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#9281 Shpetim

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Posted 11 October 2012 - 12:06 PM

oh my good Lord, is it really close to a decade since this thread started? Impressive. I started reading from page one, then accidentally checket out the dates of the posts, and I was taken aback.
I'm in the middle of the Horus Heresy series. All of you warhammer40K folks should know it. Come as far as the "The First Heretic" book. not a cronological series, but very very interesting... dystopian sci fi at it's best if you ask me. If there's any 40k fans here that know of any books about said world that are not included in the Horus Heresy series, I'd love to know..
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#9282 Salt-Man Z

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Posted 11 October 2012 - 03:22 PM

Last night I finished Courtney Schafer's The Tainted City. It wasn't quite as good as The Whitefire Crossing, but it was pretty darn good. There were a few things that bugged me (I wasn't a fan of Kiran's third-person POV this time) but it didn't much matter because the last three-quarters of the book just ratchets up the tension again and again. Looking forward to the concluding volume next year!

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Posted 11 October 2012 - 03:27 PM

Shpetim, on 11 October 2012 - 12:06 PM, said:

oh my good Lord, is it really close to a decade since this thread started? Impressive. I started reading from page one, then accidentally checket out the dates of the posts, and I was taken aback.

It's even longer, as it pre-dates a few forum server shifts where posts were lost.
It's also a pretty awesome running discussion and i've picked up a TONNE of brilliant reco's from this thread. It's always one of the first i check.

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I'm in the middle of the Horus Heresy series. All of you warhammer40K folks should know it. Come as far as the "The First Heretic" book. not a cronological series, but very very interesting... dystopian sci fi at it's best if you ask me. If there's any 40k fans here that know of any books about said world that are not included in the Horus Heresy series, I'd love to know..
Peace=)

I have the first three sitting in the TRP so i can't comment beyond noting i'm looking fwd to them, but if you search 'Horus' i'm pretty sure there are a few threads or posts about the series.

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Posted 11 October 2012 - 03:37 PM

Shpetim said:

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If there's any 40k fans here that know of any books about said world that are not included in the Horus Heresy series, I'd love to know..
Peace=)

You are in luck since you still have the best 40k novels in front of you! The best reviewed, and my favorite, series are about the Imperial Guard commissars. Check out Dan Abnett's Gaunt's Ghosts omnibuses and Sandy Mitchell's Caiphas Cain omnibuses. The former spans 13 books so far about an elite stealth unit and their leader, Gaunt. This is some pretty good military sci-fi. The latter is still military sci-fi but now with humor. Both are highly recommended.

Want to read about the Inquisitors? Abnett's Eisenhorn and Ravenor trilogies are both great. They should be read in that order, and there is a final trilogy of trilogies in the story that is forthcoming.

How about the space marines? Easy, the Space Wolf omnibuses by William King involve killing and more killing by Viking-esque space marines. The Ultramarines omnibi are also good. While there are several other books on other space marine chapters, those are the best ones, imo.

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#9285 Shpetim

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Posted 11 October 2012 - 05:08 PM

Stalker, on 11 October 2012 - 03:37 PM, said:

Shpetim said:

1349957186[/url]' post='1000850']
If there's any 40k fans here that know of any books about said world that are not included in the Horus Heresy series, I'd love to know..
Peace=)

Dark Angel fanatic here, so no thanks, I don't want any Chaos playing, furr wearing, spikey barbarians... That is they're rivals to the Dark Angels. But yeah. thanks for the info mate... very informative your post. I'll definitively check them out... Sounds like exactly what I'm looking for, all of the aforementioned works. I love anything that's to do with the 40K world, and if they're good too, well then, it's jackpot to my eyes.. I think I'll start with the rivals, Space Wolves, after I've read what I've left of the series that is...
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Posted 11 October 2012 - 05:16 PM

Stalker, on 11 October 2012 - 03:37 PM, said:

This is terrific advice and exactly what I'd say. One minor addition though - I liked the Salamander books by Nick Kyme and the Shira Calpurnia books by Matt Farrer. The first is a look at the Salamanders (fire affiliated Space Marines) and the second is a lady Imperial police commander/detective who gets drawn into murder mysteries/civil unrest.

