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Originally Posted by Catlady
I think the Clock revision tracks closer to the original; other than some cosmetic changes, the main revision is to eliminate the racial stereotyping of a caretaker, who's quite a minor character. Staircase was one of my favorites in the original, though I'm a bit hazy now on specifics. The revision lacked excitement.
Since I would never ever start a series with book 2, I may be biased.
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Staircase was one of my favorites, too. I thought it might be better to lead off the audiobooks with an old reliable; it's not as if there will be any surprises.
My also hazy impression of
Clock is that they toned down the snootiness, which was one of my favorite aspects.