I am unironically excited for this book. Everything else to do with 40k has gone to complete and utter shit. I hope the books are still the same schlocky fun they've always been.
>>97885533Is there a release date yet?
I will read literal gender bender mtf furry transformation fetish webcomic shit before I pick up another 40k novel. That shit is embarrassing, I don’t get how people can laud something like helsreach as the peak of 40k, or how gotrek and Felix is for Anything but for a 4th graders coping mechanism while his parents are getting a divorce because his parents argued over wanting to put down their retarded child.
>>97885544>Later this yearIs all we've been told.
>>97885549>ESL ramblingsThat run on sentence is the real embarrassment.
>>97885556It’s called a steam of consciousness.
>>97885533>Everything else to do with 40k has gone to complete and utter shit.so why do you>hope the books are still the same schlocky fun they've always been
>>97885544The limited edition is coming out next week, but no word on the regular hardback or paperback versions
>>97885559The books for the most part are consistently okay. I've read Apostle over the last weekend, and it was as enjoyable as any 40k book can be.
>>97885559I just finished Day of Ascension which was very good.>>97885560I didn't know this. Got a link?
>>97885560All I need is the audiobook. I never read 40k books, my actual reading time is too precious for that, but they are my guilty pleasure during long trips in the car or while I paint miniatures. But if the release of the collectors edition is that close, it should not take long.
>>97885574It was in the Sunday preview yesterday Since it's a FOMO special limited edition, expect it to be sold out in 5 seconds once it goes live
>>97885549>demoralisation will continue until morale improvesAnyone that thinks Warhammer novels are particularly bad has never read a genuinely awful novel.
>>97885560>>97885580This is why I just cannot engage with nuGWAll online queues, all FOMO releases, all release previews I kind of wanted a plastic Zoat and I have no idea how to get one.
>>97885600The plastic Zoet from Blackstone Fortress is getting rereleased sometime this quarter since it's going to be getting rules in Kill Team
>>97885580>>97885600It's a good thing you don't need a fancy collectors edition to enjoy a novel, nor do you need it at day one.
>>97885609I did see that, probably why it came to mind.It's just like, how do you watch a Twitch reveal stream and get excited for next product when it might not come out for like a year, and then when it does and you miss out it's like "that sprue might end up in a Combat Patrol in eighteen months", how do you actually "do" your hobby?>>97885610This is true, but it's just crazy that it is like this. GW can't meet demand whilst at the same time their loyal fans are bigger whales than ever.Something is clearly wrong when I could sell my softback copies of books like Fulgrim and whatever for silly money for some reason.
>>97885580I prefer the normal cover. The red pages are kind of cool. But given how much something like that would be worth I wouldn't feel comfortable reading on my porcelain [/spoiler[ throne
>>97885631>spoilerI prefer to read comic strips or articles rather than novels when doing business
>>97885533WHERE THE FUCK IS PANDEMONIUM YOU FUCKER ITS BEEN OVER A DECADE SINCE PARIAH GNSSG*O$JJ"VDNJSDNJVDVDNLCDNL
>>97885610>nor do you need it at day oneSays Mr Nogaem Nofriend, Esq.Every club I've ever attended has had at least one terminal case of Corporatebumlickeritis, the guy who buys all the shit day 1, preorders everything, and loves big long loud spoilery conversations to show off that he has the new thing. Not to mention online, where some twat can just drop a major plot point from a story into a random unrelated thread. Having to basically avoid your own hobby for months because GW are afflicted with a combination of Marketingfag Brain and have overstocking PTSD so would rather guarantee to sell 50/50 FOMO product than 98/100 normal product sucks balls man.
>>97885557that powers the boiler of existence?
How about finish the Bequin series you hack.
>>97885631>>97885638I legitimately don't get people who read on the shitter. Phone, magazine, comic, book - how are you there long enough to engage meaningfully with any of them? Plus I prefer to enjoy the peace & quiet and think about stuff when crapping, I've had some of my best and most creative hobby ideas upon the throne.>>97885985And yeah also this. The longer it takes and the more he does other shit the more I dread that they're making him hold off because that bullshit twist at the end of Penitent is going to tie into the TV show and some big metaplot wank for a future edition of 40K, which is the exact opposite of why Eisenhorn and Ravenor were so cool and interesting as series.
>>97885533I don't understand why someone would read a Warhammer novel over literally anything else. Dan Abnett has never been a great writer.
>>97885573>>97885574Some of the stories are really good. At the moment I'm reading the Dark Coil anthology books and every story is at least an 8/10.
