#dan abnett

[pocketaimee]

How I scream even when he is casually mentioned...

[cursed-40k-thoughts]

(No spoilers) Hive by Dan Abnett is an extremely good book. It has a very slow, somewhat indulgent first half that takes great pains to establish the setting, lay out characters and explore the cultural norms of the hive city in which the narrative unfolds. It will be, I think, obtuse at times for some, but the payoff is a second half whose drama and conflict is significantly amplified by the passive information given to you beforehand.

It's a novel written with great precision, to the point I think it's genuinely an accomplishment on Abnett's part. It very precisely sequences events and wields perspectives to play off of the out-of-universe knowledge of the reader, heightening those moments when story beats and events click into place. I don't often get a 40k novel that makes me think oh fuck, but this one managed it more than once.

I've seen some outlets and people suggest Hive is a good starting novel for 40k fans. I disagree with this. I think for some, perhaps, it could be, but the initial pacing and setup will be off-putting for more than a few people. It also, in my opinion, functions far more effectively when you have informed preconceptions about 40k as a setting and a bit of familiarity with Abnett's writing style. There are more suited books for general first-timers.

Nonetheless, it is a very good book. I fully endorse the reading of this book. Indulge the book in indulging itself, and you will be rewarded. To be metaphorical, Hive is watching Abnett lovingly and carefully paint an extremely detailed painting and then, when you politely clap, he pulls out a can of gasoline, matches and a scalpel and asks you if you want to see something interesting.

Go read it.

[bringbackwendellvaughn]

[abjectdespondency]

You tell him you can take his pain away, for only pain awaits if he persists with this. You can spare him that pain as he never spared you yours. You can tell that he thinks you know nothing of pain. On the contrary, father. I have been the surrogate of your pain. I was born to channel it, just like all my brothers. We were made to bear your pain for you, and suffer it on your behalf. One by one we have all discovered this. Some, like Ferrus, understood it too late. Some, like Konrad, are broken by it, or are driven into madness to escape it, like Lorgar or Fulgrim. Some it has compressed to the dullest metal, like Perturabo or Rogal. Some flee from it, like Russ or Jaghatai, hoping they can outrun it. Some, like Magnus and Roboute, strive in vain to please you so that you might take the pain away. Some, like poor naive Sanguinius, think they can spare you by accepting it completely.

The End and the Death Vol. III, by Dan Abnett

[avengerscompound]

Carol Danvers

IMPERIAL WAR: IMPERIAL GUARDIANS (2025) #1

[like-tears-in-rain-storms]

I finished Horus Rising the other day and I was thinking how funny it is that on Horus' first appearance he is just the perfect prince and such a cool guy overall, and on Dorn's first appearance ever he is actually approachable and personable and cracks a actual joke and then on Lucius' first appearance he's already an insufferable little bitch

[vertigoartgore]

2008's GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #1 VARIANT COVER AND PAGE 2-3 DOUBLE PAGE SPLASH Source Source Source Source Source

Release date: May 14, 2008

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X-Men Magik 2000