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Goonhammer Reviews: Temeraire

I paint a lot, and that means I burn through a lot of audiobooks. I'm also a sucker who will buy any book with a dragon on the front cover, a weakness that has done me wrong more than...

Goonhammer Reads Science Fiction: Women! are! People!

Welcome back! This month we're taking a full on dive into Science Fiction written by Women, because while it won't shock any of the no doubt wise and worldly readers of goonhammer dot com, there are plenty of people...

Goonhammer Reads Science Fiction: Back to the 50s Future

If there's something that far too many people in the western world loved in the late 20th century, it's the 1950s. The 1950s exert a real and pressing pull on the cultural world we live in and "Ok Boomer"...

The Wraithbone Phoenix: The Goonhammer Review

Wraithone Phoenix is author Alec Worley's first full-length novel for the Black Library, after a series of shorter stories in the 40k universe. It's also the first full length outing for Baggit and Clodde, our Ratling and Ogryn protagonists for Wraithbone Phoenix after an outing in audiodrama Dredge Runners. Wraithbone Phoenix is a fun, pulpy crime caper that manages to balance a series of homages, set pieces and a wild cast of underhive style criminal elements with the flair and verve of a hardboiled detective novel.

Goonhammer Interviews: Black Library Author Nate Crowley

Recently we were lucky enough to sit down and talk to noted Xenos expert, all-round Ork Fanatic, and the Black Library’s newest Xenos scribe Nate Crowley for an interview.   SPOILER WARNING: This interview contains Spoilers for The Twice-Dead King Ruin...

Goonhammer reads Science Fiction: Irradiated Pulp

We're back! The weather outside is pretty terrible, we're ruled over by genetically engineered brains in bomb-proof bunkers, our new amphibian allies are not so friendly and our best friend is a lobotomised drone living in a glass house....

Witchbringer: The Goonhammer Review

The Astra Militarum novels are the Black Library's proving ground, where writers new to the Black Library get their first shot at a full length novel. There's been dozens of novels in the Astra Militarum series going all the...

Goonhammer Reads Science Fiction: Golden Years

This issue of Goonhammer Reads Science fiction, we're talking about the ray guns, aliens, flying saucers and walking plants from the early 1950s - the widely adored Golden Age.

Horus Heresy: Finding your Loyalist Background

Welcome to the Horus Heresy. With the release of the Age of Darkness and the second edition of the rules, there’s never been a better time to jump into (or return to) a world set 10,000 years before Warhammer 40,000....

Goonhammer Reads Science Fiction: Out of the Black Library

Welcome back! Last time we strapped into the rocket, hit ignition and headed out into the void of Classic Scifi, and now it's time to put the series to the test - can we actually get you reading some...