Lord Samper's Library

The TBR Pile changes on an absolute whim these days but this is what it looks like right now... There's a nice mixture of long books, shorter books and a couple of short story collections (that I can dip in and out of) here so I'm hoping that I can make a decent dent in this pile of books, maybe over the next week or so.  The position of the bookmark is a little misleading, I'm further into 'Fever House' than it looks ;o) It's looking good so far but I'm hoping for more of the apocalyptic rather than one of the leads reminiscing about his parents rock star days. Not that I've got anything against that, it's just not what I'm here for. Time will tell but I'm feeling positive about this one :o)  'Darkness Eternal' and 'Era of Ruin' are all about getting a little more 'Horus Heresy' and 'present day' (you know what I mean...) 40K reading under my belt. I've actually already read a few of the tales in 'D...

It has taken me a little longer, than planned, to get to these two comics but yesterday ended up being the day I finally opened them for a read. I am a good way into Keith Rosson’s ‘Fever House’ (which has been brilliant so far) but there was no way I was going to finish it, for a post today, so I took a short break to catch up with ‘Skinbreaker’ and ‘Savage Sword of Conan’ instead. Quick thoughts follow (yesterday was a little heavy going and today could well be more of the same)… ‘Skinbreaker’ #2 – Kirkman, Finch (Image) The challenge has been made and a new Elder will be chosen through trial by combat. Can Anok do the right thing for his tribe though? And whatever the outcome, what will the future hold…? Okay, I did not see that coming… The fight between Anok and Enor is handled just right; it has to end one way but there is a lot of subtext happening that fleshes things out and says a lot about Anok’s character. This approach dovetails with more superb artwork to create a really co...

  Page Count: 110 Pages With ‘The Siege of Terra’ books done and dusted, and a couple of other large books lurking in the TBR Pile, I thought I’d read something slim and give myself a break before tackling another ‘500 Pager’. And as we all know (well, you do now), books don’t come a lot slimmer than the old ‘Doctor Who’ Target novelizations. ‘Doctor Who and the Invisible Enemy’ lays a firm claim to being the slimmest of the lot, clocking in at a ‘waif-like’ 110 pages. I’ve never watched the serial (need to do something about that) so I was interested to read this book but was also left wondering how much story there would actually be. I was after a short book though so, off I went… Before we get into it, a random thought. I’m assuming that’s ‘The Nucleus’ on the front cover but… Is it the Nucleus or has a slightly disheveled Firey made it out of the Labyrinth and into this book? Could be either but all I’m saying is that I’ve never seen a Firey and the Nucleus together in the same...

  Page Count: 487 Pages I still have a large number of ‘Horus Heresy’ and ‘Siege of Terra’ books to get to and through (and given how much some of these go for on the second hand market…) but I’d say that I’ve now read enough to get the broad strokes of the Heresy and its conclusion. Most of the opening books, a large chunk of the ones in the middle and now, I’ve finally finished ‘The End and the Death’ with Volume 3. And… Damn. I’ve been dipping in and out of Warhammer 40K for years now so I knew how this one was going to end (how it had to end). Despite that, Dan Abnett still had a few tricks left, up his sleeve, that caught me out and ended this series on a real high note The Great Angel, Sanguinius, lies slain at his brother’s hand. Terra burns as reality itself unravels and the greatest bastion of civilisation teeters on the brink of annihilation. Desperate defenders gather, rallying against the rabid traitor hordes. The Hollow Mountain, host to the pilgrims of Euphrati Keeler...

I managed to get a fair bit read this last week, mostly related to the last couple of books of the ‘Siege of Terra’ series. Yep, I’m reading ‘Era of Ruin’ now but that’s just mopping up the last little bits of story; the main feature is well and truly done now (I still have some gaps to fill in but, you know what I mean) and even though I knew the broad strokes of the tale, I’m not quite sure how I feel about the whole thing. I’ll see if I can get my thoughts in order for a post tomorrow. In the meantime, this has also been a week of watching movies (sick-leave is doing me so much good…) and that’s what I’m here to talk about right now. I’m hoping the title of the post has you a little intrigued but, I’m going to start with something completely different ;o) This last week, I watched… Every Single ‘Scream’ movie. Apparently, ‘Scream 7’ isn’t too far away so I thought that this last week was as good a time as any to have go through the franchise again, ‘Scream 6’ being a first time view...

  Page Count: 125 Pages ‘The Salt Grows Heavy’ has only sat on the TBR Pile since February this year; that’s actually not bad going, given how long certain other books (naming no names…) have gone unread. What’s the longest you’ve had a book sit unread in your TBR Pile? No judgment here ;o) And, look at me…De-railing my own post before it has even got going. Sorry, yesterday was one of those kind of days (you know the ones). Lets try again. I’ve been trying to get on top of the piles of books in my living room (not literally, although that could be fun) and while sorting through one pile, I found my copy of ‘The Salt Grows Heavy’, nestled between two old Abaddon Books collections. I needed a little break from my current read and the slender page count (and blurb) suggested a short, but intriguing, diversion. So I settled down for a read, yesterday evening, and… Myths are full of lies. This is not one of them. Fleeing the downfall of an empire, a mermaid and her plague doctor comp...