/lit/ - Literature

>all that money spent on those shit books

And they're all in the same universe, too, aren't they?

Well, books, and specially /tg/ related books, are not the mark of someone that is physically threatening, so yes, I will fight you.

I'm jealous, a lot of those books look well worn.
being able to completely absorb yourself into a universe is great but also being able to get into in depth conversations with other neckbeards when you're playing the game must be bliss.
I'd just feel like im wasting time i could be spending reading literature if i tried to read those.

>>8720789
>All those tomes
Does games workshop hire people to write all this? If so, doesn't that hang in your mind when reading it? Just $$$.

Anyway if this is yours anon then congratulations on finding something you like so much.

>>8720789
I have no idea what those are.

>>8720820
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Warhammer_40,000_novels

i kinda like the omnibusses and the pockets from the horus heresy series.

but for some fucking reason gw is releasing everything in hardcover nowadays with a big price bumb so i kinda stopped caring. i still need to read like 5 of these omnibuses anyway and 6-7 of the smaller ones.

what a fucking NERD

>>8720789
What're your favourite Horus Heresy novels, anon?

>>8720789
How the fuck do you not have Betrayer by Dembski-Bowden !?!?

>>8720866
fulgrim always comes to mind when someone mentions it. might not be the best but i liked the setting.

if i would go on actual best with a little less personal opinion i would probably go for mechanicum or vulkan lives.

>>8720877
its their though.

i dont have a lot of recent ones because fuck black library and their constant changing book sizes.

>>8720889
Fair. The non mass market paperback size can fuck right off.

>>8720883
I liked Fulgrim. I find McNeil's prose very workmanlike (outwith action which he genuinely excels at) like I think False Gods is pretty annoying because of how stupid he makes Horus so the plot can happen. But Fulgrim and how ott that legion is I felt really suited him.

I liked Vulkan Lives a lot but I read it after Unremembered Empire because I'm an idiot playing catch-up. Although I think writing from within a Primarch's perspective was a weird (and not hugely successful) choice. I think that, if you want a character to be larger than life impressive, you should always present them from the perspective of another character (e.g. Sherlock Holmes or Dracula).

My favourite is probably Prospero Burns just because it feels like Abnett didn't get the memo and tried super hard to make it amazing when he did not have to.

Also I'm jealous of your Eisenhorn Omnibus can't find those for normal prices no more. Currently reading Fear To Tread (amongst other things) am I in for a good time?

Should I go back and read Mechanicum or Angel Exterminatus?

>>8720789
Absolutely disgusting... who in their right mind screw just a pair of shelves so high up near the ceiling with available space at head level

>>8720923
well i would definitely read mechanicum.

angel exterminatus is just more backstory and corruption for the legions, wasnt that bad

i feel like the primarch's perspective kind of works for vulkan since he is the most human of all his brothers.

its weird how some black library books are actually hard to get. i really want the 4th omnibus of gotrek and felix but that shits like 300 bucks because they printed almost nothing.

>>8720931
its above my bed and bureau and it fits perfectly in my room, thank you.

>>8720933
That's not a bad point. I'll go back and check out Mechanicum. I'm actually excited for Demski-Bowden's next one (master of mankind or whatever it is called). Also mass market paperback with Aurelian in it is out next year.

I hope they keep as much Abnett in print as they can. I'm starting Malleus fairly soon. Really want to read Caiphus Cain though because the idea that someone wrote "Flashman in 40k" amuses me immensely.

>>8720946
Caiphus Cain is an amazing series.

i still need to actually check when and if their will be new horus heresy paperbacks in pocket format.

>>8720951
Have you read Flashman by George McDonald Fraser? It's basically the same central character but it's in the 19th century and everything other than the fictitious central character is brilliantly researched and incredibly historically accurate. There's a bunch 'em and they're amazing too.

Black Library are doing more pocket format ones but they're staggering the delay like a year or so after large format paperbacks i.e. Deathfire is just out in pocket form (if you liked Vulkan Lives)

>>8720789
I don't think there's anything human left in you to fight, you poor soul.

>>8720789
where to start?

>>8720789
I could, but then you'd just make fun of my 1960's Dr. Who novelizations :^)

>>8720789
>Doesn't even own the Night Lord's trilogy
Take a match to your collection.

>>8722100
i heard it was pretty brutal

>>8720789
Which one of those should I read?

I have been considering pic related

>>8720789
>Gaunts Ghosts
>Horus Heresey

God tier.

>TFW I want to hear more about Gavriel Lokken's ascent into becoming a Grey Knight.

>>8722100
Is it good?

>>8720789
>entire Gotrek and Felix collection

well done

>>8722630
>>8723187
It was a decent trilogy. Does a good job of painting chaos accurately, with conflicting recollections of past events, and different opinions on the legion and why chaos is in such a bad way. I own them in paperback but I have the ebooks, I'll link them when I get off work.

My complete collection of all 37 Richard Blade pulps (1969-84). Your move.

>>8720840
>for some fucking reason
>expecting anything less than the cheapest, sleaziest money-grabbing possible from our friends at GW