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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
That's one of the reasons I stick to published order. Even if the author recommends an alternate order, I don't want to have to do a ton of research to find out if it's truly viable from a "reveal" standpoint. That, and the fact that the whole idea of "prequel" is rendered completely meaningless when slotted in chronologically. Too often (as you discovered), a prequel read first is nothing but a massive spoiler for the rest.
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I was thinking more of where the first published book in the series is later supplemented by several prequels -- much like the Star Wars movies. One series I read had what should have been book 4 published first -- as I said, 300 pages of spoilers when I picked up and read books 3-5 in publication order but books 1-3 in chronological order.
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
EDIT: I'm not judging, by the way (for those who enjoy the practice). It's just something I don't get. And am unlikely to ever get it. The desire to rearrange how a story was originally told/written is just complete foreign to me. It's akin to reading the last page before going back and starting the book. *shrug*
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It's your books, read them the way that you want. I do like going back after a while and re-reading a series that I enjoyed. If nothing else, it cuts a bit into the cost of my habit. OTOH, I have one friend who will read the first chapter and then the last chapter before buying a book and then dump it in the staffroom for somebody else to read after she's finished reading.
