OK... so don't wear anything yellow when we do this 🤣

I listened to the audiobook. I found the orks having different regional accents made it much easier to tell who was speaking. There was also something extra funny about an ork being from Birmingham

Oh man, Mira doesn’t like brutality she’s going to hate galaxy and flames.

Iron Warrior player here, can confirm, I have yet to forgive mira for the hazard stripe slander, that shit takes DAYS to do, and forgiving people is against our religion

Titanicus does a *really* good job of discussing the Mechanicus schism over the Emperor/Omnissiah. Plus, ya know, it's by Dan Abnett.

The audiobook was brilliant. I put it on while my friend and I were painting a house. I could just hear him laughing from the other room. Such a fun book.

I love these book reports. Mira's questions and reactions to this stuff just warms me. Been teaching the kid of a friend how to play and its amazing how much im enjoying it. Seeing his little face everytime something big or terrible happens, is just fuel.

Ya'll need to read Ghazghkull Thraka: Prophet of the Waaagh! by Nate Crowley. Better yet, do the audiobook. Its super Orky but told from a Grot's perspective. 9 squigs out of 10.

Accent-wise - Ufthak was full on South London (somewhere between Streatham and Mitcham), Da Biggest Mek was full on Jasper Carrot Brummie and I couldn't tell if Badrukk was supposed to East Anglian or from the West Country (despite having lived in Bristol for almost 10 years...) and there were various others throughout the book. Tom Allenby did a grand job.

The scene/conversation between Zaefa and Gavrak was my favourite part of this book - very tense and interesting, with a cool fight to finish it

I went from feeling absolutely scandalized that this person was surprised by the amount of fighting in an Ork novel, to feeling happy that they got to discover the pure joy that is grots and squigs and all things orky. Ere we go!

The thing to understand about 40k orks is they are the only faction that is all about fun and having a good scrap, both in-universe and in real life. In universe, orks fight because it's fun and their cartoon physics and biology insulate them from the grimness of the dark future. There's no malice or evil in them, no ideology or religion they serve, they're just living their true, authentic selves. In real life, orks aren't often thought of as the most competitive 40k faction and you're unlikely to win any tournaments with orks. Instead it's all about the fun of having a horde of ladz and absurdly kitbashed vehicles and doing silly voices and shouting "WAAARGH" a lot. And while I'm not a 40k player, I am building both Ork and Ultramarine armies for Grimdark Future. You absolutely can enjoy both aesthetics, I would say precisely because they are so divergent.

he also wrote a novella about the red gobbo which was a lot of fun.

That is the shiniest, most reflective font I have ever seen on a shirt or maybe anything.

I play Drukhari (nice elves in stylish clothes) and Swamp Bogglers (courageous Orks from the Age of the Sigma). So the Statement "If you play Elves you definitely don't play Orks", is untrue!

I still think the infinite and the divine is the funniest BL book, excellently narrated as an audiobook as well

Secutor Mitranda was the GOAT of the Mechanicus in this book, badass non-binary Skitarii leader. I really hope they get a model some day.

Iron Warriors use hazard stripes to draw enemy fire to hard points on their armor

I’m not a huge fan of the Tau novels, but there are some great short stories. Broken Sword by Guy Haley, The Greater Evil by Peter Fehervari, and Voice of Experience by JC Stearns. There’s also Fire Caste by Peter Fehervari, which is excellent but VERY dark and more focused on the Imperial Guard.

this is my favorite book because its just so unhinged, just captures the ork's personality so well. it also captures one of the more unique perspectives in both admech and chaos perspectives as well

I played both High Elves and Orcs and Goblins in Fantasy…

It's not a 40K book, although it does have a certain degree of Warhammer Fantasy to it - but I think all y'all would really enjoy "Grunts," by Mary Gentle. It's from 1992 so I don't know how findable it would be (and I'm 3,000 km away from you so I can't exactly lend you my copy) but it's a wonderful send-up of the stereotypical fantasy "Good vs Evil epic showdown" - from the perspective of the Orcs. Specifically a warband that has found a stash of magic weapons that begins transforming them into Marines, with both USMC and Royal Marines cliches present in full force. It is, perhaps, a bit dated on issues such as gender and sexual orientation, but only to the extent of a couple of one-liners being a bit cringy today. Also - in my very first 40K Space Marines army I was colour-coding the squads, and because of "Grunts" my Veterans Squad was Pink Squad.

