<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "Eisenhorn"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/31.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net Eisenhorn Any suggestions if it is worth it? Dan Abnet is for sure one of the best (im reading Gaunt's Ghosts as well).]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2491769.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2491769.page GMT Eisenhorn http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2491811.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2491811.page GMT Re:Eisenhorn http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2491837.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2491837.page GMT Re:Eisenhorn
The Eisenhorn books got me into 40K and I highly recommend them. Just, as always with Abnett, be patient. He really doesn't seem to have a proofreader, and a typo ruins a cathartic scene pretty often in his writing!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2491907.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2491907.page GMT Eisenhorn http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2492298.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2492298.page GMT Eisenhorn IMHO. Prepare to be hooked if you buy it though.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2492308.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2492308.page GMT Eisenhorn 40k fiction? well its gotta compete with guants gosts and deff skwadron (which is in all fairness a graphic novel [about ork fitta pilots obviousl] not an actual full length book)]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2492325.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2492325.page GMT Eisenhorn It was the book that got me into reading iv now read nearlly all of Abnett's books par the new GG and some of his little stories. I'd recomend him everytime to anyone.

Please read it or your missing out on the mental images of a lifetime


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I think im going to turn this into an intervention. You will read it jk]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2492504.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2492504.page GMT Eisenhorn http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2492651.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2492651.page GMT Eisenhorn http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2492678.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2492678.page GMT Eisenhorn http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2492679.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2492679.page GMT Re:Eisenhorn
Inquisition books tend to be the best for plot.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2492777.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2492777.page GMT Eisenhorn 40k fans that arent fans of both Dan Abnett and the Eisenhorn trilogy. Eisenhorn was the first 40k fiction that i read, and i have yet to read anything that has beaten it, though at times the Gaunt's Ghosts books have come pretty damn close. I might even go so far as to say that the trilogy is better than anything i have read outside of 40k fiction too. The plot is absorbing and immersive and the way that eisenhorn's character develops thoughout the story is very subtle, but cleverly done. the book do also give a good insight into how everyday life within the imperium works, unlike most 40k fiction which concentrates much more on battles and life upon starships an the like. Recommended to absolutely anyone and everyone who can read.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2492827.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2492827.page GMT Eisenhorn
Is it supposed that Ravenor and Eisenhorn are somehow related together or is there any possibilities that one of them must be read first in some way for some reason or some plot-wise reasons? Like Horus Heresy books (that im quite a fan of them i actually own The horus heresy collected visions as well which i find a great job).]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2492879.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2492879.page GMT Re:Eisenhorn 40k novel, 80% will answer Eisenhorn triology. Then maybe the sequel Ravenor and Abnett's other series, Gaunt's Ghost about Imperial Guard. After that Horus Heresy series, then people's opinions start to differ.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2492903.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2492903.page GMT Eisenhorn 40k. It is worth every minute and every word. I look forward to his potential return should Abnett finish his next trilogy.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2493024.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2493024.page GMT Eisenhorn http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2493078.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2493078.page GMT Re:Eisenhorn http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2493298.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2493298.page GMT Eisenhorn http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2493579.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2493579.page GMT Eisenhorn
Abnett is pretty good. Probably his biggest weakness is his tendancy to "level up" his protagonists (see Gaunts Ghosts.)]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2493705.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2493705.page GMT Eisenhorn http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2493748.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2493748.page GMT Eisenhorn
Inquisition books IMHO are much more a look at the 40K universe as a whole, rather than just the guardsmens POV, which is just neverending war.

Inquisition war as well is worth a read, very grimdark, and quite a bit more emotional than Dan's writings.

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I still find Abnett's take on the Imperium a bit too technologically and morally advanced but it's head and shoulders above anyone else's.

