Tim Hatch Wrote:Yes, your honor.
You know why donkeys can't go to college? Because nobody likes a Smartass.
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"I don't always carry a pistol, but when I do, I prefer an East German Makarov"
Biggles Wrote:You know why donkeys can't go to college? Because nobody likes a Smartass.
And people who love sausage and respect the law should never watch either being made.
P.S. I'd take a smartass over a lawyer any day.
This post was last modified: 05-09-2004, 02:36 AM by Tim Hatch.
Tim Hatch Wrote:And people who love sausage and respect the law should never watch either being made.
P.S. I'd take a smartass over a lawyer any day.
Touche. And I love sausage (especially bratwurst steamed in beer served with sauerkraut and brown horseradish mustard) more than I respect the law.
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"I don't always carry a pistol, but when I do, I prefer an East German Makarov"
Biggles Wrote:While all of us respect FPW's medical credentials, most of us don't refer to him as "Dr.". Aside from our "Co-Queens", we don't typically use titles around here.
My apologies for using the title "Dr." When I wrote the original note, I was new to the forum and just didn't know any better.
To put in my two-hundredths of a dollar on another post: I think I'd rather be a smartass than a dumbass.
I finally managed to find all six books of the Adversary cycle, so once I get some other books out of the way (including "Midnight Mass," "Hosts," and "The Haunted Air"), I'm going to try reading all six right in a row, and read them in chronological order, instead of publishing order. I may be hiding under the bed by the time I finish.
Eric S. Bauman
"Reality is a nice place to visit, but you wouldn't want to live there." -- John Barth
"All things serve the Beam." -- Stephen King
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InfinityLtd Wrote:My apologies for using the title "Dr."
None necessary.
Quote:I finally managed to find all six books of the Adversary cycle...I'm going to try reading all six right in a row, and read them in chronological order, instead of publishing order.
That would mean reading REBORN directly after THE KEEP.
FPW
FAQ
"It means 'Ask the next question.' Ask the next question, and the one that follows that, and the one that follows that. It's the symbol of everything humanity has ever created." Theodore Sturgeon.
That would mean reading REBORN directly after THE KEEP.[/QUOTE]
Is that really the sequence that you recommend? I always thought it went
The Keep
The Tomb
The Touch
Reborn
Reprisal
Night World
I always thought that Reborn made a good precursor to the events in Reprisal, whereas the Tomb and the Touch are less directly related to the story arc.
But I guess you'd know best!
Is that really the sequence that you recommend? I always thought it went
The Keep
The Tomb
The Touch
Reborn
Reprisal
Night World
I always thought that Reborn made a good precursor to the events in Reprisal, whereas the Tomb and the Touch are less directly related to the story arc.
But I guess you'd know best!
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. ... The piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.
~ Howard Phillips Lovecraft
jimbow8 Wrote:Is that really the sequence that you recommend? I always thought it went
The Keep
The Tomb
The Touch
Reborn
Reprisal
Night World
I always thought that Reborn made a good precursor to the events in Reprisal, whereas the Tomb and the Touch are less directly related to the story arc.
But I guess you'd know best!
Reborn takes place in 1968, The Tomb, The Touch, Reprisal, and Nightworld take place after that. The difference is publishing order versus chronological order.
Ken V.
jimbow8 Wrote:I always thought that Reborn made a good precursor to the events in Reprisal, whereas the Tomb and the Touch are less directly related to the story arc.
You said you were going to read them "chronologically." That's the chronological order (as opposed to the published order).
FPW
FAQ
"It means 'Ask the next question.' Ask the next question, and the one that follows that, and the one that follows that. It's the symbol of everything humanity has ever created." Theodore Sturgeon.
fpw Wrote:You said you were going to read them "chronologically." That's the chronological order (as opposed to the published order).No, that wasn't me. I was just commenting that I think Reborn transitions into Reprisal very well.
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. ... The piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.
~ Howard Phillips Lovecraft
jimbow8 Wrote:No, that wasn't me. I was just commenting that I think Reborn transitions into Reprisal very well.
It does! It's just that Reprisal, The Touch, and the RJ novels take place at about the same time. So my preferred chronological order of reading would be:
THE KEEP
REBORN
THE TOUCH, REPRISAL -- or reverse
THE TOMB
LEGACIES
CONSPIRACIES
ALL THE RAGE
HOSTS
HAUNTED AIR
GATEWAYS
CRISSCROSS
ETC.
and lastly:
NIGHTWORLD
YMMV
Ken V.