EdwardTheMartyr Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 I love the books and lore of Halo. Warhammer 40k appears to be a similar space opera franchise. The problem is that there are about 100 books of varying quality. If there are a few dud books in the 20 Halo novels (not counting the graphic novels) then I expect the average quality of the Warhammer novels to be far worse. Is the franchise worth getting into for the books? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 The vast majority is crap, I would stick to authors like Dan Abnett. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonhendricks88 Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 You'll most likely enjoy the books about whichever faction you like the most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redgrave Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 Like every series it has its highs and lows but often the lows are self-contained in their own stories or one-offs that don't really affect the overall series. As for where to start there isn't really a bad place to start but the Eisenhorn series is often recommended as a good start. The Ciaphas Cain stories are also pretty good, especially if you like black comedy. There's also: -Gaunt's Ghosts -Blood Angels -Grey Knights -Last Chancers -Ultramarines -Word Bearers -Space Wolf -Soul Drinkers And I do believe there are books on Dawn of War, specifically ones based on the Blood Ravens. The real meat and overall background of the story is the Horus Heresy (a.k.a How Horus ruined everything for everyone and made the universe a more bleak place than it already was) and there's a lot of stories from those and it's still kind of debated on what order to read those or how to start. But I often see others recommend reading them from publishing order. It's certainly difficult to describe, but basically once you start somewhere, there's no wrong place to really go. And if you like a certain faction then you can also read something based on them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James_Tonto Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 What Redgrave says is true, I have read some crap and some amazing books in the universe. I can definitely recommend Dan Abnett's Ciaphas Cain and Gaunt's Ghosts series. I'm personally not a huge fan of the Ultramarines and Grey Knights books, they're alright but I didn't enjoy them like I did with the previous two book series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardTheMartyr Posted September 27, 2019 Author Share Posted September 27, 2019 I think I'll get into Gears of War instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winds-of-Neptune Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 The CGI movie was pretty cool. Not usually into CGI movies but this one caught me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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