The Black Library

[Symos]

Bought Horus Rising and read it's first chapter. Good stuff so far.  

[Hoxtalicious]

Anybody around here get their hands on "Let the Galaxy Burn!" as of yet?  

[MrToad]

vaholm

I know this is off topic, but there is no where else to put it.

Have any of you ever read any of those books by George R R Martin? They keep getting mentioned in WD and I was wondering if they are any good.

All four, baby! and we're looking at 3 more.
Yeah, he's awesome. It's low fantasy, as they mentioned in WD, so there's less fantasy and more dirt, and every character has a flaw, but I highly recommend it. They're huge books, and they read more like historical fiction than fantasy, esp. the first, but that only makes the occasional magic spell or dragon more interesting.
The downsides are that they have enough sex in enough detail to seem a little perverted (not that much sex, but still notable amounts), they're really long, and sometimes hard to understand (maybe 15 protagonists, and about 10 fictional civilizations w/ their own religions, traditions, and politics.) He likes to make up midaeval slang words that take a couple pages to understand what they mean (like "scorpion" means ballista, and "manticore" means scorpion the animal).
But very well thought out, very detailed, some of the best character development i've ever read; as an omniscient reader with no central main character, you have the pleasure of picking who to root for.  

[Warlord Kartanus]

Im still waiting on 'Let the Galaxy Burn' hope its out soon. Just started THe Last Chancers omnibus, its good so far.  

[Hoxtalicious]

YAAAAAAAAAAAAY! Got me a copy of Let the Galaxy Burn! Thirty eight stories of old and new! No offense, but screw you guys, I got something better to do! whee  

[Hoxtalicious]

Lt. Brookman

YAAAAAAAAAAAAY! Got me a copy of Let the Galaxy Burn! Thirty eight stories of old and new! No offense, but screw you guys, I got something better to do! whee

Rephrase from the above, while the book is packed with a crapload of good stories, most of them are just reprints from other anthology books or from the WD. The only real new story in it is the one of Abnett "Playing Patience", which tells the past of Patience Kys.

Oh yeah, it's also got "Wrath of Kharn", one of the best short stories ever produced by BL.  

[Warlord Kartanus]

They still need to finish up the Inquisition war...what happened to Grimm and Lex? and they also need an Conclusion to Eisenhorn...what does he go around doing, especially with Cherubael?  

[Hoxtalicious]

[J]ack [K]rauser

They still need to finish up the Inquisition war...what happened to Grimm and Lex? and they also need an Conclusion to Eisenhorn...what does he go around doing, especially with Cherubael?

Inquisition Wars is done, as is Eisenhorn. Some things are best left that way.  

[Hoxtalicious]

Black Library announcement.

Quote:

11/05/2006 : Ravenor Rides Again
No rest for Mr Abnett. Having finished The Armour of Contempt, the 10th Gaunt's Ghosts novel, he's now hard at work on the third Ravenor novel. Ravenor Rogue continues the story of Inquisitor Ravenor and his team as they pursue their nemesis into the furthest reaches of space, and beyond. This being the final book of the first Ravenor story arc, expect some great character stories and plot twists. Ravenor Rogue (hardback) wil be hitting the streets (not literally, one hopes) next Easter.

Fffffffffffffffeck! A whole year away!  

[firewarrior2424]

i feel really stupid asking this but in horus rising is that where horus turns to chaos???  

[menoftanith]

kind of the first one kicks off just after hourus has been made warmaster and follows lorken of the mournvail but the others are going to be written by differnt people so may not be from the same view point  

[vaholm]

MrToad

vaholm

I know this is off topic, but there is no where else to put it.

Have any of you ever read any of those books by George R R Martin? They keep getting mentioned in WD and I was wondering if they are any good.

All four, baby! and we're looking at 3 more.
Yeah, he's awesome. It's low fantasy, as they mentioned in WD, so there's less fantasy and more dirt, and every character has a flaw, but I highly recommend it. They're huge books, and they read more like historical fiction than fantasy, esp. the first, but that only makes the occasional magic spell or dragon more interesting.
The downsides are that they have enough sex in enough detail to seem a little perverted (not that much sex, but still notable amounts), they're really long, and sometimes hard to understand (maybe 15 protagonists, and about 10 fictional civilizations w/ their own religions, traditions, and politics.) He likes to make up midaeval slang words that take a couple pages to understand what they mean (like "scorpion" means ballista, and "manticore" means scorpion the animal).
But very well thought out, very detailed, some of the best character development i've ever read; as an omniscient reader with no central main character, you have the pleasure of picking who to root for.

I read them all. A fine yarn thus far (love Tryion -what a smart a** eh?). Now I am doing a Vampire Count Blood Dragon force based on the concept of an entire army of Others.  

[Hoxtalicious]

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[Warlord Kartanus]

I heard in the 9th or 10th Gaunt's Ghosts book that at the very beginning, Gaunt dies.  

[Hoxtalicious]

Dan Abnett

I'm midway through the next Gaunt - The Armour of Contempt, which will be followed this year by the third Ravenor - Ravenor Rogue, and, by popular demand, the sequel to Double Eagle, which will be called Interceptor City. There's also an Iron Snakes Space Marine novel on its way, and my Warhammer pirate novel, Fell Cargo just came out. That was so much fun to write. There's a couple of other secret projects that I'm not allowed to talk about yet because they're... well, secret.

Read the rest of the interview here: http://www.blacklibrary.com/articles/horus-int-dan.asp