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Old 04-29-2025, 02:04 PM   #40
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Originally Posted by Quoth View Post
But some or many prequels are meant to be and are best read later, not at all in internal story chronological order. See Narnia & Recluce serieses.

That’s why you look up the reading order first. When a consensus can’t be reached I read in publication order. But the vast majority of the books I read the prequels should be read before book one.

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And that's the difference that @theducks talked about: series vs. serial



Most series are not highly serialized for important plot points.



I would also argue that many recent science fiction and fantasy "series" are in reality a story that could have been told well in one long-ish book, but expanded to 5 to make more money.

This is especially true for indie books in KU imo.
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