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Originally Posted by gbm

Then I refer you to the first post in this thread.

bernie

Thanks. But notice that even that diagram doesn't actually specify where story arcs span the books - the reader is left to presume that from the colour coding, but it's all rather vague about where things actually start and end.

Does red mean you're starting Lord of the Rings at The Two Towers, or that you're starting Discworld at Men At Arms ? I get the impression that with Liaden the answer is somewhere in between. They lose me in that "somewhere".

Is reaching I Dare like reaching The Return of the King, or like ... I don't know, the end of a Dallas series and wondering "Who shot JR"? (I read about it. I don't care who shot JR, I'm just glad they did.)

I prefer my authors to be a bit clearer about what I'm committing to. For example, I did not like Game of Thrones, dropping out after the first book. (Since I didn't care who lived or who died - except the dwarf, I liked the dwarf, he's about the only one I remember all this time later - I figured I'd happier looking for something else to read.)