Has anyone done a complete Liaden chronology of all the novels and short stories?
The first of the Liaden books I read was Fledgling. Had never heard of the series. Then I went looking for more and was surprised to find there was
so much more.
I found the timeline order of the novels then re-started with Crystal Soldier and am now started on Saltation, which apparently at least partly parallels I Dare. I'd like to go through all the shorts in order when I'm done with the novels.
Having read Fledgling already, I was constantly picking up things here and there from earlier in the timeline that made better sense out of things in that book.
Spoiler:
But it didn't click that Davv was Theo's father until Kamele introduced herself to "Prof. Kiladi!"
Of all the things to forget from reading ahead.
I like to find huge series of stories then read them all in chronological order. I resisted "Potter" until the 7th book was out, then read the lot in two weeks.
Earlier this year I organized all the Pern stories and read them all in order (first time I've ever read ALL of them) and have also assembled all the Dresden Files short stories into one file with notes when to read each novel. But that's for when I'm done with the Liaden series.
I did the same with all the Vorkosigan books, then read Capt. Vorpatril's Alliance, which is sorta wedged back in between some of the earlier books, so next time I go through the series, that one will be read in its spot in line.
One reason why I do this is I like to see how authors handle
zeerust when reality outpaces their "futuristic" world where things like cellphones for everyone don't exist,
or a 512 megabyte portable storage gizmo is high capacity and expensive*, so they can't just have a prequel with radically different stuff in it unless there's a major break that's woven perfectly into the story - like with Crystal Soldier and Crystal Dragon.
*See Ian Douglas' nine book space marines series. At least the first three are full of already bypassed tech.