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 Alpharius wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
At this point, I think cincy and co. have certainly made their point, and the horse is dead and gone, beaten so much that it's very existence at all is now called into question.

Moving on to News and Rumors please!

Thanks!

LAST TIME!

Next one gets a warning.

You could give me a chance to see your post and finish the edit

yeah, Alph...
why are you so trigger happy today???
you didn't even give me a chance to edit, either, and i was typing before you even posted...
way to make me feel like a jerk...

cheers
jah

Guys, no offense intended, but the first public warning to move on was Apr/24/2013 09:56:27 AM!

Anyway, onward and upward!

what day is it today???
i'm on Mexican Time...

to be fair, i held my tongue for a couple of days, and have been trying to give actual news in this thread...
rumors seem a bit harder to come by these days:(...

so, go read Seventh Retribution...
Lysander is a character we haven't read much about...
i'm interested to see where the story of his capture by, and escape from, the Iron Warriors goes...
i'm a few chapters in, but the flashbacks haven't started yet...

Friday should be The Mark of Calth...
woo hoo, more HH...
now we just wait for another surprise email announcing when we can expect Unremembered Empire...

cheers
jah

We're told time is, in many ways, relative.

So, regardless of where anyone is, the first warning was 1/2 an hour before... the rest of the stuff!

Anyway, good to see reviews and recommendations on the latest BL stuff.

I know that I'm relying on these more now than before - so they are appreciated!

I'm a little hesitant to crack open Mark of Calth and Betrayer...

Does ADB deliver as he is wont to do?

So, good news from Adepticon is that, despite beginning to do some writing for Privateer Press, CL Werner is still going to be writing for Black Library. From the horses mouth.

Good thing, because I was afraid that the two wouldn't mesh well and that he'd end no longer writing the Skaven stories.


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 Alfndrate wrote:
I'm a little hesitant to crack open Mark of Calth and Betrayer...

Does ADB deliver as he is wont to do?

Betrayer is really fantastic. I enjoyed it QUITE a bit. Kharn, somehow, becomes a really likeable, sympathetic character. Lorgar also really, really grows character-wise in the novel. I don't think you'll be disappointed.


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Also, my apologies for starting the disagreement that prompted the Alph warning.

My B. My B.

 Pacific wrote:

I was really into this series before, and they've lost me. I'm not quite sure what their intent is, or the logic behind it, but I certainly can't see it.

I lost interest last summer; having read everything up to that point. The move away from mmpb doesn't bother me as I buy via amazon or itunes anyway. What did bother me was the jump in price. Selling the online version for the same amount as the hard back was what killed it for me. Yes, I know, they drop the online version price down when the pb is released but by that point I've heard enough that I've lost interest.

At the same time the story just isn't moving forward. I *might* be persuaded to read the vulkan novel coming out. But I'm more likely to just wait until FW releases the next HH book. The content of the first HH book was fantastic while giving more than enough of the history without the wonky continuity problems that plagues the BL HH series.

I'm guessing there is no chance the audio books will go back down to 20 once they become mmpb?

the good news:
i just downloaded Mark of Calth
looks like a pretty hefty anthology...

the bad news:
the price has gone up from $11.99 to $15.99 for the enhanced edition...
six months wait for the regular $7.99 version...

cheers
jah

nine months...

Or today, you know, if you're willing to buy an ebook.

 cincydooley wrote:
Or today, you know, if you're willing to buy an ebook.

Today, if you're willing to throw money away on an 'enhanced' ebook (which is what he was talking about in the first place).

Definitely looking forward to Betrayer! I wish they would give all the traitor stuff to ADB, he writes the 'bad guys' so well.

 cincydooley wrote:
Or today, you know, if you're willing to buy an ebook.

Jesus man give it a rest....

 cincydooley wrote:
Or today, you know, if you're willing to buy an ebook.

On the subject of Betrayer, I've got my hands on the audiobook version and started listening to it. So far it's... good for an audiobook I guess is the most I can say for it. Gives me hope for when I actually read the book though.

