My 2 cents: I didn't read this series until I was 48, I read it in chronological order from beginning to end and this was a thoroughly enjoyable series. It never went downhill in the least, but the type of science fiction did vary and I could see how someone might like some novels and not others. That's their loss, the writing, characters and plot were consistently top notch. Then again I thought Dune was great but couldn't get through the rest of them to save my life.
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