> -----Original Message----- > From: J A 'Dusty' Sayers [mailto:dusty at sayersnet.com] > Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 3:15 PM > To: Robert Wood > Subject: Re: Where did you begin? > > Now, I have a question: I have been planning to hook some of > my friends on Dragaera, and am trying to decide in what order > to loan them the books. Before Dragon came out, I probably > would have offered the Vlad books in chronological order, and > then let them try Khaavren and BP, but having re-read them > all recently, I'm not sure any more. Jhereg makes an > excellent introduction to the series, despite being near the > middle chronologically, and Dragon, of course, cannot be > placed precisely between two other books (coming, as it does, > before and after Yendi, dang it), so I'm leaning more towards > publication order. > > Any suggestions? I figure I can't really go wrong, since one > of the beauties of SKZB's work is that each books plays off > the others so well that they're interesting in any order, but > I'm still curious to see what others recommend. I would not recommend starting with _Teckla_! I've given _The Book of Jhereg_ to friends/relatives and it went over well with all of them. Even though it includes _Teckla_. My mom had the same opinion of _Teckla_ that I did. I had loaned her _Phoenix Guards_ at one point, and she didn't like it. She thought that Dumas wrote like Dumas a lot better than "this guy". So I didn't mention that _The Book of Jhereg_ was by the same guy, and she didn't notice! Rachel