Sirrus Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 I have a couple of questions relating to Orks in 40k fiction. 1) The Overfiend books in omnibus form written by David Annandale is on sale this week on the Black Library audio app, and I was wondering what people thought of it. I'm mostly familiar with ADB, Abnett and McNeil so I'm less sure about other BL writers. Would it be a good audiobook to pick up? I realize it's more about different chapters responding to the Orks rather than about the Orks themselves. 2) What do people think of the Guy Haley's books written from the Ork perspective? I'm talking about his "-of Mork" series and others that he's done. I think it's cool that he's written the books from the POV of xenos, but I've also read that the books are challenging to read precisely because they're written, well, Orky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 · Hidden by Brother Tyler, August 30, 2017 - No reason given Hidden by Brother Tyler, August 30, 2017 - No reason given Orks aren't within the purview of the B&C I'm afraid. Like their topics they are to be exterminated on sight Olis 1 Back to top Link to comment
Brother Tyler Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 With the expansion of the B&C to include xenos, this topic has been re-opened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grailkeeper Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 I was actually just thinking about this topic today. I'd love an Ork Novel, told from the Orks perspective. I love Irvine Welsh and a Clockwork Orange. A novel written entirely in Orkish argot would be brilliant. Kelborn 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelborn Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 That would be something new and enjoyable. Following an simple Ork from Nob to Boss would be great. Maybe against someone else than Imperium...Necrons maybe? "Pah! Da Nekronz be no match for da Orks! Oy! Dat one looks like a shiny new throne for ma ship!" grailkeeper 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOYAL-TRAITOR Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 That would be something new and enjoyable. Following an simple Ork from Nob to Boss would be great. Maybe against someone else than Imperium...Necrons maybe? "Pah! Da Nekronz be no match for da Orks! Oy! Dat one looks like a shiny new throne for ma ship!" or some other races we might not really know about like they do with the space marines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xisor Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Reminds me: Imperial Glory does a lovely bit on orks, including a really neat 'early life' sequence. It's also a tremendous book; check it out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plastic_slug Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Haley has continually portrayed the Orks well. They were the main antagonist in Baneblade, and they portrayed as dangerous, scary foes. This continues in the Gorkanaut shorts, and although heretical to say here, his portrayal of life in that other greenskin race from the Old World was excellent in Skarsnik. Xisor 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rendingon1+ Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 There is one entirely "Ork perspective" audio drama. Quite funny and orky as you might expect. Set in Sanctus Reach. Can't recall the title. JH79 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 There's a novel that shows Ork Mekboys speaking in highly technical language. Which proves their knowledge is genetic. This is one reason why I'd like to see a novel that (only briefly) covers the transformation of intelligence levels in Orks when their war and goes from small to much larger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH79 Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 There is one entirely "Ork perspective" audio drama. Quite funny and orky as you might expect. Set in Sanctus Reach. Can't recall the title. That would be Klaw of Mork... great little drama that one Sandlemad 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandlemad Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Deff Skwadron is the best 40k comic ever made and it is entirely from the orks' perspective. There aren't even any non-orks in it. It's like a cross between Hanna-Barbera cartoon and some of the stuff from 2000AD. Haley's Skarsnik was good but never thought to look at his 40k ork books, will have to check them out. Just had a listen to the extract of Klaw of Mork, not bad at all. I was dreading the thought of Toby Longworth doing his best cockney accent for the greenskins so thank Mork they didn't go down that route. JH79, Reldn and Xisor 3 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH79 Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Deff Skwadron is the best 40k comic ever made and it is entirely from the orks' perspective. There aren't even any non-orks in it. It's like a cross between Hanna-Barbera cartoon and some of the stuff from 2000AD. Haley's Skarsnik was good but never thought to look at his 40k ork books, will have to check them out. Just had a listen to the extract of Klaw of Mork, not bad at all. I was dreading the thought of Toby Longworth doing his best cockney accent for the greenskins so thank Mork they didn't go down that route. So i decided to dust off this little Gem and give it a listen earlier on... it's so much fun! I wish that BL had commissioned more by way of this kind of storytelling & Audio. The two main Orks are such a laugh, they're not bad Xenos, they just enjoy a good scrap and wanna bash a few skulls... and one of em (I'm not even going to attempt to write their names!) has a particularly touching moment looking up at the nights sky dreaming of blowin stuff up here and there. Toby Longworth is nowhere in sight but Jonathan Keeble's serious yet friendly narration add's so much comedy to this at times, descriptions of humies legging it back to their mates etc... decided to order the SMB Sanctus Reach paperback so i can understand this in the context of the wider story and get the other Ork perspective story. Seen through the eyes of an Ork, WH40k is quite the jolly place to be Xisor, Sandlemad and rendingon1+ 3 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluntblade Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 (edited) I like how Siege of Castellax handled them. Some buffoonishness, but plenty of horror as people see exactly what Orks are like. Edited September 2, 2017 by bluntblade rendingon1+ 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareddm Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 (edited) Toby Longworth is nowhere in sight but Jonathan Keeble's serious yet friendly narration add's so much comedy to this at times, descriptions of humies legging it back to their mates etc... decided to order the SMB Sanctus Reach paperback so i can understand this in the context of the wider story and get the other Ork perspective story. Seen through the eyes of an Ork, WH40k is quite the jolly place to be . Annoyingly, the Sanctus Reach anthology doesn't include the origin story for Big Mek Uggrim's awesome little gang. Engine of Mork is a separate standalone story that was written alongside the release of the current stompa mini. Edited September 2, 2017 by Jareddm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rendingon1+ Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 I like how Siege of Castellax handled them This. There was even a fragment where One of human soldiers encounters an orc for the first time and he's turbo shocked that "veteran tales" of orks being big, clumsy clowns are totally made up cause ork in front of him looked like "death incarnate". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calas Typhon Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 The only Ork book that I need is one in relation to Kaptin Bluddflagg and his quest for shiny hats. Retribution had a great Ork campaign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 Probably the best ever story about Orks is a story about 'orks' from a guardsman perspective - '15th Hours' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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