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So how would one start checking Warhammer without any prior knowledge? (lemmy.world)
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I've seen a bit of it around but know nothing about it. I do love large world building with extensive story lines (I really enjoyed the entire Dune series, even the prequels his son wrote). So if I wanted to start reading WH books, where should I start?

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[–] Walican132@lemmy.today 4 points 2 days ago

Eisenhorn novels and Cain novels are good starts. I haven’t read gaunts ghosts but I hear they are cool as well.

The other thing I’d recommend is hopping in any 40K Wiki and clicking around until you find something that interests you then find a novel based on them. As long as you aren’t jumping into the middle of a multi book series you should be fine.