Mellow Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 I've just started reading this book. The sentences are created with words worthy of the word God. I'm looking forward to seeing how the story progresses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 I've just started reading this book. The sentences are created with words worthy of the word God. I'm looking forward to seeing how the story progresses. Tis Godlike indeed - I haven't seen anyone yest, who hasn't liked that novel. It is definitely one of the best 3 books from BL in 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Just ran into this little titbit. The Radiant appeared to know that the tyranids and necrons were coming... The skeins of the immaterium draw tight, Fabius. Something has begun, in the depths of the universe. I have seen it in my dreams... a hunger unlike any other stretches towards us out of black seas of infinity, and the dead stir on a thousand worlds' Quite cool. Didn't think they knew about those threats yet. Also nice to see Fabius wants Mankind to survive (albeit in an altered transhuman state) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Just ran into this little titbit. The Radiant appeared to know that the tyranids and necrons were coming... The skeins of the immaterium draw tight, Fabius. Something has begun, in the depths of the universe. I have seen it in my dreams... a hunger unlike any other stretches towards us out of black seas of infinity, and the dead stir on a thousand worlds' Quite cool. Didn't think they knew about those threats yet. Also nice to see Fabius wants Mankind to survive (albeit in an altered transhuman state) Because Fabius is a true crusader and idealist - as Josh Reynolds mentioned in his afterword Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Finished this now. Thoroughly recommend this Novel. Very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Finished this now. Thoroughly recommend this Novel. Very good. Well done. Glad you enjoyed it. It is one of the best (if not the best) from 2016. Can't wait for part 2 :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xisor Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Finished it this evening. Good gravy, what a book. It's got a great mix of conviction, whimsy, dedication, desperation, despair, desire... lots of ds, as it turns out. It's also terribly creative, and terribly in-keeping with the best of vintage Chaos... not quite plausible, but also silly in a very not-that-silly way? Does that make sense? Whimsy that's not contentless or vacuous. It's really rather good. Moreover, there's a huge deal of themes dealt with both in passing and in depth. A lot of it is brought into stark focus in the closing chapters (and I did have serious doubts as to where it was going, a sort of will-they/won't-they, but wondering more if Josh'd manage to wrestle the fine line he was walking into submission. [spoiler: he managed it better than I wrangle metaphors.]) and it kept me increasingly hooked right to the very end. --- It's an overwhelmingly enjoyable book, I think. Indeed, I'm not sure there's any aspect to it that I could pick out and say 'I didn't like that' or 'I wish that had went slightly differently' - all of it fit, and all of it felt nicely measured for what was being done. It's shockingly easy reading too, which was a massive annoyance as the limited edition is itself not good for easy reading! Bloody nuisance, more than anything. Well, a gorgeous bloody nuisance... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Has Fabius always cloned his body and had to do a brain transplant to stop from falling to pieces? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xisor Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Has Fabius always cloned his body and had to do a brain transplant to stop from falling to pieces? Not always (that I recall), but I think it was the short Chirurgeon that revealed that he was the last surviving EC who suffered from the Blight, and therein it looked like he'd have to resort to ever more insane plots to survive, as he couldn't cure himself. It's wonderfully logical though, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 I agree. It's a wonderfully sick twist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Tezdal Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Has Fabius always cloned his body and had to do a brain transplant to stop from falling to pieces? Not always (that I recall), but I think it was the short Chirurgeon that revealed that he was the last surviving EC who suffered from the Blight, and therein it looked like he'd have to resort to ever more insane plots to survive, as he couldn't cure himself. It's wonderfully logical though, no? The whole clones thing has been around since he appeared in Swallow's Blood Angels novels, any earlier mention? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandlemad Posted February 6, 2017 Author Share Posted February 6, 2017 The clone thing is fun because it's so futurama-esque. "Just keep cloning." "But what about the inevitable catastrophic-" "JUST KEEP CLONING" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 It would be a beautiful moment if Fabius realised the only way to cure himself was to still be in his original body. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 It would be a beautiful moment if Fabius realised the only way to cure himself was to still be in his original body. Lol Actually he is far above and beyond that. As an idealist and true crusader he strife to achieve his goal - which for him seems the only real goal humanity should achieve. He does understand that in his lifetime he wouldn't be able to achieve that. So cloning - is the only way he can see the embers will burn anew. And as everyone mentioned so far and I'm totally with you - Josh Reynolds has created a masterpiece! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeLeto69 Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Right that does it for me...I am buying this. Thanks guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopkins Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Bought, read and loved it Seriously one of the best 40k novels I've read in event times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Right that does it for me...I am buying this. Thanks guys You are welcome :) Bought, read and loved it Seriously one of the best 40k novels I've read in event times I think it was the best I read since 2013. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeLeto69 Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Bought it. Reading it. Good so far! I had actually just finished a re-read of Talon of Horus which Fabius Bile appears in. Keen to see if there is any linkages or references to that interaction with Abaddon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 It's literally one of the best 40k books ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Bought it. Reading it. Good so far! I had actually just finished a re-read of Talon of Horus which Fabius Bile appears in. Keen to see if there is any linkages or references to that interaction with Abaddon! Yes, there are a few. Nothing much, but it is mentioned a few times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 It's literally one of the best 40k books ever. On that I totally agree. Bought it. Reading it. Good so far! I had actually just finished a re-read of Talon of Horus which Fabius Bile appears in. Keen to see if there is any linkages or references to that interaction with Abaddon! Yes, there are a few. Nothing much, but it is mentioned a few times. I do like how he called Abaddon a uncivilized degenerate ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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