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2016/05/31 17:13:59
Subject: Do I have to read "The flight of the Eisenstein" before reading Fulgrim and Angel Exterminatus ?
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Inquisitorial Keeper of the Xenobanks
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Hi there,
Today I bought Fulgrim and Angel Exterminatus, thinking they were the 3rd and 4th book of the Heresy, but, apparantly, they are the 4th and the 5th !
Is "The flight of the Eisenstein" directly related to these books or I can read it after ?
Thanks
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2016/05/31 17:50:00
Subject: Do I have to read "The flight of the Eisenstein" before reading Fulgrim and Angel Exterminatus ?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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No, you do not need to read any for a follow up except the odd one. Book summary
Spoilers!!!!! Kinda
They build big ship single marine blows big ship up. Book didnt matter.
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2016/05/31 17:50:30
Subject: Do I have to read "The flight of the Eisenstein" before reading Fulgrim and Angel Exterminatus ?
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Thermo-Optical Hac Tao
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It's set at the same time as Galaxy in Flames but it's not essential for those two books no. Also, Angel Exterminatus is the 19th book in the series  but it basically follows from Fulgrim (there is a novella, the Reflection Crack'd, between the two but I don't think I read it til after AE).
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2016/05/31 17:50:32
Subject: Do I have to read "The flight of the Eisenstein" before reading Fulgrim and Angel Exterminatus ?
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Stitch Counter
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Angel Exterminatus feels very much like a stand-alone book.
It's set after the Dropsite Massacre but with the exception of some Iron Hands after vengeance in it, it's mostly Fulgrim and Perturabo and their interactions.
Fulgrim is really just focussing on Fulgrim after the Dropsite Massacre.
There is little to no cross-over and you won't confuse yourself or spoil the books by reading those three particular ones in a different order.
Flight of the Eisenstein is one of my favourites though out of the three (I've read most of the 40K Black Library Heresy series)
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2016/05/31 17:51:43
Subject: Do I have to read "The flight of the Eisenstein" before reading Fulgrim and Angel Exterminatus ?
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Thermo-Optical Hac Tao
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OgreChubbs wrote:No, you do not need to read any for a follow up except the odd one. Book summary
Spoilers!!!!! Kinda
They build big ship single marine blows big ship up. Book didnt matter.
You're thinking of Battle for the Abyss. Automatically Appended Next Post:  Wulfmar wrote:Angel Exterminatus feels very much like a stand-alone book.
It's set after the Dropsite Massacre but with the exception of some Iron Hands after vengeance in it, it's mostly Fulgrim and Perturabo and their interactions.
Fulgrim is really just focussing on Fulgrim after the Dropsite Massacre.
There is little to no cross-over and you won't confuse yourself or spoil the books by reading those three particular ones in a different order.
Flight of the Eisenstein is one of my favourites though out of the three (I've read most of the 40K Black Library Heresy series)
Fulgrim is the EC before the Dropsite Massacre.
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2016/05/31 18:45:17
Subject: Do I have to read "The flight of the Eisenstein" before reading Fulgrim and Angel Exterminatus ?
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Stitch Counter
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Oops, my bad. Fulgrim ends with the battle of Istvaan V.
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2016/05/31 23:59:11
Subject: Do I have to read "The flight of the Eisenstein" before reading Fulgrim and Angel Exterminatus ?
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Inquisitorial Keeper of the Xenobanks
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Ok, thanks your help !
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2016/06/01 11:12:08
Subject: Do I have to read "The flight of the Eisenstein" before reading Fulgrim and Angel Exterminatus ?
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Alluring Sorcerer of Slaanesh
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You don't have to no, but FotE is one of the better books in the series. Imo much better than Angel Exterminatus and Fulgrim.
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2016/06/05 21:22:12
Subject: Do I have to read "The flight of the Eisenstein" before reading Fulgrim and Angel Exterminatus ?
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Inquisitorial Keeper of the Xenobanks
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I have yet to read Angel Exterminatus, but I enjoyed Fulgrim.
It was very interesting to see the EC and Fulgrim 's fall, and, to my mind,it was it was credible/believable.
Very pleased to see the events of the others books from another point of view, too.
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2016/06/05 22:44:27
Subject: Do I have to read "The flight of the Eisenstein" before reading Fulgrim and Angel Exterminatus ?
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Oozing Plague Marine Terminator
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Flight was the first book in the series I started with (huge Death Guard fan). From what I remember, it's self contained enough that you wouldn't need the other stories.
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2016/06/06 15:15:22
Subject: Re:Do I have to read "The flight of the Eisenstein" before reading Fulgrim and Angel Exterminatus ?
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Pragmatic Primus Commanding Cult Forces
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To avoid confusion, the nice folks at BL have put up a reading order for everyone who wants to read stuff in a more or less chronological order:
http://www.blacklibrary.com/horus-heresy-reading-order.html
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2016/06/06 16:40:02
Subject: Do I have to read "The flight of the Eisenstein" before reading Fulgrim and Angel Exterminatus ?
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Boosting Ultramarine Biker
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Know no fear is the best book in the HH. IMO.
I suggest First Heretic first though! skip Battle for the Abyss though, that book was pointless.
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2016/06/07 14:22:44
Subject: Do I have to read "The flight of the Eisenstein" before reading Fulgrim and Angel Exterminatus ?
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Daemonic Dreadnought
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 Nightlord1987 wrote:Flight was the first book in the series I started with (huge Death Guard fan). From what I remember, it's self contained enough that you wouldn't need the other stories.
It is fairly well self contained but I think it is read best when paired with Galaxy in Flames
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