The Horus Heresy: Collected Visions
by Alan Merrett
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Author: Alan MerrettEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-06-26
ISBN: 1844164241
Number of pages: 416
Publisher: Games Workshop
Book Reviews of The Horus Heresy: Collected Visions
Book Review: Extremely impressive
Summary: 5 Stars
This massive art/source book relates the single most important event in the mythos of Warhammer 40K: the Horus Heresy. The book is full coffee table-sized and is printed on over 400 thick, high-quality gloss pages. The $50 retail price is surprisingly cheap, and I would bet that in the not too distant future, good copies will be selling for much more that that (assuming BL follows its usual practice of printing a limited number), so don't wait until its too late, go ahead and order your copy now.
THE HORUS HERESY: VISIONS is full of art, mostly celebrating space marines and other characters from the story. The quality of the art is highly variable, with some looking as if it came out of a 5th grade art class and some being full-sized poster worthy. With well over 1000 pieces, you're bound to find many that will please you and some that don't. My favorite artists in the book are Adrian Smith and Michael Phillippi, who each have numerous works here and a couple of full two-page works that are truly amazing. My least favorite have to be the conceptual work by John Balanche, which was over-used and just doesn't capture the essence of WH40K.
As for the writing, the book reads like a hybrid between a gaming source book and a novelization of the Horus Heresy. Alan Merrett does an excellent job of relating important information without getting overly technical or wordy. For the most part, the text is broken up into stand-alone sections that describe a specific event, character, or group. You can open this book to any page and find material of interest, without being lost in the overall flow of the story. Also, Graham McNeill contributed two pretty good short stories ("Battle for Prospero" and "The Kaban Project") that take up about five pages each and get you into the feel of everyday life during the Horus Heresy.
Overall, this is one BL book that shouldn't be missed. Buy it for the art, buy it for the information, but don't miss out on this epic collection.
Summary of The Horus Heresy: Collected Visions
In this omnibus addition, all four volumes of the Horus Heresy art books are brought together for the first time. It tells the full story of this pivotal period in the history of the Warhammer 40,000 universe, in which the arch-traitor Horus betrayed Emperor of Mankind. The epic tale is described in one huge tome with exciting text and masses of fantastic art.Graphic Design Books
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