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Originally Posted by gmw
I used to be very pedantic about going back to the start and reading in publication order, and it's still my preference but I'm less ... obsessive about it now.
Ah, issybird, I wonder if your disinclination to binge-read favourites is related to your disinclination to re-read? You want to savour something you probably won't be revisiting. Whereas, when you're happy to re-read, binge-reading is fine because you know you will be back again.
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Maybe in part, but I don't think that's the whole story. In part, it's because I think with any binge, what you're consuming starts to lose its savor and by slowing down I feel I appreciate it more. Then there's the pleasure of anticipation. Finally, you can only read with virgin eyes once; never again will you have the pleasure of not knowing what's going to happen. Not that there isn't satisfaction in watching how a story develops when you know the outcome, but it's not the same edge-of-the-seat reaction a first read gets.