I think there's something about us teens that makes us fixed on reading things in chronological order. I lent the earlier books to a friend of mine, and she had a "hissy cow" because they weren't in order. For me, I read the whole series out of order because I coudn't get my hands on the earlier novels at first. I don't think it really matters, except for maybe parts regarding a certain undead, which I didn't even notice when I read Issola before Orca. Elizabeth Harper <harpere at gmail.com> wrote: I recently started a teenage friend of mine on the Brust novels, giving them to him in the order in which they were written. However, the time jumps between novels seem to hurt his head. ;) This is a series in which it is impossible to start at the begining - who knows when a book from an even earlier era might be written? On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 12:03:05 -0500, erik at debill.org wrote: > On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 09:57:08AM -0700, Chris Olson - SunPS wrote: > > I've found a few in the younger crowd, whereupon I > > toss Brust books their way and insist they be read > > and returned. The latter, sadly, doesn't seem to happen > > as often, but it gives me the chance to buy more Brust > > books. > > > > I know someone who had them recommended to her for years but never > started on them because she couldn't figure out which was first. She > has done pretty well since I started loaning them to her in order. > > -- > 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" > Yihan Y IM: BLackDRagoness16 Xanga&LJ username: bluedraikon --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages!