tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post5520466452997092059..comments2024-03-27T01:28:28.346-07:00Comments on False Machine: Take it on Faith - The Warhammer Works of Josh Reynoldspjamesstuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-1654034746533340772022-05-20T15:24:59.343-07:002022-05-20T15:24:59.343-07:00In the Book of Job there is something (to me) quit...<br /><i>In the Book of Job there is something (to me) quite honourable in Jobs subsequent wheedling and lawyering. Like any believer in an Abrahamic faith, he is trapped between the rock of Gods actions and creation being absolute, and from Jobs perspective, being pretty fucked.<br /><br />Job can't say "God you are wrong", but neither does he entirely give up and say "God, you are right". Instead, he .. wheedles, whines, lawyers. <br /><br />"JOB ARE YOU DISAGREEING WITH ME YOU LITTLE SHIT"<br /><br />"No no no, never would do that My Lord, thy law is all. <br />...<br />However... let me just say this..."</i><br /><br />Iyov is one of my favourite parts of the Tanakh, also pretty much for this reason. A lot of Jewish religious writing kind of has this vibe--the pinnacle probably being the Oven of Akhnai.<br />De Cometishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14607332528158406698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-63755435786807669252022-05-20T13:40:56.667-07:002022-05-20T13:40:56.667-07:00Martial here as the Medieval Infortuna Minor: a br...Martial here as the Medieval Infortuna Minor: a bracing contest, rather than a crushing horror. Given that war goes across a great many 40k novels, some other aspect or sensibility is needed to categorise one as Martial. <br /><br />I'll admit that the scheme doesn't stand up very well, but it's sort of fun. Solomon VKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11763252777153908412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-71741437466247093952022-05-20T11:45:17.894-07:002022-05-20T11:45:17.894-07:00He is American I think so maybe he grew up with it...He is American I think so maybe he grew up with it.pjamesstuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-50725380437074287892022-05-20T11:43:53.751-07:002022-05-20T11:43:53.751-07:00Thanks Rob. I may get sucked back in at some point...Thanks Rob. I may get sucked back in at some point..pjamesstuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-10685513753847255812022-05-20T11:43:28.396-07:002022-05-20T11:43:28.396-07:00Thanks Solomon.
Aren't they all Martial? I d...Thanks Solomon. <br /><br />Aren't they all Martial? I don't know how you would break that down with Warhammer writers/pjamesstuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-29068363569155783402022-05-20T07:14:53.774-07:002022-05-20T07:14:53.774-07:00Yeah, what Rob said. Your weirdness/obsession with...Yeah, what Rob said. Your weirdness/obsession with regard to 40K fiction is a degree of magnitude more bizarre than my own freakish investigations into the meaning found in things that (probably) don't need the attention. But it's great and it's wild and it saves me from actually bothering to read any of these books.<br /><br />I really, really, REALLY wish Josh Reynolds would provide you with feedback...see how close to the mark your insights really are, or perhaps just admit that he doesn't know his own trends and such. Maybe the guy was a one-time seminarian who was kicked out over an obsession with Heavy Metal magazine that he just couldn't shake? Something.<br />JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-16591522004138985362022-05-19T15:40:38.926-07:002022-05-19T15:40:38.926-07:00Patrick, I adore these deep dives you do into Blac...Patrick, I adore these deep dives you do into Black Library books. Where else is someone going to break these things down with such insight? <br /><br />I was in bed last night and thought I'd quickly check ol' False Machine before going to sleep. When I saw that you'd written several thousand words on fuggin JOSH REYNOLDS whose books I find barely readable, well, I groaned aloud with pleasure. Please do more of these!Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17880802426609994235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-91548355080321126922022-05-19T04:07:34.532-07:002022-05-19T04:07:34.532-07:00Well, I'm sold on Knight of the Blazing Sun. M...Well, I'm sold on Knight of the Blazing Sun. Maybe I've read this post [https://udan-adan.blogspot.com/2018/10/bringing-down-hammer-part-12-my-own.html] once too often, but the potential of Reason and Progress strikes me as at least a trace, tacit element for Warhammer Fantasy. <br /><br />It occurs to me that AoS-Sigmar is basically Thor pretending to be Ra. <br /><br />Dark Harvest was pretty good, but I would like a sequel actually set among the Sigmarites. <br /><br />Was not expecting Job to show up at the end of this. <br /><br />Lunar 40k Writers: ADB, Chris Wraight<br />Solar 40k Writers: Dan Abnett<br />Mercurial 40k Writers: Gav Thorpe?<br />Venereal 40k Writers: Sandy Mitchell<br />Martial 40k Writers: Steve Parker, Matthew Farrer?<br />Jovial 40k Writers: Bill King?<br />Saturnine 40k Writers: Peter Fehervari<br />Solomon VKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11763252777153908412noreply@blogger.com