On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 9:44 AM, Agnès Léguillon <[email protected]>wrote:
> > It would be nice if John (or anyone else who wants to chip in) could > enlighten me on why he prefers to read the books in that order. It seems to > me that the brain needs to do some gymnastics travelling back to decades > ago (and back to the future I guess in the next series). > My guess is, since Riftwar Legacy and Legends of the Riftwar are not > 'essential to the main series', John prefers to read series where the main > plot advances at a fast pace and then books that are less important to the > main plot. > > I hope what I wrote doesn't come across as a criticism, I'm really > grateful for what John did, it's a nice tool for first readers. > > Good [whatever time of the day it is in your side of the world]! Good > evening for people near my time zone (GMT +1) > > Agnes > > As specified, John's favorite suggestion for reading order is the "written" one, so I would say he did the alternate list to regroup books from the same series. For example the first book of Conclave (Talon of Silverhawk) was published before the last book of the Legacy serie (Jimmy the Hand) so with the alternate reading order you don't jump between two series. At least that is my guess. If you do not want to jump back in time then there is the chonological order list :) Paddyjack
