Long time no blog! I think that you may have realised that I'm far from a frequent blogger but anyways here goes.
I have lots of stuff happening at the moment so GS time has been limited lately. Unluckily this coincided with my becoming an Officer in the True 40K Union. Still I try to get on and check up on things whenI get the chance. Its great to have the opportunity to do more for the Union but its just a shame I can't spare much time for it at the moment. I'm thinking I could try and cover more of the TT aspect of the 40k Universe as most of the other aspects are being covered nicely. Argh this is turning into a ramble already...
Spare time has been devoted to reading lately, I think I'v read 3 books in about 4 days, one of which I'm embarassed to say was the last Harry Potter 
Anyways the up side is that I also read Fulgrim, I actually finished it a while ago but haven't made any real attempt at reviewing it so here goes. The story follows Fulgrim (not unsurprisingly) from the time before Istavaan V and follows him up until just after the drop site massacre. We see Fulgrim as a Loyalist and then see his descent into Chaos. As with the rest of the series I couldn't fault the writing and although I felt it had a fairly slow start for a Black Library novel it soon picked up. There are plenty of action sequences starting off with the Emperor's Children facing off against a xenos species known as the Laer. The Eldar also make an appearance which introduces Eldrad Ulthran. Other characters that feature are the Primarchs Ferrus Manus, Corax, Vulkan and of course Horus. In summary I'd recommend it, I rate it one of the best in the series, although that may be because it is fresher in the memory 
On the music front I just heard the new albums from Queens of the Stone Age and also the Smashing Pumpkins. I liked them both but they are not the best form the bands. Nothing else to say really other than I'm still looking forward to seeing the Transformers when it is released in the UK despite Goblins review!
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. Yeh I thought it was freaky too, but Corax and Vulkan were class! Hope they do Night Haunter soon, I want to hear about my favourite traitor primarch
@RV Dorn has a larger part to play in Flight of the Eisenstein
@Solidzaku, indeed, just a shame he didn't have a lot of it as Ferus Manus and Fulgrim take centre stage.
@Mac, I don't really have a clue as to the time it took me but I was using it as nice relaxing bedtime reading
so I didn't finish it in so little time. Night Haunter would be cool to see maybe he'll show up soon. I believe that the next 2 books in the series are going to feature the Dark Angels in Descent of Angels and the Alpha Legion after that in Legion.@David, cheers I'll fit in offercering when i can!
And I sympathize with the time-limited thing: classes are eating up so much of my free time, it's crazy.
Unluckily? Hmm, actually I would think it good, that way you don't make a big splash and then disappear for a long time. 
That's my plan for you as well, more of the TT than DoW, after all, we have plenty of people for DoW. Reading, always a good use of time! So few people do it these days...I read that Harry Potter book too...I wanted her to kill the little blighter off. I agree that it kind of just fizzled...and I personally thought the beginning was kind of forced. 
Nice mini-review of Fulgrim. I plan on trying out a book or two from the Black Library in the coming months...I just seem to have so little time to read all the different things I would like to. 
Music, a way to inject life with a bit of beat, and a way to give new meaning to old activites. More music is generally for the better. I passed on the Transformers...I think I did something that night...not sure. Must have been lots of fun if I did and can't remember. And yes, congratulations on getting onto the officer-thing. 
And you have plans for me eh? Hopefully nothing involving a chainaxe and a goat.
As for the review it was more than a ramble, if I was going to do it properly I'd set out a list to be discussed etc but cheers for the compliment
Sometimes an epic undertaking of words is key to a good review, but oftentimes short and to the point is the best of the world.
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