Auleliel wrote:StevieG wrote:
I'm guessing those who read the Gap before the Chronicles are in the minority. What was your reaction to the Chronicles after reading the Gap? Is the Gap your favourite, or did you prefer the Chrons?
I had a really hard time getting into the Chrons. It wasn't until my reread of LFB that I truly understood the beauty of the Land (and I didn't reread LFB until after reading FR). I still have difficulty with reading the Chrons, I'm stuck halfway through my first rereadof TIW. Mind, I'm also stuck halfway through my first reread of Forbidden Knowledge, but that's just because homework is in the way right now. If homework magically disappeared, I think I would pick up Forbidden Knowledge before The Illearth War.
My favorites of SRD's works are actually his short stories collections, followed closely by Mordant's Need, followed even more closely by the Gap. Then come the Chrons. I'm not sure what I think about his mysteries as I haven't finished them yet.
It probably isn't surprising that I don't much care for the Last Chrons so far. I'm sure they will grow on me as I read the rest of them, as first Chrons is (and second Chrons probably will, except for the whole Linden Avery thing, which only gets worse as time progresses).
Does that answer your question?
Of course - thanks for the answer! Sorus and Loremaster mentioned that they read Gap first, so I was interested in any opinions.
I find it interesting because SRD's work is quite diverse in feel. If you love a particular style of story sometimes it's hard to change. Some people had trouble going from Chronicles 1 & 2 to Mordant's Need, others from MN to Gap etc. Since the Gap is such a different style to the others, I thought it might be harder to change to the style of the Chrons.
I can only speak for myself of course, but I had trouble adjusting (back in the old days!) from Chronicles to Mordant's Need, but found that when I matured (older and wiser, let's say...) and re-read MN I absolutely loved it.
My fav is the Gap, followed by MN, some of the short stories, Covenant and the mysteries. I still really enjoyed the mysteries, especially Man Who Fought Alone, even though they are down the list. I haven't disliked anything that I've read of SRD really - oops, I think I might be going off-topic a bit (something to do with THOOOTP?
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