Talk:Gaunt's Ghosts

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[edit] Brothers of the Snake reference

I've read through Brothers of the Snake, and it doesn't seem to be set in the Sabbat crusade. Being a rather new Wikipedian, I'm not sure how to alter the article so that it reflects this. Would this be considered original research? Allandaros 20:18, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Comparison to Sharpe series

As of 10:46 EST, 08/04/06, this article has been reverted back to the version with the additional text about the comparison (and controversy) with the Sharpe series.

To prevent further vandalism, a citation has been included which provides evidence that Abnett himself acknowledges the comparison. (Indeed, if asked about it, as he has been at several conventions, he freely admits the inspiration.)--Stu-Rat 14:51, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

In my opinion, the text being added is still original research. The citation given shows only that Abnett has used Sharpe as insipiration; the details of that inspiration are not listed in any way and should therefore not be listed in the article. --Pak21 15:01, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
Granted the details are not listed. However, the comparisons are obvious and there is little point in stating that one series was inspired by another without detailing at least some of the inspirations.
Of course, there are several other pieces of original research on this page. Nearly the entirity of the fourth paragraph needs a citation to remain, I believe. There are facts, with no proof, raised in the fifth paragraph.--Stu-Rat 16:23, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
The existence of one piece of original research is not a (good) justification for putting in more... --Pak21 17:55, 4 August 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Probably?

"The books remain probably the most popular". Can this be confirmed? It seems to have been just a guess.--Chickenfeed9 16:58, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

They are the most popular 40k series, as far as I know the Warhammer Fantasy-based Trollslayer series is the best selling as far as sales per book go. Gizzakk 16:35, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 22:34, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The Victory

I was at his book signing in Forbidden Planet in London on March 15th and asked Dan Abnett about whether Gaunt's Ghosts ended with Only in Death, he has confirmed that the next book will be released in 2009, while he didn't give me the title of the book, the next arc will be known as 'The Victory' (He said I should read in to that what I could). Should this go into the wiki page? I've found a forum page for the Black Library where one of the staff confirms it: http://forum.blpublishing.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1473

gwyang 21:03, 26 March 2008 (UTC)