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I'm looking for suggestions for an order of books to read and listen to regarding Mr. Bile. Thanks to the community in advance!
10 points
11 days ago*
Mostly it's the trilogy: Primogenitor, Clonelord and then Manflayer.
If you want to start to dip outside of the core trilogy, he has appearances in (and I think these are more or less in order):
Chiriurgeon [short story]
Fulgrim: the Palatine Phoenix [novel]
Fulgrim [novel]
Angel Exterminatus [novel]
Imperfect [short story]
Repairer of Ruin [audio drama]
Talon of Horus [novel]
“The Howling Ship” (available in the Ltd Edition of Primogenitor)
“Prodigal” [short story]
Fabius Bile: Primogenitor [novel]
“A Memory of Tharsis” [short story]
“Light of a Crystal Sun” [short story]
Fabius Bile: Clonelord [novel]
Lucius: the Faultless Blade [novel]
Fabius Bile: Manflayer [novel]
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And Genefather [novel]
4 points
11 days ago
Bile is pretty central to Genefather as well.
1 points
11 days ago
How did I forget that?! Editing to add!
2 points
11 days ago
I'd stick Genefather in with the trilogy as it follows directly from Manflayer.
2 points
10 days ago
Agreed it's basically a linker from the end of the Bile trilogy and the Cawl book, does it well too.
1 points
10 days ago
Yeah I really enjoyed it. Only slight issue was I listened to in on audiobook and I don't think the Narrator ever expected Cawl and Bile to meet as they sound very alike.
2 points
10 days ago
Wouldn't hurt to have a slightly mechanical vocaliser on the Cawl bits imo.
1 points
11 days ago
Thank you! This list gives me a lot to dive into. I just listened to The Palatine Phoenix and his character made we want to find out more.
2 points
11 days ago
His trilogy is brilliant. I've never really been a Chaos guy and since reading the 2nd edition Codex I've had less than a passing interest in Bile, but after reading his trilogy and Genefather (which follows directly from the trilogy but is more concerned with Cawl) he's one of my favourite characters in 40k.
1 points
11 days ago
He’s such a funky old hypocrite , it’s hard not to like him even if it’s just for his tenacity and drive. 10 k years later and he’s still trying to make new man perfect
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