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Posted 11 October 2012 - 08:21 PM

I'm reading Duma Key. Nothing much has happened yet, only about 100 pages in, which is fine with me since I'm using it as a palate cleanser after the double whammy of Forge of Darkness and Deep Sky.

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Posted 11 October 2012 - 09:06 PM

Currently reading Wings of Wrath, by Celia Friedman. I'm not sure why I delayed so long (like three years) after reading the first one - this is superior stuff.

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Posted 12 October 2012 - 12:37 PM

At the moment I'm currently reading Sefra/Smith Microelectronic Circuits. Cant wait until the day its over and I can go back to Dishonored and the tales of Bauchlain and Korbal Broach.

#9290 Salt-Man Z

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Posted 12 October 2012 - 02:45 PM

Just read the prologue to A Clash of Kings last night. That comet showed up at the end of GoT, right?

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Posted 12 October 2012 - 03:53 PM

Salt-Man Z, on 12 October 2012 - 02:45 PM, said:

Just read the prologue to A Clash of Kings last night. That comet showed up at the end of GoT, right?

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Posted 12 October 2012 - 06:48 PM

Picked up Banks's latest _The Hydrogen Sonata_ last night, and it's waiting to be started. Finished Tad Williams's _The Dirty Streets of Heaven_ on the train today --- awesome start to a series. Seriously, this could be the start of a completely new direction for Williams. And I am totally along for the ride.

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Posted 12 October 2012 - 08:59 PM

Red Country. Boo-yah.

I'll probably end up getting that Williams book, it intrigued me before the good reviews...

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Posted 13 October 2012 - 07:22 AM

Argh, red country is lying at home in Ireland, next weekend at the earliest

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Posted 13 October 2012 - 01:45 PM

Macros, on 13 October 2012 - 07:22 AM, said:

Argh, red country is lying at home in Ireland, next weekend at the earliest

Huh? I thought you WERE home in Ireland?

Or did you just come home briefly before heading off into the wild blue yonder again?

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Posted 13 October 2012 - 04:15 PM

Finished Storm Front a little bit ago. Really enjoyable although somewhat predictable. Harry Dresden is a great character and I'm looking forward to reading further about his further adventures (or more appropriately, if the first book is any indication, misfortunes). Probably going to start Fool Moon later tonight.

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Posted 13 October 2012 - 09:10 PM

Finished The Warded Man by Peter V. Brett. Loved it. Another author to add to my "read everything this guy writes" list.

I'm nearly halfway through The Conqueror's Shadow by Ari Marmell and I'm finding it surprisingly good, particularly considering I've heard no buzz about it whatsoever. One of those books that flies under the radar and you have to stumble upon it by happy accident...

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Posted 14 October 2012 - 11:48 PM

Spent the day fly fishing and listened to Mistborn: the Alloy of Law. Three hours of drive time and five hours of fishing let me almost finish the book (got about 45 min left). It was fun even if Wayne and Wax's banter/humor was a bit juvenile. I really enjoyed the advances in allomancy, feruchemy, and their relationships to the advances in technology. All in all it was pretty good. If you've read the Mistborn series and enjoyed it then I would recommend checking this out.

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Posted 15 October 2012 - 10:21 AM

Finished The Hydrogen Sonata by Banks. Another excellent Culture novel, and from any other author I would have been more than satisfied. Alas, in comparison to his best works, The Hydrogen Sonata simply failed to blow me away.

The book was excellent, and I enjoyed it from start to finish, but I wish it would have been much more all the same.

Now starting Red Country by Abercrombie, and 30 pages in I'm already hooked.

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