I agree with mira about all the gore but you have to remember it's hard as an author to point out the chaos ones are the "real baddies" when everyone's already chopping each other up and shooting each other with 10,000 exploding bolter shells. In a lot of ways I think your descriptions of the book really succeeded in that because as much as the orks are just having a bit of fun and the brotherhood of mars are being silly monk robots the weirdo stapling dead bodies together really stands out as someone who just doesn't "get it"

Mork and Gork, the Zig and Zag of the 40K universe :D Great book review. I'm tempted to get this book to read as it sounds awesome. Has Mira been shown the Ork Stompa miniature? If she like titans she'll love that :)

you guys are good team

You guys are so fun to watch. Great vid!

Mira nailed it. I play orks and chaos.

The joy coming from Ian is most charming ☺️

Fungus The Bogeyman is a work of genius. There is an animation out there too..

I just realized that at 19:46 you literally could have just turned around and pointed at the picture of the mecha-gargant on the cover of the white dwarf magazine behind you

My wife loves my Ork army. She loves the lore (if they believe it, it’s true). Especially the models.

So far, the only thing I don't like is a Mira song at the beginning! I have enjoyed this channel since I stumbled across it, I really like the Book Club with Mira, and now I look forward to every new vid Mira posts on her channel.

I love Orks and of the Space Marines my faves are the White Scars and yeah, you’d never see me willingly play Blueberries so spot on

I love this book. It's the best comedic take on the universe since Ciaphas Cain.

Been waiting for this Book Club since you said you were reading this! Great stuff!

i like this new progression

My heart smiles anytime Mira say “OI” in her warhammer voice

Thanks, another lovely review 👍 I think this may be my next book once I finish the False Gods, just to have a change of pace with things

Admech even has Very Binary Characters!

Got a bit carried away when you were explaining the Mechanicus, Ian. For a book with a similar setup, but a very different tone, I'd recommend _Day of Ascension_ It's about a Genestealer Cult on a Mechanicus planet, so it's not as funny. It's actually very dark. The Mechanicus are not only petty and hypocritical, but straight up evil, while the Genestealer Cult is portrayed fairly sympathetically, but... well, they want everyone to get eaten by space bugs. There are some great characters in it. Definitely a type 2 Warhammer book, to use Ian's classification system. And can I just say that Ufthak totally ripped of Wazdakka Gutsmek? Come one, ramming a titan is the one thing he's famous for (that and going really fast, but that's hardly unique).

Warboss is loosely connected to Brutal Kunnin'... Mike Brooks really teased it at the end of that novel.

Thank you for another great video!

Hooah! The first Book Club book I’ve actually read 😅

Fungus the Bogeyman Crew! Nurgle Daemon prince of my heart ♥

I wish I liked this book more, it markets itself on being “The book from the Ork perspective” but it spends so much of its time dedicated to the perspective of the Ad Mech. Like I get what they were going for, they show off why this stuff matters to the Ad Mech and Iron Warriors so there’s more impact when the Orks inevitably wreck it, but the Ad Mech scenes drag on for too long, like I wouldn’t be surprised if the book was 55% from the non-Ork perspective.

17:47 just orks being ladz 😂

mira was right the orks are just here to have a lovely time, that's why we love em

I'm so excited to see what you make of gaz

Orks is best. Krump da rest. Genuinely love this book.

Mira's Fungus the Bogeyman point is great. It really links in with Paul Bonner's Ork art work.

In a strange way, this has made me desparetely want Mira to experience the Night Lords trilogy. I easily feel unwell at brutality in media, and I felt that way about the NL books, but it still just WORKED. It added to them in a meaningful way. Any chance that they are on the cards? Love the vid as usual, Ian and Mira!

Yeh ! BOOK Club !

My roller coaster ride of emotions: 1. How did I not know there was a Brutal Kunnin episode!!!??? 2. Mira had a Hello from the magic tavern shirt on!!! 3. Mira: I don’t really like orks…. 4. WAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!!!!!

