Warhammer 40K

[Guvernator]

I know we have a sci-fi thread and these have been mention there but I wanted to kick off a specific appreciation thread for the books. I never got into the table top stuff as it was far too nerdy, even for me but I strangely I used to enjoy reading the white dwarf magazine for all the stories which lead me onto the books. Got into the books and play the Dawn of War PC games quite a bit too.

There is a LOT of output bookwise for 40k now, some of them are brilliant and I'd rate them up against a lot of other decent sci-fi, other books are decidedly less so but I find the universe they've created as a whole fascinating.

I've read the Eiesenhorn\Ravenor books which are brillinat as well as most of the other trilogies, Ultramarines, DoW, Grey Knights etc. I've also read all of the Heresy books so far.

So any love for this, what are you favourite books\characters\race from this universe and why. Also any recommendations on what to read next?

[Guvernator]

Yep get the Grey Knights omnibus, it has all 3 books, brilliant read.

I also found Mechanicum quite hard going, not one of the better books.

Titanicus on the other hand is brilliant if you like reading about Titant's.

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Du1point8 said:

who wrote the grey knights? they are my favourite... is it full of religious crap like mechanicum or is it a fun read?

The Author is Ben Counter, no religious crap, the whole Mechanicum religious thing I also find a bit wierd. The Grey Knights are basically demon hunters so you just get a whole load of Space Marine Vs Demon action. Highly recommended.

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NewNameNeeded said:

I'd second the Horus Heresy books and any Inquisition ones. The collections of short stories are also pretty good. The 40k universe is a great place to spend some time

Just wish the Horus Heresy would get a move on, there have been some great books in the series but also a LOT of filler. If I have to read about the Istvvan V massacre one more time....

I also prefer the HH books that focus on the Primarch's rather than run of the mill troopers. We can read about those any time but the Heresy should be about the Primarch's in their erm...prime.

[Guvernator]

Not read Night Lords and I think I read a couple of Ciaphas Cain books ages ago but I want to revisit them in proper order as I remember them being quite good fun.

Thanks for the tips.