I finished the first of the linking short stories from the Eisenhorn Omnibus and have decided to take a break from 40K to read the first volume of the manga Initial D by Shuichi Shigeno. It's a very popular and long-running series about street racing, and at 2 chapters into it I am enjoying it. The art on the characters is nothing special but the cars look great, and so far the story has my interest.
On Nov 3, 9:48 am, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: > It's very strange to me that so many people who like the 40K Universe > books have either no opinion or negative opinion on the game itself. > I got into the game first and then found out about the books from > there. > > Either way, the Ravenor books are on my radar, and I am still trying > to find a cheap copy of the Grey Knights omnibus. > > There's lots of properties which make 40K fans say "Hey!" Avatar, for > instance. :) Chronicles of Riddick as well. > > On Nov 2, 11:59 pm, Van <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 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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