Sugarlessllama Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 The first Blood Angels omnibus. It still makes the Blood Angels near and dear to my heart. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carach Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 bunch of stuff in the really old codexes (the one with the Crimson Fists doing their last stand jazz on the front) but from BL was Kill Team That book gets the space marine vibe down perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perry Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Storm of Iron, bought it for £1 from a Black Library sale on their website. Still one of my favourite BL books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemisor Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 As R_F_D mentioned, the first book i ever read was Pawns of Chaos by Brian Craig. I borrowed it off a mate who has since moved country's and am currently trying to find a new copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluntblade Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Battle of the Fang. Was bummed out after The Road and asked fiends for recommendations of something pulpy. Was much better than I'd expected... and left me rather bummed out at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splog Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Wolf Riders I've only got a hazy memory of it though. Very much pre Black Library. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Eisenhorn, First and Only and Daemonworld. And then it all went like formula-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhul Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Storm of Iron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 inquisition War was my first Novel. Followed by the Eisenhorn trilogy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R_F_D Posted March 23, 2017 Author Share Posted March 23, 2017 inquisition War was my first Novel. Followed by the Eisenhorn trilogy. Now that must have been an interesting compare and contrast in inquisition styles! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathspectersgt7 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Space Marine by Ian Watson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itsacon Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Trollslayer. Which, if I'm not mistaken, was the first BL book (Either that or First and Only). Damn I'm old... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knockagh Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Does Rogue Trader the rule book count? At the time it was the most awesome book ever. I can remember sitting in my bedroom just staring for ages at the pictures. The universe it described was so amazing it still has me captivated 27 years later, much to my wife's amusement! Slot of novels followed I can only remember Space Marine from the early years but can't be sure it was my first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legio Draconis Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Ian Watson's Space Marine and Inquisitor were my first GW books, many moons ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrannicide Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 King's Space Wolf, quickly followed by McNeil's Nightbringer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc warhammer Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 predictably it was horus rising if we're talking black library specifically. otherwise, i read space marine when i was a kid and kinda loved it and felt sick at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix Antipodes Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 The WFB and W40K books from Boxtree led me BL when it started up and I have read nearly everything they put out since. Yep, even the 'crap' ones. The first was either Ian Watson's Space Marine or Jack Yeovil's Geniveve novel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R_F_D Posted March 24, 2017 Author Share Posted March 24, 2017 I should probably clarify that I meant first bit of fiction associated with the Games workshop "brands", Black Library being a catchall term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 inquisition War was my first Novel. Followed by the Eisenhorn trilogy. Now that must have been an interesting compare and contrast in inquisition styles! I thought both were good at capturing the detail of "normal" every day life in the Imperium. All that ordinary stuff can be far more interesting than hearing about some over powered hero taking on a horde of something and winning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Golem Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 It was a short story collection, I can't remember it's name now (blood something, something of blood maybe). The story I remember was about Catachans fighting Orks and taking their eyes I think. It was in the local library. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R_F_D Posted March 24, 2017 Author Share Posted March 24, 2017 It was a short story collection, I can't remember it's name now (blood something, something of blood maybe). The story I remember was about Catachans fighting Orks and taking their eyes I think. It was in the local library. Catchans taking the eyes out of orks in a library?!?!?! How will they have ever kept the noise down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Trollslayer. Which, if I'm not mistaken, was the first BL book (Either that or First and Only). Damn I'm old... They were released the same year - 1999. Trollslayer 2 months before FaO if I'm not mistaken. Yeap - we are old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theinstantcrippler Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Horus Rising. I know..went too deep too fast. I actually got into WH40k after having played Dawn of War and then i read up on some fluff (lexicanum) and artwork. And the first book i readily found was Horus Rising. been stuck with it since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Horus Rising. I know..went too deep too fast. I actually got into WH40k after having played Dawn of War and then i read up on some fluff (lexicanum) and artwork. And the first book i readily found was Horus Rising. been stuck with it since. Dawn of War made a lot of fans for W40K - Relic should get royalties for their job well done ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R_F_D Posted March 27, 2017 Author Share Posted March 27, 2017 It is really interesting to see what everyone's hook was! It seems strange to me as someone who read White Dwarf and knew the background to think of the HH as a person's entrance to the world. In a way I am quite envious of starting on the journey blind and having no knowledge of what is to happen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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