Thread: Books in Order (reference on your e-reader)
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Old 01-20-2023, 08:12 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer View Post
If the books were written and released one at a time, published order is never "wrong." I'm not saying no one should ever read books out of publication order, but order is. Right/correct/wrong doesn't enter into it.

The C.S. Lewis case, while compelling, is very rare. I'm going to read series books in the order their authors chose to present them to the reading world. If the authors themselves later want to retcon things by suggesting different reading orders, I don't feel the least bit obliged to comply. Nor am I interested in any "best read/viewed" strategies that others come up with.

Everyone should read a series in any order they wish. Just don't apply labels like "right", "wrong", or "best" to those orders.
If order is, and you don't seem to define order, it seem like it is up to the individual to define what is right and wrong, so order can be right/correct/wrong (relatively)?
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