Brother Subtle Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 has to be Descent of Angels :P You liked that book?! yeah i agree, it was pretty so-so for me. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/167831-fave-hh-book-and-why/page/3/#findComment-2006923 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prathios Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 has to be Descent of Angels :D You liked that book?! yeah i agree, it was pretty so-so for me. I enjoyed it. I understand its problems but I think I really loved the imagery of the forest and the dark things that dwelled within it. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/167831-fave-hh-book-and-why/page/3/#findComment-2007374 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Sangha Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 I think we really cant judge descent of angels without reading part two, now that we know there is a part two. I think it will tie everything together, I belive it will tie everythng togther and it will make more sense. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/167831-fave-hh-book-and-why/page/3/#findComment-2007799 Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplespladge Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 My favorite HH book has to be Fulgrim above all the others. The writer had told the story of their decent into chaos really well, you could really get to know the characters and feel their pain, as well as all the gory orgy bits! :angry: Plus i like all the well known 40k characters appearing throughout the book, such as Fabius Bile and Lucius the eternal. So there you have it! Spladge P Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/167831-fave-hh-book-and-why/page/3/#findComment-2007821 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skoby Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Has to be Legion, I just couldn't put it down, I don't care about the unanswered questions and the slightly dodgy ending there hasn't been a book that kept me so gripped, I stayed up til 4am reading it til I finished the last bit. I wish the same could be said about Battle for the Abyss, I got about 2/3rds of the way through and got a bit bored and now I've lost it, but don't want to read the next one without finishing it, nor do I want to buy another copy for 1/3rd of a book I didnt really like =\. Also, I did like Descent of Angels, it was totally different to what I expected, I hope the sequel hurries up :P. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/167831-fave-hh-book-and-why/page/3/#findComment-2007968 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashur Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 Legion for me too. The alpha legion, the lizard-riding desert dwellers, the many imperial army seccions... all give a greater panorama than other books. Also, I think Lord of the night could be consider as an heresy book, along with the heresy serie. We get to see a primarch mind thanks to Zso Sahaal memories. Konrad Curze is describe in a far better way than many primarchs until know. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/167831-fave-hh-book-and-why/page/3/#findComment-2015655 Share on other sites More sharing options...
igotsmeakabob!! Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Legion, but the first three books are a close second/third/fourth. Legion's writing style was just so different, and it was damned enjoyable. Plus, it made me consider the Alpha Legion for my next army. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/167831-fave-hh-book-and-why/page/3/#findComment-2047751 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damael Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Legion! The Alpha Legion were really cool, it's a shame they fight for the wrong side these days, a really well written book. Either that or Horus Rising... Mechanicum is up there, Knight Titans are awesome. So are Imperators! Also I thought the characters were well developed in that book. Fulgrim did a great job of chronicling the fall of the Emperor's Children though... Come to think of it, I love them all. Except Descent of Angels. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/167831-fave-hh-book-and-why/page/3/#findComment-2048079 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valinov Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 It's indeed hard to pick one of the books. I thoroughly enjoyed False Gods but I also really enjoyed Fulgrim. Fulgrim really portrays the magnificent master of the Emperors Children who is becomes twisted by the daemon inhabiting the Laer sword. The Fulgrim novel really spoke to me somehow and deep within I hoped that some day Fulgrim would be released from the Daemons shackles and return as the primarch he once was as Horus promised, however this is impossible. Fulgrim has been elevated to Daemon Prince and Horus Lupercal is dead. False Gods (as stated above) tells the story of how the magnificent son of the Emperor, his number one, falls from grace and the story is incredible. Legion provided me with a different taste of the Horus Heresy, until now it had only encircled Astartes. Peto Soneka, Hurtado Bronzi, all the characters in Legion inspired me and I really connected with the book. The introduction of the book was just splendid and not a single page was a letdown. Grammaticus and the Cabal was an interesting twist as well. Summarizing, Legion and Fulgrim are both claim the first place. However, The Thousand Sons are currently my favourite legion, next to the Imperial Fists and (big suprise) The Dark Angels. The coming Thousand Son novel or the following Prospero Burns will probably climb high on my list, however that's just a guesstimation. