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Title: WH 40K
Post by: TacticalWargames on June 03, 2014, 12:35:27 PM
Can anyone recommend some novels? One thing is if it's part of a series they all have to be available at a decent price.

The only book I've read so far and rally enjoyed it was the first Space Wolf omnibus.

Also what are the WH fantasy books like?
Title: Re: WH 40K
Post by: Gusington on June 03, 2014, 01:16:33 PM
The only title you need is the Eisenhorn omnibus. Others here will corroborate.
Title: Re: WH 40K
Post by: Hiimori on June 03, 2014, 03:07:23 PM
Allow me to suggest my Horus Heresy thread for starters 8)

http://grogheads.com/forums/index.php?topic=4229.0 (http://grogheads.com/forums/index.php?topic=4229.0)
Title: Re: WH 40K
Post by: Martok on June 03, 2014, 03:48:02 PM
Quote from: Hiimori on June 03, 2014, 03:07:23 PM
Allow me to suggest my Horus Heresy thread for starters 8)

http://grogheads.com/forums/index.php?topic=4229.0 (http://grogheads.com/forums/index.php?topic=4229.0)
That reminds me:  I really need to get on that one (after I finish my epic journey through the Wheel of Time series, that is)! 

Title: Re: WH 40K
Post by: Jarhead0331 on June 03, 2014, 03:51:36 PM
Quote from: Gusington on June 03, 2014, 01:16:33 PM
The only title you need is the Eisenhorn omnibus. Others here will corroborate.

This and the Inquisition Wars are required reading.
Title: Re: WH 40K
Post by: Arctic Blast on June 04, 2014, 01:21:47 PM
I'll third the Eisenhorn omnibus.

I'd actually hold off on the Horus Heresy until you've read more of the 'current' material. For me, it makes the Heresy stuff a lot more interesting once you have snippets of information from other books.
Title: Re: WH 40K
Post by: Staggerwing on June 04, 2014, 06:37:18 PM
The Ravenor Omnibus is also highly recommended.


BTW, has anyone read Pariah: Ravenor vs Eisenhorn yet?
Title: Re: WH 40K
Post by: Gusington on June 04, 2014, 10:28:11 PM
Amazon just recommended that for me this morning.
Title: Re: WH 40K
Post by: TacticalWargames on June 07, 2014, 07:41:22 AM
A shame some of the omnibus books are so expensive as they are out of print.

Still just finished the first Horus heresy book and now at the point Horus has gone under the Chaos spell at Davin in the second book. I read the first book in juts over a day!!

It seems pre heresy the Imperium wasn't as bad a place as it is in the 40K books. Seems it plunged everything into paranoia. What does strike me as odd is that in the post Heresy books the Imperium is so bad it's as is Chaos has won already going by the way they behave.

Also anyone tell me if the Interex are ever contacted again?
Title: Re: WH 40K
Post by: JasonPratt on June 10, 2014, 09:08:56 PM
As noted in the general reading thread, my Dad is looking to start a new science-fiction epic series, so again any recommendations of where he might start with WH40K to see if he likes it? (He likes fantasy, too, so the mix seems possibly good.)

Kindle, or not large books physically, will be necessary.
Title: Re: WH 40K
Post by: Arctic Blast on June 11, 2014, 01:32:08 PM
Quote from: TacticalWargames on June 07, 2014, 07:41:22 AM

It seems pre heresy the Imperium wasn't as bad a place as it is in the 40K books. Seems it plunged everything into paranoia. What does strike me as odd is that in the post Heresy books the Imperium is so bad it's as is Chaos has won already going by the way they behave.

Also anyone tell me if the Interex are ever contacted again?

Keep that in mind when you get further into the Heresy series and read Legion...
Title: Re: WH 40K
Post by: TacticalWargames on June 12, 2014, 07:24:06 AM
Will do Artic:)

Jarhead, honestly the first two Horus Heresy books have been superb, couldn't put them down. Highly recommend it. Also for fantasy I still say Raymond E Feists Riftwar saga Trilogy are the next best fantasy books after LOTR.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Magician-Riftwar-Saga-Raymond-Feist/dp/0007466862/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1402575825&sr=8-1&keywords=magician (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Magician-Riftwar-Saga-Raymond-Feist/dp/0007466862/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1402575825&sr=8-1&keywords=magician)
Title: Re: WH 40K
Post by: TacticalWargames on June 12, 2014, 08:08:16 AM
Just bough Nightlords omnibus, Ultramarines Omnibus, Blood Angels Omnibus 1 and 2, Grey Angels Omnibus and Stormbringer  (Tale of the eternal champion) by M Moorcock for a WH40K break:).