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Mechanicum (Warhammer 40,000)
In this epic story, Fulgrim author Graham McNeill tells of the civil war on Mars, and the genesis of the Dark Mechanicum. This next installment is guaranteed to keep fans hooked as the series goes from strength to strength.
Mass Market Paperback, 416 pages
Published
November 25th 2008
by Games Workshop
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This is Book Nine of the Black Library Horus Heresy series, the second novel of the series by Graham McNeill.
Thus far I have read the entire series. The series is overall exceptional; easily the best work but out by Black Library to date. There have been a few small “bumps” along the road. I point to Descent of Angels as the low point of the series as far as catching and holding my attention as well as staying true to the feel of the other books.
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Thus far I have read the entire series. The series is overall exceptional; easily the best work but out by Black Library to date. There have been a few small “bumps” along the road. I point to Descent of Angels as the low point of the series as far as catching and holding my attention as well as staying true to the feel of the other books.
My favorites of the series...more
This book continues to tell the story of the Horus Heresy.
Cheap fiction is one of my guilty pleasures, and I like to mix in these books with my more normal reading.
The book is written by one of the better novelists in the Black Library's cycle of writers. However, I feel the book is lacking in a few key areas.
1) It tries to follow 3 story arcs. None of the stories are very good to begin with, and trying to cram them all into 400 pages didn't work.
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Cheap fiction is one of my guilty pleasures, and I like to mix in these books with my more normal reading.
The book is written by one of the better novelists in the Black Library's cycle of writers. However, I feel the book is lacking in a few key areas.
1) It tries to follow 3 story arcs. None of the stories are very good to begin with, and trying to cram them all into 400 pages didn't work.
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This book was a nice break from the Space Marine centric series and provided insight into a relatively little detailed part of the Horus Heresy and the Warhammer 40k universe.
I liked the characters and I enjoyed how the story fit very well into the whole "fall of mankind" and it fit very well with the "Grim Darkness of the Far Future" theme.
There were no winners and no happy ending, but it was an appropriate ending. Don't read this for an uplifting ex...more
I liked the characters and I enjoyed how the story fit very well into the whole "fall of mankind" and it fit very well with the "Grim Darkness of the Far Future" theme.
There were no winners and no happy ending, but it was an appropriate ending. Don't read this for an uplifting ex...more
If you like futuristic sci-fi you'll enjoy Mechanicum. Technically it's well written, but a bit overly descriptive (always a problem with building alternative worlds). The action is set on Mars, a completely polluted planet dotted with industrial "forges," where human beings have been integrated into machines so battle engines controlled by human pilots meld feeling and emotion. The book moves on the age old issue of the need for empire, and almost every major character dies in the ...more
Of every Horus Heresy novel to date, I think I was looking forward to this more than any. Boy was I setting myself up for a huge disappointment! Rather than the rise of the Dark Mechanicum and a massively draw-out high-tech war (which is after all McNeill's raisen d'etre), we get a plodding story which weaves several seperate strands together to knit an underwhelming whole.
Once again, we get one side told from the perspective of 'normal' humans, something which is overdone by this po...more
Once again, we get one side told from the perspective of 'normal' humans, something which is overdone by this po...more
This book is part of the Warhammer 40K: Horus Heresy series, so non-WH readers may find themselves lost. Reference to other characters, incidents and places put this right in the middle of HH events leading up to the confrontation between Horus and his 'father' the Emperor.
Mars has been ruled by the Mechanicum for thousands of years. An order of technician/priests to pray to a being called the Omnissiah, the Mechanicum have been split between those who believe that the Emperor is t...more
Mars has been ruled by the Mechanicum for thousands of years. An order of technician/priests to pray to a being called the Omnissiah, the Mechanicum have been split between those who believe that the Emperor is t...more
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I have been a fan of this universe for over 15 years now, and never really had the Mechanicum shown to me so plainly.
Although the action of this story is sparse compared to the rest of the Heresy thus far, the final battle was Tolkienesque and I really enjoyed it.
This story continues the Heresy narrative in yet another corner of the soon to crumble Empire, only this corner is on Terra's front porch. I am still excited to see how the Black Library will finish this tale and how many books it wi...more
Although the action of this story is sparse compared to the rest of the Heresy thus far, the final battle was Tolkienesque and I really enjoyed it.
This story continues the Heresy narrative in yet another corner of the soon to crumble Empire, only this corner is on Terra's front porch. I am still excited to see how the Black Library will finish this tale and how many books it wi...more
4.5 stars
Great installment in the series. Honestly, I really thought it was going to be super boring. The first 50 pages or so lived up to that, but then the story picked up a lot of pace and I was sucked right in. A very interesting take on the 40k world/History. I kind of wished there was a little more, even. I wanted the "Mars" story to continue. I'll be interested if they ever pick that line up again.
Great installment in the series. Honestly, I really thought it was going to be super boring. The first 50 pages or so lived up to that, but then the story picked up a lot of pace and I was sucked right in. A very interesting take on the 40k world/History. I kind of wished there was a little more, even. I wanted the "Mars" story to continue. I'll be interested if they ever pick that line up again.
I enjoyed the Titan battles in this book and wished that there were more stories about them. The rest of the novel is okay but I thought that the ending could have used a little more.
Christian
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This book is definitely the first part in a longer story arc. A great Warhammer 40K secret is revealed and, to me at least, it's pretty staggering. I love when the Titans go to war! Space Marines make a cursory appearance in this one and I kinda liked it for that.
Great book! Fantastic look at the AM, its origins, and its fate tied to the fate of mankind.
The great forges on mars are in jeapordy! Will the mechanicum hold together?
An entire novel about the Adeptus Mechanicus? I'm in!
Enjoyed this one.
Pretty good, its already gory, cool sci fi stuff.
Mechanicum is the first book in the Horus Heresy series that deals with an organisation within the Imperium that isn't one of the Adeptus Astartes legions. Overall it isn't one of the best as the writing style seemsd to be a bit difficult to read at times, but it still provides insight on the internal politics and wrainglings of the Adeptus Mechanicum on Mars.
Good read, likable characters. (Possibly the first time I liked the normal humans in a story.)
Up to this point what I have read about adepts etc. Makes them all out as terrible not interesting characters. This showed their true colors :P
I'd recommend it to any heresy fan. The ending left me smacking my head, and added some interesting ideas for my fan fiction :D
Up to this point what I have read about adepts etc. Makes them all out as terrible not interesting characters. This showed their true colors :P
I'd recommend it to any heresy fan. The ending left me smacking my head, and added some interesting ideas for my fan fiction :D
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Finally! A non-Astartes point of view book, and a good one! Granted, I liked Legion, too. Maybe it's a sign, you have to muddle through 9 other books from Astartes points of view to get to the good stuff. I enjoyed the fact that this story revealed the story of Mars and the Mechanicum and there was very little play of Primarchs or Astartes anywhere in it.
Another brilliant novel in the Horus Heresy series, this time focusing on the Mechanicum on Mars and the creation of the Dark Mechanicum. I was riveted form the start with this, great characters and tense plot, thankfully this series has yet to disappoint.
yet another great book in the Horus Heresy series. The war definitely came to Mars...
Interesante novela que narra el ambiente vivido en Marte durante la Herejía de Horus, así como las ambiciones que llevaron a la creación del Dark Mechanicum.
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Hailing from Scotland, Graham McNeill narrowly escaped a career in surveying to work for Games Workshop as a games designer. He has a strong following with his novels Nightbringer, Warriors of Ultramar, Dead Sky, Black Sun and Storm of Iron.
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