What a great trilogy that is. The RAVENOR trilogy that follows it is even better, IMO.
You just can't go wrong with Dan Abnett-- unless you're talking FORCE WORKS comics from back in the 1990s, of course. :-) Coincidentally, I just finished reading Abnett's LEGION (from the Horus Heresy series) and it was excellent and very inspirational. Rarely do I roll from one book to another by the same author, consecutively, but I'm now reading SALVATION'S REACH, Abnett's latest "Gaunt's Ghosts" novel. 100 pages in, it's fantastic, too. I care next to nothing about the war game these books are meant to help market. I also care very little for any of the other WH40K authors. But Abnett is something very special and I enjoy just about every book (and comic) he puts out, these days. His HORUS RISING and LEGION are very strong influences on my HAWK novel that I am hard at work on right now, in fact. WH40K fans who read HAWK may spot a lot of things that make them say, "Hey!" :-) --Van On Nov 1, 3:19 pm, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: > I just finished Xenos, the first novel of the Eisenhorn Omnibus. > Insane! Great story, lots of action and twists and turns. Abnett > really has a knack for writing scifi lingo which is easy to understand > and follow. Of course I may be a bit biased as I am a 40K players. > > Up next is the first short story and then the second novel, Malleus. > > Of course, reading this has made me really want to work on my Grey > Knights army, especially as the Grey Knights are one of the militant > arms of the Inquistion, and Eisenhorn, of course, is an Inquisitor. > > On Sep 28, 2:21 pm, Holly Elliott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I am currently reading The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner. It seems > > amazingly current; I keep forgetting it was written in the 1970s! > > >http://www.amazon.com/Sheep-Look-Up-John-Brunner/dp/1932100016/ref=pd... > > > Holly > > > On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Todd Elliott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'm reading a really boring series of books on ITIL. Wooooo. > > > > --------------------------------------------- > > > Todd Elliott <[email protected]> | > > > Profile<http://www.google.com/profiles/thelliott> | > > > Unique Geek <http://www.theuniquegeek.com/> > > > > On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 8:02 AM, Van <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> And I'd like to politely point out that, when it comes to novels about > > >> superheroes, there are some *original* characters and stories out > > >> there, too... la la la... Oh, I don't know.... maybe: > > > >>http://www.whiterocketbooks.com/sentinels/ > > > >> :-) > > > >> --Van > > > >> On Sep 28, 4:16 am, Edward Crosby <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > I would like to add to the comic book novelization too, please. > > >> > I liked Green Lantern: Hero's Quest by Dennis O'Neil. It was a decent > > >> Kyle > > >> > Rayner read. > > > >> > ---------------------------------------- > > >> > Have a Better One, > > >> > Edward Crosbyhttp://about.me/edwardcrosby > > > >> > On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 11:15 PM, Van <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > > I read the comic adaptation of DRAGONSLAYER as a kid, before seeing > > >> > > the movie. Really enjoyed both. I have the DVD of the movie around > > >> > > here somewhere, but have never opened it. Funny to think that the > > >> > > young hero in it is the same actor who played the nerdy boss lawyer > > >> > > on > > >> > > Ally McBeall. > > > >> > > What I'm reading: Well, about a dozen books at any given time, but > > >> > > at > > >> > > the moment mainly including: > > > >> > > LEGION, by Dan Abnett (plus there's a new Gaunt's Ghosts book coming > > >> > > any day now) > > > >> > > VANILLA RIDE, by Joe R Lansdale > > > >> > > TIASSA, by Steven Brust > > > >> > > THE PEACE WAR, by Vernor Vinge (plus there's a new sequel to A FIRE > > >> > > UPON THE DEEP due any day now) > > > >> > > and a book by a British publisher that they want a review for, that I > > >> > > haven't really gotten into yet... Eeek... > > > >> > > --Van > > > >> > > On Sep 27, 7:44 am, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > > I tried to reply to the old What Are You Reading? thread and I > > >> > > > think > > >> I > > >> > > > ended up sending Van an email instead. Van you can go ahead and > > >> > > > delete that. > > > >> > > > Anyway, I just finished the novelization of Dragonslayer by Wayland > > >> > > > Drew. Not sure if I have ever seen this movie or not but now I > > >> really > > >> > > > want to watch it. > > > >> > > > Now I am starting the Eisenhorn Omnibus by Dan Abnett. 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