The emperors chosen Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 check this out It's only an image now, but this could be the first part of the new series. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/232760-the-keeler-image/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daedalus Templarius Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 ZOMG EISENHORN! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/232760-the-keeler-image/#findComment-2800420 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaqTaar Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 It's an audiobook and it was announced some time ago. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/232760-the-keeler-image/#findComment-2800453 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vilicate Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Stoked. Perhaps relating to Euphrati Keeler of Horus Heresy fame? Perhaps a picture taken of Horus? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/232760-the-keeler-image/#findComment-2800459 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chengar Qordath Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Stoked. Perhaps relating to Euphrati Keeler of Horus Heresy fame? Perhaps a picture taken of Horus? Quite likely; Abnett's always had a fondness for tying his books together, (minor characters who show up in Eisenhorn/Ravenor and Gaunt's Ghosts, Enuncia in Prospero Burns, etc.) so it would fit. In fact, didn't Keeler take an image of Horus and the Mournival in Horus Rising that got mentioned several times for being a very good picture? Sounds like possible foreshadowing to me... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/232760-the-keeler-image/#findComment-2800534 Share on other sites More sharing options...
daboarder Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Abbnet is also meant to be writing the conclusion to eisenhorn and ravenor with a 3rd series that will also include bequins fate. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/232760-the-keeler-image/#findComment-2800668 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chengar Qordath Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Abbnet is also meant to be writing the conclusion to eisenhorn and ravenor with a 3rd series that will also include bequins fate. As far I'm aware, the last we heard about that was in 2009, and it hasn't shown up yet. Then again, this might be an indication that he'll finally be getting back to Eisenhorn and Ravenor soon. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/232760-the-keeler-image/#findComment-2800683 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffersonian000 Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 I liked how Abnett tied Titanicus to his old Titan comic strip. SJ Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/232760-the-keeler-image/#findComment-2800766 Share on other sites More sharing options...
uberschveinen Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Am I the only one who doesn't want Eisenhorn brought back into the spotlight? I think the state of that story was fine as it is, because what made me enjoy that story so much, and what makes it one of the very few Black Library books to actually be a good book in general, not just relative to Black Library's 'standards', is how well it told the story of Eisenhorn's fall. It takes an incredible feat of authorship to write a character's descent into damnation so subtly that even the reader doesn't notice it until it is far too late, but having every step down that path be clear in retrospect. I think it was entirely appropriate for the book to end where it did; Eisenhorn realising that he has finally gone all the way the moment the story cuts out. Having him around in the occasional mention in other works is good, because it keeps that 'No, Gregor, you are the Antagonists' feel that was the ending's great strength. Anything more, and especially anything from his perspective, would just lessen the rest of the material. That's too great a price to pay to make a new Eisenhorn story, even if it's as well or better-written, worthwhile. And I daresay it won't be as good, as Abnett's BL writing in general seems to be of a somewhat lower standard than he achieved in Eisenhorn. It's a skill a good writer needs to have to be able to identify which works he can replicate and which works were genuinely inspired and are not representative. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/232760-the-keeler-image/#findComment-2800866 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashe Darke Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 And I daresay it won't be as good, as Abnett's BL writing in general seems to be of a somewhat lower standard than he achieved in Eisenhorn. It's a skill a good writer needs to have to be able to identify which works he can replicate and which works were genuinely inspired and are not representative. I know what you mean but the last few things I've read by him have been HH where he is somewhat limited in scope. Maybe it won't be like this when it's his own stuff. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/232760-the-keeler-image/#findComment-2800964 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chengar Qordath Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 And I daresay it won't be as good, as Abnett's BL writing in general seems to be of a somewhat lower standard than he achieved in Eisenhorn. It's a skill a good writer needs to have to be able to identify which works he can replicate and which works were genuinely inspired and are not representative. I know what you mean but the last few things I've read by him have been HH where he is somewhat limited in scope. Maybe it won't be like this when it's his own stuff. I do think he works a bit better outside of the Horus Heresy series where he has a bit more room for creative license; Gaunt's Ghosts is still going strong after all. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/232760-the-keeler-image/#findComment-2800970 Share on other sites More sharing options...
confused_gordy Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 I personally feel if they return to him, that it should be told from Ravenor's perspective. As his turmoil in dealing with a fallen Eisenhorn would be more interesting. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/232760-the-keeler-image/#findComment-2801214 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inquisitor Apropos Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Having him around in the occasional mention in other works is good, because it keeps that 'No, Gregor, you are the Antagonists' feel that was the ending's great strength. Anything more, and especially anything from his perspective, would just lessen the rest of the material. Except I doubt his 3rd trilogy will be from Gregor's perspective. Ravenor wasn't. IIRC, he mentioned in the foreword of the Ravenor Omnibus that the title of the 3rd Omnibus would likely be Bequin. To me, this says that A: she gets thawed out, and B: she BECOMES AN INQUISITOR. And since she's been in stasis, it can be any number of years after the ending of Ravenor (in which we know she's still frozen). So, we can assume Gideon will be alive, but tangental at best (Just like Gregor was) and that Bequin will be struggling against something dangerous that ties back to her past working for Gregor. Cherubael, perhaps? Who better than a Nul to fight a daemonhost? And if Cherubael needs to be taken down, who's got his leash now? What happened to Gregor? The plot thickens... Well, those are my thoughts, anyway. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/232760-the-keeler-image/#findComment-2801256 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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