshal Goehring |
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2009/11/17 05:02:33
Subject: Could anyone recommend their favorite book from The Black Library?
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Powerful Pegasus Knight
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Im going to have to say
15 Hours
It was the first 40k book I read and my favorite still
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 "That for all the Emperor's love of his space marines, his ultimate creation - he was in fact nearly killed by one of them, only to be saved by a mere mortal with a 5+ save and a flashlight."
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2009/11/17 05:26:55
Subject: Could anyone recommend their favorite book from The Black Library?
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Crazed Spirit of the Defiler
Ireland
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Eisenhorn and Ravenor Omnibi(The two Omnibus collections)
-Dan Abnett
Ciaphias Cain (Omnibus + 2-3 books)
-Sandy Mitchell
Horus Heresy Books
-Various
Dark Apostle and Dark Disciple
-Anthony Reynolds
Storm Of Iron
-Graham Mitchell
There are alot of other readable books and collections of short stories, I've only read the first Gaunts Ghost Onmnibus so I won't recommend it(it was good but don't know enough about the rest of 'em). Pretty much anything by Abnett is gold though.
Now that I think about it everything but Eisenhorn and Ravenor is what I've read recently. Oh and the Time of Legends books for Fantasy are pretty good also.
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2009/11/17 05:28:55
By the 37 keys of Tzeentch,We open the way for our brothers,
By the 1000 whispers of Slaanesh we call to them,
By the 12 plagues of Nurgle we fell their enemies,
And by the mighty axe of Khorne we cut open the world for them!
- Ritual of Summoning, Recited by Amphion and Zethus Dark Sorcerers of the Deimos Peninsula,Kronos
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2010/05/05 11:32:24
Subject: Could anyone recommend their favorite book from The Black Library?
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Bounding Ultramarine Assault Trooper
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I would very, very strongly recomend the famous Gaunt's Ghost series. I am up to the second omnibus (The Saint) and I believe you will enjoy the action, twists and humour these books. I am looking forward to reading the next book (The Lost) and hope is is good. Even though they are 1000+ pages each I think it is very enjoyable. Try is out. FOR TANITH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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"Straight Fething Silver"  Tanith first and only
I have a reputation, Modile, a reputation as a fair, honest man who treats his soldiers well and supports them in the face of darkness. Potentially, that reputation makes me soft. It seems I understand failure and forgive it. Some, like Kowle, believe me to be a weak commissar, not prepared to take the action my rank demands. Not prepared to enforce field discipline where I see it failing. I am an Imperial commissar. I will enflame the weak, support the wavering, guide the lost. I will be all things to all men who need me. But I will also punish without hesitation the weak, the incompetent, and the treasonous.
I am a Commissar. I am empowered to deliver justice wherever I see it lacking. I am empowered to punish cowardice. I am granted the gift of total authority to judge, in the name of the Emperor, on the field of combat.
— Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt, prior to the field execution of his uncle General Aldo Dercius |
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2010/05/05 12:06:39
Subject: Could anyone recommend their favorite book from The Black Library?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Iron warrior - awesome book
Eisenhorn or Ravenor series
Ciaphus Cain series
Fulgrim (part of HH)
and so on - there are lots of good books out there.
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2010/05/05 13:47:21
Subject: Could anyone recommend their favorite book from The Black Library?
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Last Remaining Whole C'Tan
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If you were to want to read the Horus Heresy, what is the reading order? It looks like a whole mess of books.
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 lord_blackfang wrote:Respect to the guy who subscribed just to post a massive ASCII dong in the chat and immediately get banned.
 Flinty wrote:The benefit of slate is that its.actually a.rock with rock like properties. The downside is that it's a rock
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2010/05/05 15:31:21
Subject: Could anyone recommend their favorite book from The Black Library?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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You start with Horus Rising, however if you pick up one of the books in GW it lists them in order in the front - latest one is the Thousand Suns novel.
The Dark Angels book (first one) and the dreadful Battle fro the Abyss can fairly easily be missed - they add *some* info, but are frankly awful.
Fulgrim is still probably my favourite out of the series - it is an amazingly well put together story!
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