"You can save more souls with roller skates and Easy-Bake Ovens than with this 2,000-page sleeping pill" The Simpsons Season 13, Episode 6 :-)

I first learned about star schemas from one of Kimball's books years ago. The content was good, but the writing style wasn’t particularly engaging.

I think the books remain relevant for foundational concepts like dimensional modeling, but Kimball's focus reflected the dominant dbs of the time like Oracle and SQL Server. Columnar databases such as MonetDB were niche and not widely adopted... If I remember right, I don't think Kimball books cover those more than a passing mention.

Are there any more modern books about warehousing out there you would recommend? (other than DDIA, which is brought up all the time these days).

lol! I haven't pursued this area for some time, so I genuinely can't say.