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/167831-fave-hh-book-and-why/page/3/#findComment-2048229 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady_Mournival Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 I have to say Legion and Tales of Heresy (Specifically "After De'Shea, Blood Games, and Wolf At the Door) are my favourites by far; but then again I still have to read Mechanicum, False Gods, Descent of Angels, and Fallen Angels (or what ever it it is). EDIT: Also, unlike most people here, Fulgrim definitely wasn't one of my favourites. I know I'll get bitten for this comment but it just isn't...... I mean the fact that some just fell so stupidly, and they killed of Vespasian (He should have been on Istvaan III)....... though then again I am in a love/hate afair with Eidolin....... sometimes he's a _ _ _ and other times he's great. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/167831-fave-hh-book-and-why/page/3/#findComment-2048870 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valinov Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Come to think of it, I love them all. Except Descent of Angels. Why did you dislike DoA if I might ask, just probing the cause so don't believe I will fanatically try to combat your opinion, I'm just curious. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/167831-fave-hh-book-and-why/page/3/#findComment-2048914 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valinov Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Come to think of it, I love them all. Except Descent of Angels. Why did you dislike DoA if I might ask, just probing the cause so don't believe I will fanatically try to combat your opinion, I'm just curious. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/167831-fave-hh-book-and-why/page/3/#findComment-2048915 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rain Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Definitely Legion. It didn't even feel like a BL book for the most part. I just hope he doesn't write a sequel as I am one of the few that loves ambiguous endings and hates when they are ruined by tell all sequels. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/167831-fave-hh-book-and-why/page/3/#findComment-2049603 Share on other sites More sharing options...
igotsmeakabob!! Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 I doubt Legion will get a sequel Rain, it just doesn't seem in character for the AL, or the book itself. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/167831-fave-hh-book-and-why/page/3/#findComment-2049654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetris Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 i have yet to read Tales of Heresy and am half way through Mechanicum, but so far my fravioute book was Legion followed closly by Fulgrim both storys were great but Legion is my fraviot just because its different and more thought provoking than most of the others. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/167831-fave-hh-book-and-why/page/3/#findComment-2049695 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rain Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 I doubt Legion will get a sequel Rain, it just doesn't seem in character for the AL, or the book itself. So one would think, but I heard a rumor that either BL or Abnett wanted one. Whenever anything does well, corporates milk it until it turns into an abomination, same thing happened to the Alien series. The original is one of my favorite movies of all time, but after god knows how many sequels, crossovers, and umm violations, the whole thing has become trite and blase, hopefully Abnett will not do the same. What galls me even more is that some people apparently actually want things demystified and ambiguities cleaned up as they equate something being open to interpretation as a plot hole as not everything was served up on a silver platter, ok stepping off the soapbox now. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/167831-fave-hh-book-and-why/page/3/#findComment-2049977 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trel Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 I still like 'Horus Rising' the best. It was the first time we got to see the galaxy ten thousand years ago when everything was bright and shiny and new-feeling. The Emperor was with his people and all his sons were on "Team Kick Butt for Humanity". The whole idea of science and reason being humanity's touchstones was so new after years of "faith in the Emperor, the Emperor is all." I also loved the Luna Wolves' cocksure attitude. Of course, knowing how it all turns out, I was reading with a sense of morose fatalism thinking, "OK, this is the point where he turns...no? OK, well this is totally going to be where he turns..." It's been three years now and the Horus Heresy world is just another sci-fi environment for me. It just happens to be really similar to the 40k M41 world. No book has grabbed a hold of my imagination the way 'Horus Rising' did. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/167831-fave-hh-book-and-why/page/3/#findComment-2050584 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solid Zaku Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Well, before I give my favorite, I'll try and clarify some nagging problems. People disliked the ending of DoA, because it was neither a cliff-hanger ending, nor was it an ambiguous ending open for interpretation. It was sort of as if the story just suddenly was forced to stop, for no apparent reason other than novel length. At the same time, people were a little confused at this fact mixed with the handful of sequel hints intermixed with the end. All-in-all it had a good beginning and middle, but a wonky ending that just didn't settle well with us. Alright, now for MY picks. Mine is Fulgrim. I'm way into Fulgrim. Reason being is because I have a major in Psychology, and there is no BL novel more psychologically interesting than this one. The characters are wonderfully depicted, the fight scenes are BL-tastic, and it's the first of the Heresy novels that actually made me feel sorry for one of the Traitor Primarchs. Sure, Horus cries for daddy, and Magnus got royally screwed, but I think Fulgrim's depiction in this novel is arguably the most 'human'. Combine that with the Remembrancers? Ooh, love it. Also, the scene depicting the 'Death of Innocence' of Mars in Mechanicum is brilliant as well. I hadn't felt that good since I saw the Clones going Order 66 on the Jedi Temple. Good times. