[Epic] Space Marine Book

From: Richard Dewsbery <dewsbery_at_...>
Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 19:55:57 +0100

I hope the list can forgive this one - it's a little off-topic for the
list, but as the books have been mentioned a few times recently, I
thought I could let this one slide in.

Well, I've just re-read this one. It follows 3 recruits to the Imperial
Fists chapter, battling against a Governor's inurrection, squats and
chaos, and finally Hive Fleet Kraken. It's also garbage - the writer
overdosed on faux-latin and archaic language usually only relied upon by
the cheesiest of scrabble players. I didn't count the number of times
"puissant" was used to describe the marines, their equipment, their
enemies, the architecture or alien vomit.

One thing though - it paints an utterly hopeless picture for humanity
facing the tyranid menace. Now I'm not up on the fluff, but how was
Hive Fleet Kraken turned back?

Richard
Received on Sun May 11 1997 - 18:55:57 UTC