Yodhrin Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 In case there are any Mechanicus lore fans here who're not into the Gaunt's Ghosts series; read the Sabbat Crusade anthology anyway, it's worth it for the novella referred to in this thread's title alone. I'm actually surprised at how much I enjoyed it - I liked the Shira Calpurnia trilogy well enough, but unlike Eisenhorn or the better Heresy-series novels it's not something I get a burning urge to reread, so I never really paid attention to Matt Farrer's short stories, but The Inheritor King was brilliant, much less "laserporn" than the recent product-tie-in stories. I really hope BL give him the chance to write the Mechanicus(and Magos Tey, the main character of the story, if possible) again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vel'Cona Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 It's odd, I essentially ignored much of the HH Mechanicus stuff because I was so much more excited to read about Primarchs. Now that I've had my fill of that, though, I think it's time to catch up on Mechanicus history. Where's the best place to start? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yodhrin Posted June 26, 2015 Author Share Posted June 26, 2015 Your best bet is probably the ...of Mars series, I could have sworn BL did a printed anthology edition with all three volumes plus the related short story, but it seems to only be available in digital. Then I'd pick up Titanicus, Sabbat Crusade(for aforementioned short story), and Mechanicum, and read that one last because whether you'll enjoy it or not depends heavily on what your "head canon" of the Mechanicus is beforehand(it's the only Heresy-era Mechanicus-focused book so far, they otherwise appear as supporting characters). There are a handful of other Mechanicus and Mechanicum short stories floating around in various places, but a lot of them are out of print and hard to find(such as Deus Ex Mechanicus by Andy Chambers, which as far as I can tell was only printed in the 2002 Words of Blood anthology and maybe an old White Dwarf from the late 90's). Once you have absolutely no other material to try, Skitarius and Tech-Priest from the crop of promo tie-in stories aren't bad, although they do suffer from having been pretty obviously written from a "feature every new plastic kit, describe them in glowing terms, and have them do something AWESUMZ*guitar solo* at least once"-style brief. Most of the little unit-specific shorts are fairly dire, avoid unless you're an absolute mental-case for the faction as I am. And on rereading your post, I realise it could be read as asking specifically about the Heresy - in which case, ignore all that apart from the Mechanicum bit, heh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommodusXIII Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Makes me glad that I've held onto my copy of Words of Blood for so long. It was my first 40K fluff book. Also, your description of Skitarius and Tech-Priest are spot on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vel'Cona Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 It's a shame that GW is pushing the tie-ins so much without actually quality checking. The HH series has mostly avoided this problem, but there are still the occasional stinkers that pop in. I guess I'll start with Titanicus since I don't like reading books on digital devices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ammonius Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 While I agree that Skitarius and Tech-Priest suffer from catalogue-syndrome, I still liked the politics of the Magi and the details about the enemies (which, truth be told I hope are also part of some future catalogue). Howwever, I'm old, and grew up in the halcyon days of Mattel and Kenner doing tie-in cartoons with synchronized commercials so maybe I just tolerate it better. Titanicus is a favorite of mine - one I have re-read several times. Of course, as a Chaos fan, the scrapcode stuff is really appealing. NEKROMANT INVIDIOSA!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frater Cornelius Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 On the subject of literature, are there any solid Imperial Knight books (apart from Knights of the Imperium)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommodusXIII Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 They're mentioned in Mechanicum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vel'Cona Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 I always felt the IK codex did an amazing job of fleshing them out, but I can understand the appeal of a dedicated novel. Maybe one of us should take this up ourselves; who knows, GW may just buy it! They are looking for freelance writers, correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battybattybats Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 On the subject of literature, are there any solid Imperial Knight books (apart from Knights of the Imperium)? There's also a short story and a novel that include the fall of House Devine to chaos, though i haven't read them yet and am not sure how much of the knight house is in the book. Sorry i don't recall the titles but they are also written by Graham McNeill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommodusXIII Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Horus Heresy Books 4 and 5 also have a good amount of story on the Households involved in those areas of the conflict. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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