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/167831-fave-hh-book-and-why/page/3/#findComment-2060871 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpecialIssue Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 I definitely agree with the general consensus- Fulgrim and Legion definitely are up there, with Horus Rising. And all the books give you that feeling of the pure Epicness that the HH was on a biblical and legendary scale. :o Except DOA of course- just felt it didn't fit in properly into the grander scheme of things... However, perhaps my recent fav, that might even top Fulgrim and Legion, is that short story The Lightning Tower by Dan Abnett. None of you have talked about it, yet I'm pretty sure its in the HH series, as it says so on the front cover. Have any of you guys read it? It comes with the other story, Dark King, by Graham McNeill in a single book. I just love the musings and psychology in both, and just the general atmosphere and how it affects Rogal Dorn in his preparations for the defence of the Imperial Palace. It really has some spine-chilling moments, like the meaning of the Lightning Tower and what Dorn really fears in the Traitors, as well as when the Emperor finally speaks. ;) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/167831-fave-hh-book-and-why/page/3/#findComment-2062010 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Butcher Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 Legion for me, and then Fulgrim. But I'm also rather partial to any mention of Erebus, that guy is truly dark and foreboding. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/167831-fave-hh-book-and-why/page/3/#findComment-2067425 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kradle Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 I liked Fulgrim, apart from the fact that it messed with my mind in ways a didnt think possible. I mean.. Seriously that book was just sadistic. Only problem though, It made me despise Fulgrim in every single way because of what happened between him and Ferrus (and I dont even necessarily like Ferrus, but he was pretty freaking awesome). But my favourite is probably Flight of the Eisenstein, purely cos I really like the loyalists in the HH series. Peace Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/167831-fave-hh-book-and-why/page/3/#findComment-2080877 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galadren Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Legion. Couldn't put it down and the ending, even though you knew the Alpha Legion was going to side with Horus, was still just jaw dropping. Close second is the opening trilogy as a whole (Horus Rising, False Gods, Galaxy in Flames), and after that is a tie between Flight of the Eisenstein and Fulgrim. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/167831-fave-hh-book-and-why/page/3/#findComment-2081073 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Lorne Walkier Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Galaxy in Flames. When Rylanor stood on the building and watched the Exterminatus virus go off...... sick! Lucius fighting his way /Back/ into his legion...... Sick! Loken v Khârn ... Tarvitz v Lucius ... Lil Horus V Torgaddon ... Lucius V Demeter ... Loken v Abbadon. I mean come one! You got a chain sword and he has Terminator Armour! Tarvitz handing Eidolon his @$$ tactically. The whole turning a Execution into a War. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/167831-fave-hh-book-and-why/page/3/#findComment-2081113 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rain Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 I can't believe Fulgrim has such a following, that book ruined the Emperor's Children for me. The fact that it was an outside force (a daemon) that actually took hold to push Fulgrim over the edge really took away the whole poignancy of the betrayal as it was no longer him, it was a daemon that was always evil. Overall, the whole possessed sword thing really took away from the story as instead of being done in by personal daemons Fulgrim is done in by actual daemons. Yawn. Oh and the parallel to Dorian Gray was a bit forced and doesn't make much sense as the picture stays beautiful while he becomes ugly. That kind of misses the point. Finally, like many BL books it depicted chaos marines as banal caricatures that are a disappointment since Storm of Iron proved McNiell can circumvent that pitfall. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/167831-fave-hh-book-and-why/page/3/#findComment-2082590 Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-wrex Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 I am really looking forward to the forthcoming Prospero Burns book. We need a book that shows Space wolves and Thousand Sons as more than just the basic stereotypes we associate with them (I'm looking at you, Battle for the Abyss...) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/167831-fave-hh-book-and-why/page/3/#findComment-2082964 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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