CastratedCow Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 So, the past week or so I've found myself searching eBay for good deals on various Chaos novels. Unfortunately, when I found one, I'd always check the seller to find out what other books he had, and, well... nothing was ever quite enough! I found a couple sellers with loads of books I was interested in, but the fact that they didn't combine shipping always left me a bit irked. Seeing as how I won't have access to my shipping address any time soon, I haven't felt too compelled to say "screw it" and just buy something half-cocked. Last night, however, after a few White Caucasians, I, well... well I dropped $135 at amazon.com after seeing they offer free shipping and would discount some books for FREE! Granted, the books won't arrive for roughly a month, but I won't be back stateside to retrieve them for 6-7 weeks so who cares? Unfortunately, this horde of books leaves me with quite a predicament: what the hell do I read first?! That's why I've come to you, fellow B&Cers to ask your advice. Given the list of titles I will shortly display for you, in what order would you read these novels? Hmmm, maybe ordering 17 books is a bit too much to ask, so how about this: What would be your top 5 and why? Preferred army, best adherence to fluff, most exciting, most well-written... I don't care. I've already chosen these books because I know they're about armies that I'm interested in, so I know I'll end up enjoying all of em. I just need to know where to start! And now... the list... Eisenhorn Omnibus - Dan Abnett Lord of the Night - Simon Spurrier Dark Adeptus - Ben Counter Horus Rising - Dan Abnett Let the Galaxy Burn - Marc Gascoigne False Gods - Graham McNeill Galaxy in Flames - Ben Counter The Soul Drinkers Omnibus - Ben Counter The Flight of the Eisenstein - James Swallow Fulgrim - Graham McNeill Dark Apostle - Anthony Reynolds Legion - Dan Abnett Planetkill - Lindsey Priestley Mechanicum - Graham McNeill Battle for the Abyss - Ben Counter Dark Disciple - Anthony Reynolds Daemon World - Ben Counter Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/159899-just-ordered-17-chaos-novels/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Malachi Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Here's my top five in order: Eisenhorn Omnibus - Dan AbnettHorus Rising - Dan Abnett False Gods - Graham McNeill Galaxy in Flames - Ben Counter The Flight of the Eisenstein - James Swallow Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/159899-just-ordered-17-chaos-novels/#findComment-1875969 Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidren2401 Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 I recomend reading the Horus Heresy Series in order but not nessessarily one after the other. They're a bit heavy to say the least. Read them all at once and you'll be licking a light switch before you get to Fulgrim (my personal fav of the series btw). Dropping the odd Ben Counter Novel in the gaps (Daemonworld and Dark Adeptus specifically) will lighten the mood a bit before you get back to epic task that is the HH series. Dark Apostle is a good fun read aswell. I'm currently waiting for Dark Disciple and Mechanium to arrive so I can't pass any judgement on them yet but I'm guessing they won't break with their forebear's traditions, BL books rarely do. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/159899-just-ordered-17-chaos-novels/#findComment-1875972 Share on other sites More sharing options...
minigun762 Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Lord of the Night - Simon SpurrierLet the Galaxy Burn - Marc Gascoigne Dark Apostle - Anthony Reynolds Dark Disciple - Anthony Reynolds Daemon World - Ben Counter Top 5 Chaos books, picked because they do a good job of fleshing out what it is to be Chaos. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/159899-just-ordered-17-chaos-novels/#findComment-1876001 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuGGzy Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 I reccomend reading the HH novels in order as well. As for the rest Eisenhorn Omnibus - Dan Abnett : 3 books about the adventures of one Inquisitor and his retinue, all part of one overarching story line, not related to much else in the 40K world. Lord of the Night - Simon Spurrier: Good standalone book about the Nightlords CSM Dark Adeptus - Ben Counter: Part 2 of the Grey Knights trilogy, can be ready alone but it does ref the first book a few times. Let the Galaxy Burn - Marc Gascoigne: IIRC a compilation of a pile of short stories, many reprints from other similar compilations. The Soul Drinkers Omnibus - Ben Counter: Cool series about a new (home brewed) legion that gets "tricked" into being "chaosy" but stays loyal. There is now a 4th book out to read after this one (3). Dark Apostle - Anthony Reynolds : Standalone about the Word Bearers, good to read right after Battle for the Abyss for HH since it follows some of the same characters but 10k years later. Planetkill - Lindsey Priestley: no clue, havent heard of it. Dark Disciple - Anthony Reynolds: Sequel to Apostle above. Daemon World - Ben Counter : Standalone about a demon world with some demons and CSM, haven't read it but heard it's not his strongest effort. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/159899-just-ordered-17-chaos-novels/#findComment-1876159 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DracoDarco Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Not including the dark heresy novels, Dark Apostle it adds a new view of the forces of chaos and has very memorable and awesome characters (Keep an eye out for Burias) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/159899-just-ordered-17-chaos-novels/#findComment-1876359 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastratedCow Posted February 10, 2009 Author Share Posted February 10, 2009 Hmmm... so how strongly do you advise against reading the HH books out of sequence? Do I really need to get the HH books not specifically related to Chaos? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/159899-just-ordered-17-chaos-novels/#findComment-1877208 Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidren2401 Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Do I really need to get the HH books not specifically related to Chaos? The first 5 HH books all deal with chaos (Death Gaurd, Emperor's Chilren and Sons of Horus mostly). I haven't read 6-9 but from what I've heard they deal with the Fallen, Alpha Legion, Word Bearers and the Dark Mechanicum respectively so as far as I can tell they all have a chaos aspect. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/159899-just-ordered-17-chaos-novels/#findComment-1877592 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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