LordOfSkyfall Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 So i was casually reading through the Eisenhorn short story Missing In Action in the Eisenhorn Omnibus, and came across a historical inaccuracy by Mr. Abnett The Story takes place between Xenos and Malleus in the year 241 M41... however as the story progresses, eisenhorn touches on how guard veterans can be seriously affected by battle field psycosis, a result of the horrors of the galaxy that normal humans cant mentaly cope with, one of them being ... wait for it... Tyranids...... Has the great Dan Abnett made a historical error by more than 500 years (745 M41 planet Tyran - first recorded Tyranid contact) or was it a simple fact that when the book was written the tyranid fluff wasnt set in stone?? Thoughts?? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/233208-missing-in-action/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
nurglez Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 maybe, with the way he is writing it, it sounds like Eisenhorn's memoirs, maybe he is telling them "now" in the warhammer 40k time line? it does slip in and out of present and past tense a lot, one of the reasons I loved it so much. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/233208-missing-in-action/#findComment-2806590 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valerian Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 What? A Black Library author getting something in the fluff wrong? Say it isn't so. V Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/233208-missing-in-action/#findComment-2806609 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thade Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 maybe, with the way he is writing it, it sounds like Eisenhorn's memoirs, maybe he is telling them "now" in the warhammer 40k time line? it does slip in and out of present and past tense a lot, one of the reasons I loved it so much. I haven't read it, but this sounds like the best way to maintain suspension of disbelief to me. :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/233208-missing-in-action/#findComment-2806611 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inquisitor Fox Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 My opinion is the reflective memoir thing. The entire work is a 1st person narrative of the thoughts of Eisenhorn, which means it would be using the information of whenever he was setting it down, which could be post tyrannid. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/233208-missing-in-action/#findComment-2806886 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chengar Qordath Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 The Eisenhorn trilogy being a reflective memoir does make sense, especially since the Ravenor books do specifically mention that the Tyranids weren't around yet, so Abnett presumably did know about the timeline issue. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/233208-missing-in-action/#findComment-2806917 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashe Darke Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 I spotted this ages ago when reading Ravenor when he goes through that door and goes into the future and almost gets mobbed by Gaunts. I just took it for what it looked like, a mistake. I doubt Eisenhorn would still be alive more than 500 years after that incident. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/233208-missing-in-action/#findComment-2806941 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inquisitor Fox Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Eisenhorn does travel in stasis several times, and it has oft been mentioned in various books that medical technology for the elite and nobility extends the human lifespan vastly in 40K terms. At one point in the memoirs I believe um.. the girl.. was mentiond to be like 200 or something. Alizabeth Bequin. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/233208-missing-in-action/#findComment-2806944 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inquisitor =D= Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 One must also remember that when Dan Abnett was the first to write on the =][= subject. And yes, when it was written the tyranids were still just genestealer cults trading bouts with the guardsmen. And personally I do believe the Eisenhorn series was written Post action. Otherwise it would have been a very close minded book in my opinion. =]D[= Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/233208-missing-in-action/#findComment-2806955 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Algesan Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 ALL of the writers seem to have problems with 'Nids vs genestealers from time to time. Of course, if that is a reflective passage (works for me), then either Eisenhorn developed farseeing along the way OR he survived a long time past his supposed death that happened before 'Nids showed up. Continuity errors happen. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/233208-missing-in-action/#findComment-2807152 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inquisitor =D= Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Sadly I doubt he's survived that long. Even Kryptman only lived to 400, and we know he had the resources for it. =]D[= Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/233208-missing-in-action/#findComment-2807321 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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