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Ooops! Now I see that the Hyperion books already had extensive coverage here. Sorry for the waste of bandwidth.
For instance, one of the main thrusts of the Imperial belief system at the time of the tale is that the universe is completely natural and scientific, there is no supernatural world at all. No angels, demons, ghosts, whatever… everything can be explained by science and reason. Theirs is a totalitarian atheism and anti-mysticism outlook, wherein the mere mention that you may believe in any sort of spiritualism at all could very well be your death. Entire cultures, indeed entire worlds themselves are literally destroyed for this sort of thing. On top of that, non-human also equals death, this is mankind at his supposed pinnacle. By the way, these are the "Good Guys" we're supposed to be rooting for, to show you how fucked-up the wh40k universe is!
Because they knew they'd make money with it no matter how bad or good it was. I mean, which gamer actually needs a new edition of the rules every 3 months, along with a new army that makes all others look like poop?(...)the greatest event in the 40k world is Horus splitting with the emporer and if it was handled as bad as you say then I'm surprised someone from Games Workshop didn't say WTF??? and get a new author or at least improve it.
A friend of mine always was (and probably still is) a huge Skaven fan, so you're not alone. I'm not the WH Fantasy Battle/Roleplay type, but even if I was, the Skaven would not be among my favorite races.
Best feel and description of magic ever (rivaled and maybe surpassed only by the Wheel of Time). The Riftwar Saga and all the other sequels are great too, in the Kelewan cycle I believe there are also interesting defensive magic weavers."The Magician" by Raymond E. Feist.