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Horus Rising (1) (The Horus Heresy) (edição 2018)

por Dan Abnett (Autor)

Séries: The Horus Heresy Novels (1), The Horus Heresy (I), Warhammer 40,000 (fiction) (Horus Heresy novel #1 (Apr 2006))

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It is the 31st millennium. Under the benevolent leadership of the Immortal Emperor, the Imperium of Man has stretched out across the galaxy. It is a golden age of discovery and conquest. But now, on the eve of victory, the Emperor leaves the front lines, entrusting the great crusade to his favourite son, Horus. Promoted to Warmaster, can the idealistic Horus carry out the Emperor's grand plan, or will this promotion sow the seeds of heresy amongst his brothers? Horus Rising is the first chapter in the epic tale of the Horus Heresy, a galactic civil war that threatened to bring about the extinction of humanity.

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Título:Horus Rising (1) (The Horus Heresy)
Autores:Dan Abnett (Autor)
Informação:Games Workshop (2018), 416 pages
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Avaliação:****
Etiquetas:2021, scifi, 40k, novel

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    leigonj: False Gods is a direct sequel to Horus Rising, with the same characters and continuing the same story arc.
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The Horus Heresy is Dark Souls 2.

Both are astounding works of art that have their fair share of jank that does nothing to stop me seeing how truly incredible they are. Both are associated with and/ or are a medium that sees them overlooked and dismissed, tabletop wargaming and video games, respectively. Both would be viewed and engaged with in a much fairer manner if they went by entirely different names that presented them as wholly independent and original creations, devoid of past associations and comparisons. Both I have read, listened, or played through more times than you might think and I am actually certain of.

(No one is asking, but Lucatiel is my favourite character from Dark Souls 2, probably in all of From Software's games. I have too many I love and love to hate in the Horus Heresy, but the equivalent character for the Mirran swordmaster of my heart would be Khârn of the XII. Aldia would be Lorgar…must not hyperfixate!)

I don't plan to die, let alone up a hill where I would be worn out and stuck outside, but I do firmly believe that the Horus Heresy series and Dark Souls 2 are both incredibly meaningful works of art that show an unfathomable amount of passion and skill.

I'm a big girl and I read a lot, including well respected 'proper' books recognised within their genre and literature as a whole. I don't say this to flex, especially as saying, ‘I be art enjoyer’ doesn't make anyone different or special. I say it because this book, the opening trilogy (quadrilogy, quite frankly [I really am in my eating humble Sevatar pie because James Swallow is good, actually era {No, I will not be revisiting the Rafen Blood Angels books to see if I was wrong about them, I already enough C-PTSD}]), and the best of the other novels, novellas, short stories audio dramas, graphic novel, and supplementary art and lore books, are easily on par with and (in my subjective opinion) surpass the quality of many held in such esteem.

I'm almost certainly preaching to the Astropathic Choir as who else is reading this? But I want to be clear, this is less about me feeling precious or defensive about something I enjoy that I need to feel is fancy enough to justify enjoying. I'm a trash grrrl who loves trash, which a LOT of Warhammer stuff is and I do happily enjoy them and I love Film Cooper's Milf Manor videos (not that Cooper is trash, but the show is and light commentary on reality TV is popcorn). “because I needed the milk mom!”, Joey of House Disco. It's just these incredible authors deserve their flowers and purity seals and more people should get to enjoy them, especially with the wider popularity of ‘nerd shit’, despite the best efforts of Games of Thrones, Marvel, and Star Wars doing their best to put the genie back in its bottle.

OK. To actually talk about the book now…

The novel is split into three parts with the first serving as an entertaining introduction that manages to both throw the reader into the story, while keeping a tight enough focus on one planet, a primary Legion, and the initial dramatis personae to enable it to introduce the necessary concepts and conceits of the 31st Millennium–the Imperium, the Great Crusade, Space Marines, Horus, Compliance, Daemons?, etc. aided by the viewpoint of the human Remembrancers (chroniclers and artists) and their interactions with the protagonist of the novel Garviel ‘the most human Space Marine’ Loken, establishing the baseline and the god-like power of Astartes, as well as planting the first seeds of unease; the second expands the scope to other planets, introducing other Legions, notable characters, xenos (aliens), and demonstrating that, for all their transhuman might, there are things far bigger and more dangerous than Space Marines, and how the implacable unity and vision of the Imperium, its Legiones Astartes, and Warmaster might not be as unshakeable as they seem; the third part increases the scope exponentially with a whole empire of unified humans and xenos being discovered putting greater strain on the adamantine doctrine of the Imperium, especially on Horus, the introduction of the concept of Chaos, and the Saur (Sword, but I was trying to do a reference thing) of Damocles falling, unleashing tragedy and the beginning of the end of the Great Crusade and the hastening entropic death spiral of human (and proto-human) existence into the Horus Heresy and, ultimately, the grimdarkness where there is only war that is the Dark Millennium of Warhammer 40,000.

