Been hearing a lot of rumblings from normal people in the warhammer community they are tired of fascists worshipping the imperium of man in their community.

is it like a human supremacist group in the lore or something like the empire in Star Wars?

    • RandyLahey [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      none of them are anything remotely approaching good literature, but a good rule of thumb is that dan abnett and aaron dembski-bowden (sp?) are their two decent authors and everything else is complete and utter garbage

      yeah eisenhorn is probably a pretty good place to start and probably the best of the ones ive read, i think its a much more interesting portrayal of the imperium than the ones that are just 200 pages of space marines shooting at things

      edit: another series i would recommend are the aaron dembski bowden ones about the night lords - they always seemed like the most teenage edgelord chaos marines but their portrayal in these books is really interesting

      • leonadas444 [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        kind of What other people told me upon further investigation is that Dan and aaron are the only two people writing for them worth a damn.

        Thanks

        • anaesidemus [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          Yeah I draw a line between Dembski-Bowden/Abnett and whatever the other guys are doing.

          I think a better discussion would be who is the worst of them, I nominate Gav Thorpe.

          • Evilsandwichman [none/use name]
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            3 years ago

            I tried reading some WH40k books but yeah, the comment about 200 pages of space marines shooting things is apt. Even the Caiphas Cain books, while holding some interesting material was full of mostly combat.

            I can't put my finger on why but even the first book of the Horus Heresy written by Dan Abnett (I think?) was too dull to continue and I'm not sure if it was combat intensive (ironically if I'd read it as a kid I probably would've loved it as I found these action scenes cool; now I just want a good story).

    • Prozmar [comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      I want to take an opportunity to recommend the only Warhammer books that can count as good literature - everything written by Peter Fehervari.