>>97886635Yes, some books and stories are obviously better than others. I enjoyed some of the Dark Coil stuff a lot too, especially that one book about the redneck regiment fighting the Tau.
>>97886635>>97886716>I'm reading the Dark Coil anthologySame. I'd think the book was being shilled except a good portion of the positive posts about it are mine lol.It doesn't bode well for BL though that the same handful of novels are consistently mentioned as being quality... what about the rest? There's the trinity of course, and ADB for chaosfags, Fehervari for men of culture, and after that it's a mixed bag.
>>97886805Vaults of Terra is also pretty good, at least the first two books, haven't read the third one yet.
>>97886938I wasn't a huge fan of that series, but there are other good books in between the "big ones" that get named all the time.Pretty much all of the "Crime" sub-label is good in my opinion, and i enjoyed almost all the "horror" stuff too. (there are some tie-ins with the Dark Coil books here too). I also enjoyed Grim Harvest (a AoS Horror novel). The big End Times fantasy series is quite good (but i guess you have to care about WHFB to actually enjoy it).I never see anyone recommend "The Lord of the Night" on /tg/, and while i liked the ADB NL trilogy, i liked Lord of the Night even more.
>>97886267Because they like Warhammer you fucking retard?
>>97885549>I will read literal gender bender mtf furry transformation fetish webcomicYes, we all already knew.
>>97885598Truth. Warhammer novels are mostly fine across the board, and ok entertainment if you like 40k.
>>97885533Wht are the little wisps on the ends of the letters supposed to imply? THey look organic rather than mechanica;, but not particularly evocitive of anything particular to Hives.Regardless of aesthetic gripes, I like Dan Abnett.
>>97885559Because of the author probably. Abnett to my experinece has made some of the better warhammer content in the last, what, 30 years? Though tbf, I havent read all of his works, but Darkblade and some Eisenhorn, both have been very decent pulp.
>>97887046Lord of the night was good and even ADB had to recognise its value and use it as base for his own trilogy
>>97887927I liked the gaunt's ghosts series but it's clear he should have wrapped it up with some sort of closure by now, and he never will.
>>97888104It might not be his own fault. GW might be forcing him not to end series so they can keep it going. Just like with the general 40k story, it must remain eternal so they can keep selling minis.>>97886206>I legitimately don't get people who read on the shitter. Phone, magazine, comic, book - how are you there long enough to engage meaningfully with any of them? Plus I prefer to enjoy the peace & quiet and think about stuff when crapping, I've had some of my best and most creative hobby ideas upon the throne.I should probably see a doctor desu. I spend like 10 minutes taking a shit.
>>97885549Hey, OOP is a lot more than just tf! It also has worms.
>>97885533might be cool, I actually think those warhammer books focused on normal people in a dysfunctional society are the most funit's a real shame they're not making warhammer crime novels, this one sounds more like a political thriller than a mystery but it might scratch that itch
>>97888615Abnett has been put in the perpetual cock milking device...
>>97888628That is true I guess.
>>97885580That's sad. Abnett writes everything that isn't just bolter porn fairly well
>>97889318real shit
>>97886204His manuscript is apparently done, the problem is BL (or GW above them?) hasn't actually published it yet. >whyHolding it up for a model release of some sort? It's the only reason I can think of, but GW releases one-off free minis all the time, it's not like it would be that hard to sculpt a random character from the book and release them together.
>>97888615>I should probably see a doctor desu. I spend like 10 minutes taking a shit.increase your fiber (by a LOT) and drink more water.
>>97889911I tried that once, the fiber was pretty gross. I might just try to eat more fiber in my diet.
>>97885549>I will read literal gender bender mtf furry transformation fetish webcomic shit before I pick up another 40k novel.OK, but keep your fetish out of the tradgame threads, unless directly related to your RPG campaign.
>>97890779Black library has nothing to do with traditional games, it’s an extremely long winded ad instead.
>>97889183BL seem to be having problems since outside of Space Marine, not much is getting released, and even then stuff like the Scouring series hasn't really started despite it mostly being done, apparently
>>97891169>it’s an extremely long winded adFor traditional games.
>>97886206>The longer it takes and the more he does other shit the more I dread that they're making him hold off because that bullshit twist at the end of Penitent is going to tie into the TV show and some big metaplot wank for a future edition of 40K,It seem like it used to be a tieinto Age of Sigmar or something fucked and dumb but they had to can that so now its just in limbo.
>>97890778>I tried that once, the fiber was pretty grossYou have to drink it very quickly if you don't want it to turn into a sludge in the cup, but yea just eating more fiber in your usual diet is a better option. Traditional Games?
