Partworks are a thing over here in the UK - handsome collections that build week-by-week into something you will treasure forever, so the adverts say. When I was a kid, I got the massive New Oxford Illustrated Dictionary and The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft that way, and later when I started writing for a living I worked on The Official Star Trek Fact Files, the 007 Spy File and The Official Star Wars Fact File magazines - each issue is part of a larger whole and by the end of the
run you usually have a impressive amount of material for your
subscription.
Earlier in the year, the people at Hachette Partworks teamed up with Black Library to test-market The Warhammer 40,000 Legends Collection in a similar vein - each issue reprints a hardcover novel from the universe of Warhammer 40,000 and The Horus Heresy
in a new larger format with bonus content, subscriber premiums and
more. The test was a success, so this week (on Wednesday 7th to be
exact) the full release for the collection kicks off, and you can learn
all about it at the official website Here.
The Warhammer 40,000 Legends Collection
is planned to run for 80 issues and it will feature a few of my novels,
alongside work from m'colleagues Dan Abnett, Graham McNeill, Guy Haley,
Aaron Dembski-Bowden, Chris Wraight, Gav Thorpe, Rob Sanders and others
- check it out at your local newsagent or use the link to subscribe
direct...
I've always meant to read these books, but never got around to it. It was a no brainer when I saw the first issue on the shelf of my local newsagents, really looking forward to getting stuck in ... as soon as I've caught up on my back log of other reading material :-/
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