I go against Jswolf's theory of reading the Shannara books in chronological order. Brooks' writing develops as the stories go on. From a not being underwhelmed by the writing quality degrading as you go on, the published order would be better. I can definitely see the appeal of reading from a chronological standpoint, but there is something left to how the world got here when reading in published order.
Just my nickel. (There are no pennies in Canada anymore.)
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