Yes, Games Workshops finest. I have to admit to being surprised the horus heresy is still going. I was into that when I was a kid and that's getting on for a quarter of a century ago.
Sent from my Windows Phone ________________________________ From: Raymond Feist/New ATT<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: 12/12/2013 03:25 To: feistfans-l<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: New Sci Fi book? On Dec 11, 2013, at 1:03 PM, Christopher Grouse <[email protected]> wrote: > I've noticed that the genre has leant toward the fantasy side rather than SF > (I'm not going to demean it by calling if 'sci fi'), over the last few years > I've enjoyed SF by Jack Campbell and David Feintuch, both of which I > discovered by accident. Also the Asimov, Julian May and Arthur C Clarke stuff > is awesome! > It IS a shame, as SF still has so much to offer the reader, and it does make > a change from the fantasy stuff too. For me, I don't care that science has > proved some of the older works of SF wrong or made some things sound silly or > even made SF less interesting through technological progress, if the book is > well written and has deep and interesting characters, then I'll read any of > it, even HG Wells or Jules Verne. > > Ray, speaking of licensed stuff, have you come across any of the Warhammer > 40k SF books in the USA? My friend got me into these, I started with a series > of books called 'The Horus Heresy', which is an ongoing series by various > authors, all based around the history of the 40k universe, very action packed > and quite dark and violent, but thoroughly good books with great characters > and an epic plot. I didn't even know that the books were based on the > Warhammer Role playing games until another friend told me... Haven't read any Warhammer. If I recall, that's a basically British RGP that spun off some serious license stuff, like Wizards of the Coast did in the US. Best, R.E.F.
