F. Paul Wilson's Secret History of the World as reading project for 2018 (it'll probably take me longer than a year).
I wanted a place to capture my thoughts as I move through each story or novel.
I'll have the full list up here in this post, and update it with what's finished and what's being read at the moment.
Please no spoilers to any of the books that I haven't read yet!
My Questions Before I got started.
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- First is the order, I understand the order on the website is Chronological but is it also the recommended reading order, does it make sense or spoil things later by reading it that way. I.e. Star Wars has six episodes, but if you watch Episode 1-3 first, you are spoiled on the big twist of Empire, so chronological isn't really the best way to read it.
- There are numerous short stories tied to certain books i.e. Conspiracies (April) (includes “Home Repairs”+), should these shorts be read before or after the novel in question, is that short even in the right place chronologically?
- Any other tips on how to read the series?
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I'll
underline complete stories.
Bold the Currently Reading Story, [Read Date]
The Past (9 Novels, 6 Shorts)
“Demonsong” (prehistory) [Dec, 2017]
“The Compendium of Srem” (1498) [Dec, 2017]
Warednclyffe (1903-1906)
“Aryans and Absinthe”** (1923-1924) [Dec 2017]
Black Wind (1926-1945)
The Keep (1941) [Jan 2018]
Reborn (February-March 1968) [Mar 2018]
“Dat Tay Vao”*** (March 1968) [Mar 2018]
Jack: Secret Histories (1983) [Mar 2018]
Jack: Secret Circles (1983) [Mar 2018]
Jack: Secret Vengeance (1983) [Mar 2018]
“Faces”* (1988)
Cold City (1990) [July 2018]
Dark City (1991) [Aug 2018]
Fear City (1993) [Aug 2018]
“Fix” (2006) (w/ Konrath & Peterson)
Year Zero Minus Three (3 Novels, 3 Shorts)
Sibs (February) [Sep 2018]
The Tomb (summer)
“The Barrens”* (ends in September)
“A Day in the Life”* (October)
“The Long Way Home”+
Legacies (December)
Year Zero Minus Two (7 Novels, 3 Shorts)
“Interlude at Duane’s” (April) ** / +
Conspiracies (April)
(includes “Home Repairs”+)
All the Rage (May)
(includes “The Last Rakosh”+)
Hosts (June)
The Haunted Air (August)
Gateways (September)
Crisscross (November)
Infernal (December)
Year Zero Minus One (8 Novels, 2 Shorts)
Harbingers (January)
“Infernal Night” (with Heather Graham)
Bloodline (April)
The Fifth Harmonic (April)
Panacea (April)
By the Sword (May)
The God Gene
(May)
Ground Zero (July)
The Touch (ends in August)
The Void Protocol (Sept)
The Peabody-Ozymandias Traveling Circus & Oddity Emporium (ends in September)
“Tenants”*
The Last Christmas (December)
Year Zero (4 Novels, 2 Shorts)
“Pelts”*
Reprisal (ends in February)
Fatal Error (February)
(includes “The Wringer”+)
The Dark at the End (March)
Signalz (May)
Nightworld (May)
Count Left: (26 Novels, 13 Shorts)
Total Count: (35 Novels, 17 Shorts)
Other Stories that deal with the Secret History:
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“The Cleaning Machine”
“Feelings”
“The Years the Music Died”
“Lipidleggin’”
“The Last One Mo' Once Golden Oldies Revival”
“Menage”
“Doc Johnson”
“Feelings”
“ICU” (only a few folks have seen this)
“(the answer)”
“Muscles”
“The Years the Music Died”
Masque
Nightkill
Buckets
Traps
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