Deamon Wolf Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Ok I think we can all Agree that ADB and not Dan Abnett is the best Author on Black Libs books this has just been confirmed to be by doing a marathon Talon of Horus listening session ( yes i do the audio book thing ) So My Favirot ADB Book is the Emperors Gift but after listening to the Talon of Horus i think i might be changing it Waht say you brothers what are your Favirot BL books ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Furyou Miko Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 No, I don't think we can agree on that at all. My favourite Black Library book is Hereticus. And I'm not your brother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bung Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Helsreach ! http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs19/f/2007/246/f/4/Black_Templar_Emoticon_by_LionElJonson.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deamon Wolf Posted November 13, 2014 Author Share Posted November 13, 2014 Furyou Miko I do Apologise Cousin ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaeron Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Helsreach ! http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs19/f/2007/246/f/4/Black_Templar_Emoticon_by_LionElJonson.gif Probably my least favourite of his - but I know many have a fondness for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inquisitor Kravin Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 To split the topic in two: 1. I am a very big fan of ADB but also of John French, Guy Haley, Chris Wraight and Dan Abnett and don't have a clear favourite. 2. I'm torn between Betrayer and The Long Night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perrin Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Wouldn't necessarily agree that ADB is the best, but regardless The Emperor's Gift is my favourite of his. It's possibly even my favourite BL book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaeron Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 To split the topic in two: 1. I am a very big fan of ADB but also of John French, Guy Haley, Chris Wraight and Dan Abnett and don't have a clear favourite. There are lots of superb authors now writing for BL - which is brilliant. Pantheon of greatness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Tezdal Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Helsreach ! http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs19/f/2007/246/f/4/Black_Templar_Emoticon_by_LionElJonson.gif This. Helsreach was epic, and almost made me start a loyalist army. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelPaladin Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Hmm. I think The First Heretic is my favorite, but I have read The Emperors Gift more times. Many more times. Wow. Come to think of it, I may have reread The Emperors Gift more than Slaughterhouse Five. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memento Of Prospero Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 BETRAYER Turning the World Eaters into an actual legion with a proper warrior culture and honour code was amazing. His depiction of Angron is great and refreshing, instead of the constantly foaming at the mouth buffoon he is usually seen as. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Rohr Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 In order 1. Talon of Horus 2. Helsreach/Blood and Fire 3. The First Heretic 4. Betrayer 5. Night Lords Trilogy 6. Emperor's Gift 7. Cadian Blood He is honestly the best of the BL authors, hands down. He is also the patron of the Warhammer Bald, Bearded Master Race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarKnight Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 The First Heretic is the first of his work that I've read, so it'll always have a special place for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Rohr Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Mine are rated by how much I want to build an army around his characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volt Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Night Lords Trilogy, absolutely. If I had to pick one though I'd probably go with the third and final book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prot Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 We're all different, and you gotta be fair to the other authors. There are some that I will never read again, or avoid, but I'll never mention them. At the same time, ADB sits in top 5 for me, but Talon of Horus is my least favorite novel of his. However Betrayer is huge to me. The challenge of taking one of the most one dimensional, shallow sandboxes and giving us so many layers to (let's be honest) a chapter composed of grunting madmen with axes was monumental. That's why I've always liked Dan Abnett. Only he could make Bloodpact so cool that I actually did a full tournament army of them. Dan Abnett took the Wolves side of the Prospero story when no one really wanted it. I heard it was going to be a coin flip between him and Graham and Dan just said he'd take it on regardless because of the challenge of adding dimension to the Legion. So there you have another very poorly written Legion of gasoline drinking space vikings, and he literally changes the way authors write about them, and how fans think about the Legion. That sort of stuff really impresses me. So ADB's World Eaters had the same effect on me. I found myself drawn to something that I had previously only wanted a one night stand with. I wanted to know more of Angron's tragedy, the Legion that sacrificed their sanity to connect with a madman, and how they would evolve to (somewhat) adapt to that lifestyle for the love of a madman that would never love them back. I know I'm in the minority but I'm okay with that. Mom always said I was 'special'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Red Thirst Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Short answer... all of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantomzero17 Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 I think ADB and Dan Abnett are my top two. But my shelves are full of books by a variety of authors. Though it may be a skewed opinion I would put the Night Lords trilogy and short stories up at the top. I mean I had Lord of the Night for 5 years or so before Soul Hunter came around but that took me from liking the Night Lords from a mixed background perspective to building an army. Helsreach, and Betrayer (Fear to Tread by Swallow and all of my Gaunt's Ghosts if we're speaking of non-ADB books) have to be my most worn novels on the shelf. 40k wise of course. These Dragon Lance books are far older. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatOneMarshal Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 I've only read three of ADBs books helscreach, cadian blood, and I'm reading through the night lord trilogy. All of them have been amazing. If anything I'm don't want to read any of his books because he makes me want to start that faction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgjensen Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 I think I'll go with Helsreach. I really liked Andrej. But I always did wonder why he had the Orks wielding spears all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucien Eilam Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 The Talon of Horus was straight in at number one for me. I'm not sure Abnett even makes my top five any more. Great writer, obviously, but his 40k never feels quite like my 40k. In my 40k, you don't use psychic powers to fix your hair during Warp transit. In my 40k, shops and mooks aren't all equipped with impenetrable psychic shielding. In my 40k, "not having a soul" doesn't come with an on-off switch. But I always did wonder why he had the Orks wielding spears all the time. Tribes of Feral Orks pouring out of the Equatorial Jungle have been in the Third War for Armageddon background since forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgjensen Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Tribes of Feral Orks pouring out of the Equatorial Jungle have been in the Third War for Armageddon background since forever. Sure - and it's been a long while since I read it - but I just seem to recall it as pretty much all the Orks using spears for close combat weapons. Just struck me as an odd detail. But I might be misremembering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucien Eilam Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 There are about as many axes mentioned as spears, plus at least one cleaver. It worked for me - I can't imagine Grimaldus sullying his tongue with an Ork word like choppa, or dignifying those weapons by calling them swords. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathspectersgt7 Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 First Heretic was good Helsreach reach ok, read alot of his short stories he is in my top 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaeron Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 I think I'll go with Helsreach. I really liked Andrej. Andrej is just a beautiful character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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