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William King
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December 07, 1959
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So there I was trying to decide whether to junk yet another opening. If you’ve read the book, you already know I didn’t and you also know why. The solution to the problem was pretty simple. It had already been established (in Daemonslayer, for example, and in the Daemons of Chaosbook which was causing me [...]
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Gotrek & Felix: The First Omnibus
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Space Wolf: The First Omnibus
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2007
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Trollslayer (Gotrek & Felix, #1)
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1999
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Skavenslayer (Gotrek & Felix, #2)
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1999
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Daemonslayer (Gotrek & Felix, #3)
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Dragonslayer
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2000
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Beastslayer
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Vampireslayer
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2001
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Gotrek & Felix: The Second Omnibus
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Giantslayer
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2003
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This series has become the benchmark for me of what a great PI book series is. I compare it to every detective book stories i have read before and everything i will read from now on. It is the best PI book series i have read of any era. I hold Ham...
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| Don't let the fact that Pictish King Bran is one of Howard's minor heroes fool you. This book contains some of his best sword and sorcery. Howard's predilection for themes of illusion and reality is evident in the Kull crossover story Kings of the Ni...more | |
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“Long are the lives of elves' he said.
Short are the tempers of dwarfs,'Gotrek muttered, just loud enough to be heard.”
― William King, Giantslayer
Short are the tempers of dwarfs,'Gotrek muttered, just loud enough to be heard.”
― William King, Giantslayer
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