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Originally Posted by issybird
Especially not even authors. Once an author has published a book, they need to let it go. They've had their say; done. I particularly am not interested in regrets or comments that purport to add to canon. Obviously, and unfortunately, they can do this sort of thing in subsequent publications and it does become part of canon, but I hold it against them if it's not organic. No retcons, thankyouverymuch.
But I think other readers' comments can be useful in terms of approach, especially to a long series, assuming you've identified them as sources whose tastes and opinions tend to align with your own.
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The only time I would go with the author's order, is when they had written multiple books and the publisher decided to publish them out of order without care of details. It isn't super common, but I have seen it before.