Gotrek & Felix: The Second Omnibus (Warhammer Novels) [Paperback]

William King (Author)

Book Description

Series: Warhammer Novels | Publication Date: June 25, 2008

With his companion Felix, Gotrek the dwarf trollslayer roams the wild, dark places of the Warhammer world, seeking a glorious death in battle. The second omnibus edition of their adventures will complement the book collection of any fantasy fan. This volume includes the books: Dragonslayer, Beastslayer and Vampireslayer

Editorial Reviews

Review

The King of high adventure - Starlog [King] presents and action-packed life of fantasy axe-swinging - SFX Whirlwind adventure - Publishers Weekly The finely crafted adventures of two very different characters - SFX A fantastic read! - Enigma

About the Author

William King was born in Stranraer, Scotland, in 1959. His short stories have appeared in The Year¿s Best SF, Zenith, White Dwarf and Interzone. He is the author of the much-loved Gotrek & Felix adventures and the Space Wolf novels. Bill currently lives in Prague.

Product Details

• Paperback: 768 pages
• Publisher: Games Workshop (June 25, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1844164179
• ISBN-13: 978-1844164172
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #228,474 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for warhammer or grim fantasy enthusiasts, July 3, 2007

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dugfromthearth - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gotrek & Felix: The Second Omnibus (Warhammer Novels) (Paperback)

Amazing stories in the vein of the original Conan stories, it reads like pulp adventures from the 20's. Fast paced, lots of action, heroes of dubious legality but honor and courage. Villains that are fleshed out but truly evil.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent hack and slash fare!, August 27, 2007

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This review is from: Gotrek & Felix: The Second Omnibus (Warhammer Novels) (Paperback)

Nothing fancy here, just good, old-fashioned sword and sorcery (with a heavy emphasis on the sword). If you enjoyed the first Gotrek & Felix anthology, you'll enjoy this continuation of their adventures. I love these books!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars maybe later, August 16, 2011

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overdrive sandwich - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gotrek & Felix: The Second Omnibus (Warhammer Novels) (Paperback)

Readers are no dummies. If you're reading this review, you're probably a classy person. For these stories to assume otherwise about you approaches insult. The only reason me or anyone else would complain is because we like our Warhammer books to be entertaining. And the second omnibus still feeds us the carnal bloodlust we still hold dear. It's no mistake to compare these stories to Conan (although Howard had sort of a point to his stories while King doesn't apparently suggest any values). If our stories are not entertaining, then we regrettably have no use for them. But we still love them.

I started reading Gotrek and Felix when I was 18. Comic books hadn't seduced me yet, so I wasn't spoiled by the violence of Sin City or brutality of From Hell. Result: The violence herein was fairly rapturous. And the guy used a lot of words I'd never seen before. I got satisfaction from both poles.

I'm 26 now. I picked up this omnibus thinking I'd have the same feelings for the series. After all, Trollslayer, Daemonslayer, and Skavenslayer were cool; however, when I finished Skavenslayer I seem to remember thinking: "That was fun, but I don't want to read about GRAY SEER THANQUOL ever again." Well... Thanquol shows up constantly. Whenever I read anything about him I put up with it for a paragraph, then become irritated and bored. Skaven don't annoy me the way kender do (holy GOD kender annoy me), but...

I used to appreciate King's unpacking of a given character's personality, thoughts, and mood. King fills most of his books with thoughts of the character's he's using. This was fun in Trollslayer because Trollslayer had a bunch of different stories and therefore a bunch of different mind's to explain. I theorize that when King writes one big story it kills his momentum. And might I add that 100 pages into Dragonslayer I didn't see a single difficult word.

This leads me to another theory: Did Black Library force King to dumb down his stories? No one can say. But King seems to have a subtle knife he can't or won't use. Perhaps that's why he hasn't written any of these books in a while.

I'm putting this omnibus in the archive. I can't waste my time reading it when I know I have better things to read.