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Author: Phillip Sobel

Phillip is an Existential Psychotherapist and Teacher by day and a writer, gamer and all round geek in the hours of darkness. He claims to be enjoying the creative process enormously and secretly harbours the hope of publishing a novel one day...
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Aaron Dembski-Bowden Interview – Warhammer 40K

On July 11, 2018 By Phillip Sobel In Interviews

Aaron Dembski-Bowden is a new author for The Black Library, Games Workshop’s publishing arm. Though only three novels into his Black Library writing career, he has fast developed a devoted following of both die-hard Warhammer …

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Mark Charan Newton Interview – The Legends of the Red Sun

On June 10, 2018 By Phillip Sobel In Interviews

Mark Charan Newton is an urban fantasy author who’s currently two novels into his writing career and, judging by the sheer tonnage of critical acclaim which now includes a place in Library Journal’s top 5 …

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Dan Abnett Interview -In the Black Library

On June 9, 2018 By Phillip Sobel In Interviews

For me this is the interview to end all interviews. It’s not often one gets to interview a personal hero; I suspect this is mostly because heroes don’t enjoy mopping up fanboy drool, and frankly, …

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Prospero Burns + Embedded by Dan Abnett Review

On December 7, 2010 By Phillip Sobel In Book Reviews

Perhaps the most eagerly awaited book of the Horus Heresy series, Prospero Burns is the fifteenth book in this New York Times best-selling collection. Though initially slated for simultaneous release with Graham McNeill’s A Thousand …

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City of Ruin + Nights of Villjamur by Mark Charan Newton Review

On October 14, 2010 By Phillip Sobel In Book Reviews

This review is based upon the assumption that you’ve read Nights of Villjamur, the first book in this series. If you haven’t  I think you’re missing out on some of the most groundbreaking urban fantasy currently …

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Sword of Justice + Iron Company + Battle of the Fang by Chris Wraight Review

On September 16, 2010 By Phillip Sobel In Book Reviews

As my gaming interests have turned more towards Warhammer Fantasy than Warhammer 40k, my reading has followed suit. Worry not, dear reader, I haven’t lost my love of the 40k universe, it’s just that I …

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Grimblades by Nick Kyme Review 40k

On August 23, 2010 By Phillip Sobel In Book Reviews

I must begin this review with a teensy confession. I bought this book by mistake. I was actually after Iron Company by Chris Wraight, and what with the very similar covers and the fact that …

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Soul Hunter + Helsreach + Blood Reaver 40k by Aaron Dembski Bowden Review

On April 20, 2010 By Phillip Sobel In Book Reviews

Let me start by saying that this isn’t a book I would normally pick up. It tells a dark tale from the perspective of what I’ll call the “bad guys.” I could not conceive of …

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A Thousand Sons by Graham McNeill Review

On March 29, 2010 By Phillip Sobel In Book Reviews

One of the most keenly anticipated books of the bestselling Horus Heresy series, A Thousand Sons tells one half of the epic story of the destruction of Prospero, the Thousand Sons’ homeworld, from the perspective …

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The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie Review

On February 18, 2010 By Phillip Sobel In Book Reviews

It was only after watching a great deal of House M.D. that I discovered that Hugh Laurie had penned a novel (published about a decade ago, now). I was intrigued. Clearly the man is an …

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Fallen Angels by Mike Lee Review

On February 10, 2010 By Phillip Sobel In Book Reviews

Mike Lee’s Fallen Angels is the eleventh book in the hugely popular Horus Heresy series and continues the story begun in Mitchel Scanlon’s excellent Descent of Angels. Did I just say excellent? Yes. I know …

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Sons of Dorn by Chris Roberson Review

On January 20, 2010 By Phillip Sobel In Book Reviews

This being my first review for BSC, I wanted to say one thing straight away: objectivity is a myth. I have none. My reviews will be guided almost exclusively by my enjoyment, or not, of …

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