The elements in which Horus Rising truly shines is in the quality of planning of the initial Horus Heresy writing team at Black Library, Dan Abnett's combined knowledge and passion for this universe and its foundation narrative with his talent with words, and the characters who feel at once so real and relatable (that vacillating with certain transhuman characters), while being built on figures and archetypes of myth, legend, tarot, classical drama and tragedy.

*Vaguish potential spoilers without specifics ahead that shouldn't really spoil anything, but I do talk about characters and
some story elements below*

There is the human inhuman hero, Loken, a black sheep among Lunar Wolves, his Legion, who has retained a greater modicum of his humanity that informs his unshakeable morals, sense of duty, and capacity for wonder allowing him to think and question more deeply than many of his brother Astartes. His brothers in the Mournival, an informal advisory council to the Warmaster, representing both the phases of the moon and the varied humours of the Legion, Abaddon (choler), Aximand (melancholic disdain), Torgaddon's (determined good humour), and Loken (stoic voice of reason), as Sejanus, before him. Torgaddon also fulfils the role of the fool, in a somewhat wiser, Shakespearean way, and he makes those around him, most often Aximand, play the straight man and/ or scene partner in his jokes.

Loken's fathers, in his present, Primarch (demi-godlike leader of the the Space Marines) Horus, the Warmaster, whose tragic tale stretches across the saga, and, distant, the Emperor of Mankind (immortal magic man, master of the Imperium and creator of the Primarchs and Space Marines. Not a divine, just a ruler?). The paternal and fraternal relations are fraught with dramatic tension, for all the talk of veneration and unity, which, assuming some basic knowledge of Warhammer 40K, plays with dramatic irony, mysterious and withheld motivations, and questions over how much people know and/ or are withholding. This becomes clear through the narrative regardless of prior knowledge, but it is impressive the way Abnett manages to balance the experience of a 40K fan and someone just picking this book up.

The various human Remembrancers who are with the Space Marines to record and commemorate their deeds for prosperity, as well as being the reader's-eyed view and fulfilling the dramatic role of the chorus. Through them we also get at least a small sense of Terra and Imperial culture:

Ignace Karkasy is one of my favourite characters in the entire series. An absolute arsehole of a poet who thinks highly of himself, less of others, and is definitely a creep, but for all his faults he is committed to speaking the truth, regardless of the result; a scumbag with integrity. It is through Karkasy, an Imperial citizen with a vastly superior quality of life than the average, seeing, as far as he is aware, is a simple and complete Compliance, that he is so assured about how the Imperium is falling apart, like, before it started falling apart in earnest. All the Remembrancers, in fact, struggle with really seeing anything good in the Great Crusade beyond individual moments and actions, particularly around Loken, which is the very core of my understanding of grimdark; everything and everyone awful and doomed on a macro level, only individuals and moments can break the awful surface tension and have significant movements and even triumphs in the micro.

Mersadie Oliton is the personal documentarist of Loken with a weird-shaped head that allows her to record her experiences. It is through these conversations and recordings we learn more about the Lunar Wolves, the Great Crusade, and Loken's personal endeavours, gaining further insight to the goings on. She is a catalyst for Loken's reflection and connection with the other Remembrancers, being almost unique as a human in having the gumption and charisma to engage with and challenge an Astartes.

Euphrati Keeler is an imagist with a habit of being in the best and worst places at the corresponding times, whose photos of significant events fundamentally shape the course of events for the Space Marines around her without her even trying. Through her we are able to experience the fear and trauma of seeing horrifying and brutal sights that Astartes are unable to feel. It is also her images that stop the repression and ignorance enforced by the Legion.

This is the Great Crusade and everything is still intended to be in the interest of humans, unlike the all out war and disregard for life in 40K, so it is fascinating and a bridge to Loken and the other Astartes for the reader to experience a mortals viewpoint, while also seeing how important and impactful they can be.

The Iterator (speechcraft 100 propagandists) Kyril Sindermann, is the true believer, encapsulating everything about the lies authoritarians tell and the naivety of those who believe them. A kindly old man, almost a wizard with words, who is a mentor to Loken. It is genuinely fascinating to see a ‘good’ man delivering honeyed lies about a nightmare dictatorship, which are not lies to him. The wise, paternal, caring figure that he is, he embodies the lie himself. Seeing what he does and how it changes him makes him into something far more honest a reflection of the Imperium, partly due to him not being prepared because of the lies that are mandated as facts, is heartbreaking and appropriate.

Through their human counterparts, there to memorialise and celebrate the Imperium and Astartes, we actually see a clearer reflection of the lack of Imperial Truth and the bloody horror of the work of galactic unification. This portrayal of the Empire of Man and its Space Marines is incredibly important to me as the Imperium was always bad and 40K a satire of imperialism and colonialism, particularly the British Empire, and the authoritarian reactionaries that are the Tories in the UK, at the time represented by Margaret Thatcher, much like 2000AD and Judge Dredd. Modern Games Workshop and Black Library sometimes forget this and have been creating around the propaganda of the Imperium for so long they just do it and end up with something like Marvel Cinematic Universe or full on authoritarian apologia. I have even had these complaints about elements of the Horus Heresy series, but we are a long way from there now.

