On Mon, Jun 28, 2004 at 10:54:09AM -0600, Howard Brazee wrote: > > Everybody - how often or extensively do you re-read these (or other > series), when preparing for an announced sequel? For some series I'll reread all the previous books so that I'll be rereading the new one in sequence and with all the previous stories fresh in my mind. I'm less likely to do this if an author is popping out books in a timely fashion or if the series is very long. In those cases I might just re-read the most recent, or settle for periodically rereading the whole thing. Most authors don't go 8 years without a sequel. I do a lot of re-reading just for the fun of it. Not preparing for a new book, but just because I'm in the mood to read a favorite book. Brust novels get a lot of wear and tear this way. > And "how extensively" might in this case include Vlad books only for a > Vlad book, Or for Sethra Lavod, the two previous books in that series - or > the 4 previous books - or all of the Dragaerian books, except Brokedown > Palace, or all Dragaerian books at all? I think I re-read TPG and FHYA in preparation for Sethra Lavode. I was trying for the whole series, but fell behind. > Have you ever stopped in the middle of a book, and pulled out a previous > book to re-read a piece or all of it? This I've never done, beyond a very minor lookup. Not so much re-reading a portion as quick fact checking. That's very rare. On the whole I try to accept any book as written and not look for cracks and shards while I'm reading it. I'm not a very analytical reader when I'm reading fiction. Erik -- Well I'm walking through the sand In the desert of my mind And I don't remember what it was That I came here to find -- Sister Machine Gun "Alone"