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I was very much into Warhammer 40,000 as a teenager. It's a wonderfully dark and, at times, exceptionally violent universe with masses of background material that has been slowly developing since the late 80's. Think Tolkein, crossed with Star Wars, Aliens, H.P. Lovecraft and the worst excesses of medieval Europe and twentieth century totalitarian regimes, played out on a galactic scale. Wars can last centuries, involve billions of individuals and consume entire star systems.
I still read the books, although the quality varies enormously. Dan Abnett's work, as mentioned upthread, is very good indeed. He does proper characters, interesting plots and his action scenes are second to none. The Gaunt's Ghosts series are particularly good (Think the Sharpe books, but set in the far future amidst massive interstellar wars) Aaron Dembski Bowden's stuff is rather good as well. However, many of the books are rather cartoony in nature - no plot to speak of, just endless, dull fight scenes between characters that are little more more than ciphers.
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