What is The Escapist reading?
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Welcome to the club. I've played since the first release of 2nd edition.GonzoGamer said:
The novels are, in all, pretty damn good. Black Library has its best writers tackling what is, to GW, a very sensitive era. But to us who grew up wondering what the flip happened in those days, it's a godsend. That, and the little things, like seeing established characters (mostly chaotic ones) in the days when the Emperor walked among them. For example, its quite funny to see Kharn, of the betrayer fame, as the voice of reason in the World Eaters legion.
A couple of books feel a bit flat. "Battle for the Abyss" is a collection of clichés, and "Descent of Angels" doesn't even take place during the Heresy except in its final stages. But brilliant books like the first trilogy, "Flight of the Eisenstein", "Legion", or "Tales of Heresy" more than make up for it.
A funny sidenote: my very favourite story from the Heresy features almost no violence. The superb short story "The Last Church" from the "Tales of Heresy" compilation is one of the best pieces of fiction to ever come out of the Black Library, featuring a theological debate between the Emperor and a priest over a nice glass of wine.
Now if you'll excuse me, I've actually got a game tomorrow, and I gotta go pack up my army.
I'm currently in the middle of "ZigZag" which covers the exploits of World War 2 double agent Eddie Chapman.
I'm reading The Count of Monte Cristo at the moment but I actually started reading it about a year ago and then stopped, I just started to pick it up again. Before that I read A Song Of Ice and Fire and loved it. If any of you want a good fantasy series pick up Book 1 of ASoIF, Game of Thrones.
I just finised getting beaten by Tolkien again and im going back to the Bartimaus Trillogy to put that beast down once and for all.
Two books actually:
The count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
and The Great Shark Hunt by Hunter S. Thompson
I should only be reading one at a time, but they're both so good.
The count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
and The Great Shark Hunt by Hunter S. Thompson
I should only be reading one at a time, but they're both so good.
You may Mr. Root, but I'm afraid I've already beaten you to it - I've read the majority of that series, and I agree, its wonderful.The_root_of_all_evil said:
Its good to see someone else who's read that book, though. No-one I know has.
"The Graveyard book" by Neil Gaiman is on my plate; it's a bit jarring to switch to his novels for younger audiences but being the Gaiman cocksucker that I am I have to read it. I just barely started it though because I'm also getting all Classical and reading the complete Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; all the original short stories/novellas by Conan Doyle, none of the non Doyle-ian follow ups.