From: Y Y wrote Sat, 2 Oct 2004 17:24:46 -0700 (PDT) >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. This is what Steven Brust wanted to achieve. Author's Note Ace trade paperback edition The Book of Jhereg, The Book of Athyra (which has latest chronological order listing of The Adventures of Vlad Taltos) and The Book of Taltos: "I made every effort to write them so they could be read in any order. I am aware that, in some measure at least, I have failed (I certainly wouldn't recommend starting with Teckla, for example)" Elizabeth Harper wrote on Fri, 1 Oct 2004 12:23:40 -0500 >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? In response Casey Rousseau wrote on Sun, 3 Oct 2004 04:45:11 -0400 >Copyright dates? Publication order or chronological order? Wait a new order available. Hmmm, new readers should read in Copyright order...read Jhereg wait a year, read Yendi wait 3 years, read Teckla...Heh! If you have only read in publication order, you should try a reread at least once in chronological order starting with The Phoenix Guards. This is a little hard to do with Dragon. To Elizabeth Harper, Yes, you only have a current beginning. I am hoping for an explanation of why Vlad's memory was messed with in Taltos (mentioned in Dragon). This could involve something that happened in Taltos or it could involve something that happened before Taltos. And maybe only Steven Brust knows where Dzur will fit exactly into the chronological order. Bye. Linda G.