Also angel of fire will be out in softback next month, I may actually pick that up.

 jonolikespie wrote:

Also angel of fire will be out in softback next month, I may actually pick that up.

Yep, that's highlighted on my spreadsheet, so I shall be getting that. I also see that Angel Exterminatus is out in July, but got to wait to September for Betrayer.

Ooh, the Emperors Gift is out in trade format in June, as is Ahriman:Exile.

 BrookM wrote:

 cincydooley wrote:
Or today, you know, if you're willing to buy an ebook.

I approve of this message

Anyone read Emperors Gift before trade format that can give a review? Im interested in it an was wondering if it'll be worth the wait?

Emperor's Gift is a great book, thoroughly recommend it.

I found it to be dull and tripe to be honest, while not so bad you can't read it, it makes Descent of Angels positively brilliant in comparison.
The big reveal/spoiler is terrible.

 DA's Forever wrote:

 BrookM wrote:

 cincydooley wrote:
Or today, you know, if you're willing to buy an ebook.

I approve of this message

Anyone read Emperors Gift before trade format that can give a review? Im interested in it an was wondering if it'll be worth the wait?

It's an AD-B story about Astartes, if you've read the others you know how this one will go.

Thats a fair point Brook, I'll just keep waiting then, AD-B hasn't crossed me seriously bad yet. I've been outta the HH loop for awhile now though. Last thing I think I read was... Ah Fug it all, can't remember the name. It had the short stories about the Custodes blood games in it.

EDIT: Somehow I missed the others, Thanks Dave hoping it'll be well worth the wait!

What about it struck you as dull? Most of AD-B's work I've never found dull.

 DA's Forever wrote:
Thats a fair point Brook, I'll just keep waiting then, AD-B hasn't crossed me seriously bad yet. I've been outta the HH loop for awhile now though. Last thing I think I read was... Ah Fug it all, can't remember the name. It had the short stories about the Custodes blood games in it.

It could be a good thing or a bad thing, but right now he, King's Macharius and Abnett's Pariah are about the only things I'm looking out for in regards to the trainwreck that is BL. I thoroughly enjoyed his shot at the Grey Knights, hella better than Counter's gak. It's a great story, plus it shows us one of those big events in Imperial history as it unfolded.

 BrookM wrote:

 DA's Forever wrote:
Thats a fair point Brook, I'll just keep waiting then, AD-B hasn't crossed me seriously bad yet. I've been outta the HH loop for awhile now though. Last thing I think I read was... Ah Fug it all, can't remember the name. It had the short stories about the Custodes blood games in it.

It could be a good thing or a bad thing, but right now he, King's Macharius and Abnett's Pariah are about the only things I'm looking out for in regards to the trainwreck that is BL. I thoroughly enjoyed his shot at the Grey Knights, hella better than Counter's gak. It's a great story, plus it shows us one of those big events in Imperial history as it unfolded.

Sounds like it'll be great then!

Ah! The Macharius book hasn't came out? Or is it going to be a series? I remember being so excited when I first heard! Then all my money disappeared.. I was much less exited after that. Funny how that works...

The Macharius series is to be a trilogy, unless the penny pinchers say otherwise all of the sudden.

Thats great to hear, and also quite sad. I used to be so much more excited about BL. But.. I don't want to dig up that old horse again.

So currently on my List are: Emporers Gift, Macharius Books, and the Mechanicum books.

Edited by AgeOfEgos---Please refer to the three warnings Alph posted recently regarding this line of discussion. Thanks.

Ryan

OK.

SERIOUSLY.

ENOUGH.

Start a separate thread, maybe in Dakka Discussions, to discuss the evils/benefits of ebooks/trade paperbacks/MMPBs/etc.

This really will be the final warning.

After this, warnings/suspensions/etc.

You know what's weird? Sometimes BL books are randomly available at my comic book store. They are listed in Previews and I believe they're distributed by Diamond. Just a few random ones, what's up with that? So, I'm getting Emperor's Gift softcover through my comic book guy.

Used to be that novels were available up to a month in advance.