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Originally Posted by Blossom
Ah here's one for you to think on. Publication order or Chronological order? Which way would you choose to read a series?
For me it would have to be Publication order I think. It would be odd to switch back and forth to say the third chronological book was written in the 80s and the second chronological book was in the 90s. The author's writing would have changed so dramatically I don't think I would get the full benefit of being able to see an author's skill grow as she published each book.
What do you think?  |
Publication order. It's the way you would have read them if you read the series as it released. And as it was actually written.
Take for example Carla Neggers Sharpe & Donovam series. She released a "prequel" novella after the second book. But even though it is billed as a prequel and takes place before the events in book 1, if you read it before book 1 it gives away a MAJOR spoiler. Also, the events in the prequel are more about the events in the third book. So I would highly recommend reading it after the second book when it was published.
The same with the MacGregors series by Nora Roberts. If you were to read chronologically the books would be in a totally different order than they were published.
Of course there may be a series out there that would benefit from chronilogical order. But I think those would be very rare.