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3 http://astronomican.com/forums/showthread.php?s=8f4a2b0f7f3d86261Ob 19a5914e0ab
5b&t=3322 (accessed January 2010). These rules have subsequently been revised to
remove this emphasis on canonicity.
4 See, for example, ‘A Guide to Fluff by Honsou (http://www.astronomican.com/forums
/showthread.php?t=16441).
5 The ‘boltgun’ or ‘bolter’ is the weapon used by Space Marines. See, for example,
http://wh40k.lexicanum.eom/mediawiki/images/9/93/MkII_bolter.jpg
6 See, for example, the work of ‘Nopoet’ set during the 20th Millennium: http://imperialliterature.net/?tag=20k-series.
7 This idea was also explored by Black Library author, Dan Abnett in a recent interview:
. . . there are deliberate lacunae in the background mythology of the story. There are gaps
there for the players and the fans to exploit. There is a deliberate breathing space within
40k-lore for people to fill in to their own satisfaction (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
nGijY4-DQbM&feature=player_embedded)
8 ‘exitus lO’, Cauldron of Fire, http://z6.invisionfree.com/bljunkies/index.php
?showtopic=418
9 ‘M rK ibbles’, The Garros War, http://z6.invisionfree.com/bljunkies/index.php
?showtopic=83
10 ‘Brannick’, The Imperial Guardsmen s Journal, http://www.astronomican.com/forums
/showthread.php?t=6902; ‘Consadine’, Letters, http://www.astronomican.com/forums
/showthread.php?t=7000
11 Kammerice’, The Body, http://incunabulum.co.uk/The%20Body.htm
12 Kentigem’, The Note, http://z6.invisionffee.com/bljunkies/index.php?showtopic=386
13 See http://www.blacklibrary.com/Getting-Started/FAQ-Working-For-Black-Library
.html#guidelines
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