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Heh, for a minute there I thought you meant Warhammer 40k books specifically, and I thought that was a pretty funny thing to be scraping from HN :)
by sushisource 5y ago
Heh, for a minute there I thought you meant Warhammer 40k books specifically, and I thought that was a pretty funny thing to be scraping from HN :)
- bnbond 5y agoSame. I'm a little disappointed it's not.
- russellbeattie 5y agoI'm pretty sure there's more Warhammer 40k books than there are days in the year... It's like someone heard the term "space opera" and thought that meant "soap opera in space". Recommendations would include comments like, "This novel is really the one that ties the previous 37 books together." or "You might want to skip the next dozen books if you're squeamish about things that ooze."
- LanceH 5y agoWhile I don't consider the 40k books on par with the better science fiction out there, I do enjoy that they bring a bit of scale and what it means to space. It's a different take from the rosy, post-scarcity, future of space. Bad things are really bad. Unattended good things turn bad on their own just from drift. Then there is there is the unashamed embrace of over-the-top in so many different ways.
- KiranRao0 5y agoI've always considered 40k a satire of the entire sci-fi genre (and in many ways a satire on modern politics). In that way, I find it quite refreshing. And your statement of "unashamed embrace of over-the-top" resonates quite well.