Gubnutz Da Grim Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Just thought I would come to the place where people would be excited with me about something that arrived in the mail today. Got the Wordbearers Omnibus today. Great condition, found it on eBay for 35 bucks, beats the 100+ tag I have been seeing. Anyway will get into soon, need to finish the Inquistion war set first. Gub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kol Saresk Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Its worth 100 dollars now? Yowzah. Glad I bought it when it was new and definitely not that costly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Drake Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 It's a great read, I hope you enjoy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gubnutz Da Grim Posted June 14, 2014 Author Share Posted June 14, 2014 Yowzah indeed, I missed the trilogy and then saw the Omnibus so figured I would get it, little did I know that the $15 book had gone to $100+ if you could find it that is. I am sure that it will be a good read. Gub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slave to Darkness Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 !!! its in the charity shop down the road for 2 quid, i picked up the first soul drinkers omnibus, books 4 and 5 in the series, both space wolves omnibuses, geniveve omnibus, the von carstein omnibus and a guard omnibus for less than 20 quid the second word bearer book gets a little bit slow in places, just stick with it though, its worth it in the end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gubnutz Da Grim Posted June 14, 2014 Author Share Posted June 14, 2014 !!! its in the charity shop down the road for 2 quid, i picked up the first soul drinkers omnibus, books 4 and 5 in the series, both space wolves omnibuses, geniveve omnibus, the von carstein omnibus and a guard omnibus for less than 20 quid the second word bearer book gets a little bit slow in places, just stick with it though, its worth it in the end Guess it is a matter of what you want. Ebay has it all over the place for 100 bucks. Saw the Iron warriors omnibus on Amazon for $700 crazy. Gub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kol Saresk Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 All of a sudden I'm happy about those impulse buys I committed when I saw them first hit the shelves of my book store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battle captain corpus Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 The Word Bearers omnibus is great, Marduk is a truly solid character to follow over the books! BCC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clone Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 I've never actually read a word bearers novel. Sounds like they are pretty good. Might have to track a copy down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slave to Darkness Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 ill see if its still in the charity hop monday, if so ill grab it for ya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gubnutz Da Grim Posted June 14, 2014 Author Share Posted June 14, 2014 ill see if its still in the charity hop monday, if so ill grab it for ya Now that is a kind gesture indeed. Well done. Who says chaos can't be helpful? Gub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slave to Darkness Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 if its not ill lend ya mine. what part of essex ya from? dad lives in tilbury so i could get him to drop it off if it aint too far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clone Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 if its not ill lend ya mine. what part of essex ya from? dad lives in tilbury so i could get him to drop it off if it aint too far Ah thanks mate! I live just outside of Clacton. About an hour away from Tilbury I reckon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Garrett Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Ehh...book 3 was the only one I really liked, and I was more interested in Sabtec, Kol Badr, and Aquilonius of the White Consuls than Marduk and his Mustache of Evilness + 5. And then Erebus ruined that novel, proving that some things have remained constant for ten thousand years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slave to Darkness Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 @wade... sssshhhhhhh dont ruin it for them lol :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenebris Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 50 more pages for me to go in order to finish the first book and really, I love every single word in the book. The portrayal of the Word Bearers is awesome, the characters never get stale and the action is quite in the realm of the reasonable. It is a book worth every page in it and I cant wait to read the other two. So far one of the best books of a traitor legion in the M41 era which explains a great deal the mechanics in a chaos warband, the unity of purpose in the Word Bearers legion and the classical vie for power between traitor legionnaires but non in the mindless style of the GW publications but in a veritable way. Still I think that the true gem in this book (so far the first one) is the actual representation of the traitor marine in combat. They are still veterans of the Heresy, they are still space marines, and atop that is is the sheer indoctrination and fundamentalism in the Word Bearer ranks, it is quite clear that those guys were the first to embrace the concept of holy warrior and they play the part. A surprise is that the novel is not the usual bolter porn but the action is well placed and presents the true vicious nature of fighting not only traitor astartes but also engaging the cultists and the daemons in combat. In the end what I love most in the book so far is the actual display of a chaos warband in battle, with marines, dreadnoughts, defilers and tanks showing their might and viciousness in combat. The full panoply of a chaos warband is unleashed upon a world and the scale of destruction and carnage escalates quickly in the realms of utter apocalypse. Things worth a note IMO are the following: - the Word Bearers care for the loss of warriors and material and see it as a sacrilege should the lost fall in the hands of the enemy; - it is superb to read about the faculties of the Coryphaus ranks, the duties and the honours, - chaos architecture and technology, while grimdark in a proper 40k style I think that Marduk's quarters are indeed a stupendous work of chaos architecture, a seamless integration of the physical and the magical/daemonic; Not only that but the Dark Mechanicus devices and the integration of daemonic tech into machines used every day even for the most common of tasks; - can't state it enough, Chaos fights as a cohesive and disciplined force, with clear objectives, with an adamant line of command and with the sheer thoroughness expected from veteran astartes; In short I have yet to understand why I have not read this series sooner,... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slave to Darkness Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 it was these books that made me go from deathguard as my main army (nurgle since RoC) to wordbearers. again might i add the second book is a bit slow in places, just stick with it tho, its worth it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilofix Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Stupid question but apart from a large book that you could strap to your belt ala Book of Lorgar (which is indeed appealing), is there anything else that would make the hardcopy omnibus worth $100, if one already has the ebooks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slave to Darkness Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 theres a short story in it based on burias, other than that probably not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akylas Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 That's it. You can buy the short story (Torment) as an ebook for $3 if you're missing it (I think it was in one of the anthologies as well but am at a loss as to which one). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kol Saresk Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 It woul probably be an event only anthology. The only short story concerning Marduk in the Marine anthologies is the one between Torment and The Tallyman, I can't think of the title right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uprising Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 It woul probably be an event only anthology. The only short story concerning Marduk in the Marine anthologies is the one between Torment and The Tallyman, I can't think of the title right now. I highly suggest buying the short story of this, it is one of the best pieces of chaos literature I have every read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenebris Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 I have just finished to read the first book. Let it be said that it is an awesome piece of Chaos fiction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaosRaptor Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Haven't actually read this series yet, though it has interested me...so is the general consensus that it's worth a read? Other than the Night Lords trilogy most of my experience with 40k Space Marine writing (both Loyalist and Chaos) has been rather lacklustre. Always looking for something to inspire my CSM though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gubnutz Da Grim Posted June 16, 2014 Author Share Posted June 16, 2014 Well I am only about 40 pages in so far, but it is a good read. I really have enjoyed the way that the Legion is portrayed and the descriptions are great so far. in addition, it has been a tremendous resource for legion organization and such. Not far enough to say that it will be awesome but it is a pretty good read so far. Gub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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