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Originally Posted by VaporPunk
Two books that I've been thinking about getting...
The Magic of Recluce - L.E. Modesitt
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A little off topic, but regarding the Magic of Recluce -- its the start to an excellent series, and I highly recommend it.
It is about sixteen books long, sort of. It's really a set of duologies (two book series) that are all placed in the same universe/timeline. The stories are really standalone sets of two. Yes, you will find reference to past stories, but they really aren't relevant to the plots.
As an analogy, its like the movie Independence Day. If you know the about the July 4th holiday in the U.S. then it deepens the meaning of one minor speech in the movie, but it really doesn't affect the plot.
Furthermore, the point-of-view skips around so that in some books you are on the Order side of the struggle and in some on the Chaos side. As a result of this I don't think there is any clear reading order.
You can really jump in with any duology in the Recluce series and you won't feel any advantage/disadvantage over any other. In fact, since the books are not written in chronological order, and since references to other books are somewhat oblique, it can be difficult to exactly string together the books if you are just a casual reader.