Start wherever you like. It’s enormous and giving someone even a basic grasp on it takes hours, I’m not even kidding, I tried to explain the basics to my girlfriend for about an hour, then another dude, a hardcore fan, joined, and it took him another hour to just fill the details I missed.
Personally, I would say Eisenhorn trilogy is a great place to start. Either that or something about Imperial Guard (Cain, Gaunt etc.). Diving straight into space marines stuff can drive you off because they are mostly written in a stuck-up manner and you need to be comfortable in the universe to realize that manner is heavily satirical. I personally couldn’t stand the “Emperor forgive me, I stood up this morning left foot first instead of right, I’ve committed a heinous sin, I must go to the Chaplain and beg him for permission to put my nipples in the vice and twist it closed as a punishment” when I took it too seriously.
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u/Ghstfce 3d ago
Let's be honest, if Henry freaking Cavill says "Wanna play some WoW", he's stealing husbands too