Finally, for characters we have a procession of guest stars and celebrities making cameos, ahead of their greater parts to come in Dorn, Sigismund, Tarvitz, Lucius, Eidolon, Sanguinius, Erebus, etc.

The Horus Heresy is an epic, tragic saga of a rotten empire in the last throes of building itself up before its inevitable collapse. It is made all the more tragic by the way it warps and breaks people caught in the gravity of its fate, first with Jubal and Sammus and the heartbreaking what could have been with the Interex if it were not for confusion and scheming. Honestly, there are moments with Horus and Lucius in particular, that rather gut punched me with their earnestness ahead of the inevitable.

From the deliciously heretical conceit the book opens with to the house of cards dancing on the edge of a bloody precipice, and the child running in to knock it all over at the close, this book is far better than it needed to or had any right to be. This was my, I think, at least fourth time reading it, as I have variously attempted to complete the series, and I still find it utterly incredible and affecting. Everything here is expertly wrought and mastercrafted, and I would consider this, and the opening trilogy, which I largely view as one big book, one of my favourite novels of all time, without qualifier.

I first read this in paperback and the last couple or more times have been the unabridged (I will never understand abridging novels) audiobook read by the phenomenal Toby ‘Voice of the Astartes and Dark Millennia’ Longworth who truly understood the assignment, meeting this epic tale with some of his best work.

I'm trying to think of criticisms, but I truly have so little I can say beyond, the Emperor's Children on Murder fighting the Megarachnid (seriously, how is a book that I can describe with that ludicrous phrase this good?!) drags a little on the fourth or so go round, but I do remember being fully engrossed the first time, and the ending events do feel a little rushed and abrupt, but I do think that is at least somewhat on purpose and picks right back up with False Gods by Graham McNeill, which I already started. I was intending to alternate audiobooks and will eventually, but I was writing this review ALL BLOODY DAY, and just needed to keep the story going when I took a break.

It is impossible for me to wrap my head around that a book, and series, with characters and narratives so deep and meaningful they have had me bawling a number of times, came from a small text box of just over fifteen lines in the bottom right corner on page 13 of Warhammer 40,000 Chapter Approved - The Book of the Astronomicon (1988), the first supplement for the first edition of 40K, Rogue Trader (1987). [Did I get absolutely lost in a Rogue Trader hyperfixation hole, marvelling over how much wilder and cool the designs used to be? I'll never tell…]

In conclusion, Black Library, Dan Abnett and the Horus Heresy writing team truly did an astounding job on this, setting a phenomenal tone for the series, and showing that a silly game of Space Nazi Yhatzee can contain the seeds for truly exhilarating and moving stories with weight, pathos, and humanity. ( )
  RatGrrrl | Jan 20, 2024 |
在花了3次錢之後,總算是靠著意志力(X)沉沒成本偏誤(O)戰勝了拖延怠惰的心理,讀完 聽完了這本十萬字級小說

這是Horus Heresy系列中的第1本
後續還有持續增加中的40多本長篇以及無數的短篇
而HH系列只是戰鎚系列(40K、HH、中古)中的一個分支……
戰鎚系列太龐大啦
長篇的話我應該還會再讀個10本左右吧,總有一天

--電子書review--
我最後讀的版本是較晚出版的Enhanced Edition(有插畫)
之前在5周年紀念版中,作者還在感嘆已經五年了……
在這本中,作者在後記幾乎全部是在抱怨這次已經沒東西好寫了啦

可惜後來再度買時,5周年紀念版就被替換掉,沒能保存下來

--有聲書review--
這是我第一本聽完的有聲書
原來念完10萬字要約12小時
原來12小時的mp3檔光是192 kbps就要1.2 GB
原來無刪節版的有聲書不會包含後記
原來說書人要像聲優一樣為不同角色切換聲線
--
如果只是單純聽有聲書的話
在敘述場景的部分有著大量生字的地方
大概就會迷失了吧 ( )
  HsuBattery | Jul 20, 2023 |
Fuck Erebus ( )
  zenseiii | Dec 13, 2022 |
Solid book. I like my books the freaker the better, and this book delivers. ( )
  NachoSeco | Oct 10, 2022 |
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Fiction. Science Fiction. HTML:

It is the 31st millennium. Under the benevolent leadership of the Immortal Emperor, the Imperium of Man has stretched out across the galaxy. It is a golden age of discovery and conquest. But now, on the eve of victory, the Emperor leaves the front lines, entrusting the great crusade to his favourite son, Horus. Promoted to Warmaster, can the idealistic Horus carry out the Emperor's grand plan, or will this promotion sow the seeds of heresy amongst his brothers? Horus Rising is the first chapter in the epic tale of the Horus Heresy, a galactic civil war that threatened to bring about the extinction of humanity.

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