Can't wait for the next inciting extallment of the adventures of Ufthak and co!

I can’t believe Ian didn’t know who Fungus the Bogeyman was 😮😂❤

This was so awesome.

Wow, first time I've been complimented in a KZfaq video. Thank you Mira!

At the mention of Orks having different UK dialects I have immediately clicked to buy on audible. If Geordie Orks aren't canon in the books they will be in my army!

Mira sums up everything 40k in two words perfectly: „Bloody hell…“

Sounds great just added to my Audible wish list 👍🏻

I was not expecting references to William Shatner's Tek War this morning...

It seems Mira's visible tangibility is directly proportional with her enjoyment of the material under review. XD Great job you guys, another one... in the books.

Should checkout Mike Brooks Necromunda book, Road to Redemption. All his necromunda stories are top-tier.

I finished this last month. A super fun characterful read.

Just about a little Ork with Big dreams!

Green is made from blue and yellow

This is definitely a get the audiobook...

Thank you for saying ‘prinkeps’

When you finally get to the Seige of Terra please try the audiobooks. I just can't imagine them without Jonathan Keeble's amazing voice work! And Incidentally I really need a recording of him reading the classic war poem "The German Guns" by the poet Baldrick. #BOOM

Orkz is best... but if GW, in their infinite wisdom, ever expands on the red gobbo idea, damn! I'm switching SO fast! Gobbos all the way!

Noosphere is the wifi, it's the internet ... and it's also great piece of music from the Mechanicus game OST :)

Honestly I think I enjoyed the Ghazgull book much more for a book told from an Ork perspective.

HOT TAKE! Arbitor Ian didn't know Fungus the Bogeyman!!!

Next book review, an audible exclusive, ascension day.

This book made me hungry for more Ork content. I been binging Ork books since I read it. Help!

Iron Warriors, health and safety gone mad innit?!

I@VE SO GOT TO READ THIS!!!!!!

Would love to see storm of iron in this series

I can't seem to find the podcast version anywhere? Is it maybe subscribers only?

Just finished reading this yesterday. Thoroughly stupid romp. Loved it. The orks are the only happy ones in 40k. They have 2 gods, because if they had one it wouldn't have anyone to fight.

The german audiobook version is so brilliant, too.

Nightlords trilogy

I'd love to see you guys read Ghazkull Thrakka: Prophet of the Waghhh. Its such a good Ork book and one of the funnier BL books

Deff Skwadron is Ork PoV, the comic.

I love this book, I listened to it while ploughing through the horus heresy 😊 it was such a refreshing change 😊 miras chest was very distracting 😂 it's almost like the orks cursed you for not liking them 😂

You have to read a Peter Fehervari book next. He is the best BL author imo.

I'd love to see Mira react to "Prophet of the Waaagh". Probably the best book on orks there is

I myself prefer the title "Cunningly Brutal".

Mira is either going to really hate or really like Ghazgull's book

And in other news I'm considering crowd funding for the foundation of a Squig, Snotling and Gretchin sanctuary in the heart of the New Forest. Any willing patrons?

The Adptus Mechanicus as portrayed in the some of the Cain novels are even more hilariously incompetent....

Sounds like Mira needs to read Da Gobbo’s Revenge or Warboss for more grot action.

Fungus the Bogeyman was a Krock. Confirmed.

I would say this is more like the Caiphas Cain books than any other series

Are these two a couple? I hope so, thier chemistry is fantastic. I'm really not into the lore as much as the excitement of these two, wonderful.

I personally don't think the book would work if it was just Orks. I liked the juxtaposition between the Mechanicum and Orks also it provided more context to what was happening and added to the comedy.

Where can I get the podcast? Can’t find it.

What's going on with Mira's shirt? Looks like it is possessed by the Warp.

I finished the book in time for the video, and then it didn’t show up in my sub feed or my recommended?? i’m so mad edit: Is this video unlisted or something? it’s not on the channel at all Edit 2: Oh my god Mike Brooks did another ork novel and it has rebel grots in it?? why am I only learning about this now

45:00 is “non-binary admech” a God+tier pun? Or a communications breakdown?