Though Ian Watson's Draco books have a special place in my heart.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2493920.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2493920.page GMT Re:Eisenhorn
perhaps the closest you can come to seeing how "Normal" people live in the 41st millenium.



they are also nice because they have a "Detective novel" feel about them. a real grittyness that lends itself to emotion.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2494127.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2494127.page GMT Re:Eisenhorn BL book I bought, actually the first item of 40k I owned, it's one of those books where you finish the end...and you just look to the roof, sky or whatever and are just speechless. While I've read hundreds of books over my life, including BL books, and while I have read better written books then Eisenhorn, It's just by far the best book I've read in my life, I mean it's hard to explain when you haven't read it. The one thing for me that stood out over all was it's perfect ratio of Grimdark and Epic, in the 40k universe they have to be perfectly balanced or else you lose the atmosphere, and other then the Inquisition war, nothing else comes close to it.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2494382.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2494382.page GMT Re:Eisenhorn 40k book to get if you want to read some of the novels.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2494838.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2494838.page GMT Re:Eisenhorn http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2495416.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2495416.page GMT Eisenhorn I will grab it for sure and i think i will pause for a bit on Horus Heresy so as to read some Eisenhorn!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2495547.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2495547.page GMT Re:Eisenhorn
Mr Hyena wrote:How old was The Inquisition War anyway? I assume it must have been an early edition; as Eldar were using Lasguns more often than Shuriken weapons.

One main character is a squat. Nuff said ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2495749.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2495749.page GMT Eisenhorn 40k a bit...). She loved it.

Nuff said!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2496978.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2496978.page GMT Eisenhorn
CadianXV wrote:The Eisenhorn trilogy is hands down the best series of Warhammer fiction out there. It even beats Ravenor (which many prefer) IMHO. Prepare to be hooked if you buy it though.


Seconded in full!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2497400.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2497400.page GMT Re:Eisenhorn
I really liked book 1 but books 2 and 3 were passable.

Book 3 seemed to be in a real hurry to end the story and ultimately left me feeling unsatisfied. Between the 2, Ravenor was more enjoyable and readable to me.

I also really enjoyed the 1st comissar cain omnibus, a real breath of fresh air in the grimdark of the far future.

Enjoy!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2497690.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2497690.page GMT Eisenhorn http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2504569.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2504569.page GMT Eisenhorn
KamikazeCanuck wrote:I think Eisenhorn is a bit overrated, prefer Gaunt's Ghosts.

I think this is kind of like saying "I didn't like watching The X-Files, I preferred watching First Wave".

The two aren't really the same 'genre' outside of being Sci-Fi/Pulp comics. Gaunt's Ghosts is like the X-Files: it leans more towards action, with mystery/information gathering being a tertiary goal, but the episode really being about facing down a 'bad guy of the week'.

Eisenhorn is more like First Wave; where there are 'bad guys of the week' but they fit into an overall arching "grand scheme" of things.

...I really hope that makes sense to someone other than myself
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Phloop wrote:I'll always be a Ciaphas fan, even if "Sandy Mitchel" isn't the best author he's got a great view of the W4k universe and his inquisitor books really get me hyped up.

He might not be too good a writer, but he's a literary genius compared to every Black Library author I've seen aside from Abnett, who has the distinction of actually being a good writer in his own right, even if I can't stand any of the characters in Gaunt's Ghosts.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2505702.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2505702.page GMT Eisenhorn
Kanluwen wrote:
KamikazeCanuck wrote:I think Eisenhorn is a bit overrated, prefer Gaunt's Ghosts.

I think this is kind of like saying "I didn't like watching The X-Files, I preferred watching First Wave".

The two aren't really the same 'genre' outside of being Sci-Fi/Pulp comics. Gaunt's Ghosts is like the X-Files: it leans more towards action, with mystery/information gathering being a tertiary goal, but the episode really being about facing down a 'bad guy of the week'.

Eisenhorn is more like First Wave; where there are 'bad guys of the week' but they fit into an overall arching "grand scheme" of things.

...I really hope that makes sense to someone other than myself


The statement "I didn't like watching X-Files, I prefered watching First Wave" is perfectly valid. Personally I don't like either of them.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2505792.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2505792.page GMT Eisenhorn
KamikazeCanuck wrote:I think Eisenhorn is a bit overrated, prefer Gaunt's Ghosts.


Eh...I didn't really see any good plot in Gaunt's Ghosts personally. It was just..Space Marine-ish like Action all the time.

Good for its purpose I suppose; but hardly likely to interest those who prefer the Inquisition focused books.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2509897.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2509897.page GMT Eisenhorn

Dan]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2510465.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/349560/2510465.page GMT