mmyett Wrote:Can the Repairman Jack novels be read as stand alone stories? Or must they be read in order?I've been accidently reading these books without being aware of the tie-in's for years.To me for a long time they were books I enjoyed enough to keep to reread.There used to be these things called used bookstores and I'd just pick up any I hadn't already read.So I did not read any of them in order-I recently tried to make an effort to do so like I do with other series but I get impatient and if I have one that's supposed to be read after another I just read it.I am up to the last and I'm not sure I'm going to read it(course I will)My point is I did notice the "threads" while rereading several at the same time and part of the fun is-"wait-I know that character's name!"and "oh that one with that boy and that other one with the house where are they?" There are so many little connections and it is just plain fun.Don't get intimidated-even with the last book you will if you wish to read the ones previous-even the recent releases-you will be intrigued and finish them
mmyett Wrote:Thanks for the input. I just discovered FPW at a late date, and there is so much material it is overwelming.It is sort of overwelming, but it is very much worth it. I just started reading the RJ & Adversary series a few months ago and I'm going to start on Ground Zero sometime tomorrow. In fact, I've just placed my order for the last two that I didn't have (not counting the revised Nightworld which isn't out yet).
madh0us3 Wrote:It is sort of overwelming, but it is very much worth it. I just started reading the RJ & Adversary series a few months ago and I'm going to start on Ground Zero sometime tomorrow. In fact, I've just placed my order for the last two that I didn't have (not counting the revised Nightworld which isn't out yet).
I've stayed close to the core of the thing, just sticking to purely Repairman Jack and Adversary books. I read Sibs because it was on the Secret History list, but while it was a great book and took place in the RJ/Adversary world, I was left wanting to continue the center of the whole epic story line for now. I'll go back and pick up the side books when I'm done with the two main series.
What I'm really starting to dread is that these books are going to spoil me. It's going to be difficult resuming my giant stack of random horror novels when I'm done with these. I have almost completely neglected my Unread Stack since I started in on Jack and Rasalom.