Re: Should you ever NOT read in publishing order?
- From: "Justin Alexander" <justin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 30 Mar 2007 20:37:34 -0700
Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
In article <1175297701.166222.239740@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Justin Alexander <justin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm not saying that modern editions of Lensman don't make it difficult
to read in the proper order. I started with TRIPLANETARY myself
because I didn't know any better. But I think the series works better
in the way it was written: A revelation of epic proportions followed
by prequels that showed the backstory.
But ... the unraveling of what is behind Boskone, and what is
behind THAT, may be a slowly unveiling of mystery upon mystery to
Kinnison (who in fact never learns the final truth at all), but
it needn't be a mystery to us, the students of the History of
Civlization.
And I'm sure for someone who becomes physically distraught at the
thought of reading a murder mystery without checking the last page
first, that would be preferable.
--
Justin Alexander
http://www.thealexandrian.net
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