Often times, we feel that we need to get them started on TCTC, but that may not be necesarily so.... Here are what I've used and the results:
"The Killing Stroke"-Introduction to three people, two of which have gone on to read the rest of Reave the Just and Other Tales the other never finished the short story
"Penance"-One person, liked the concept of vampires but is now convinced that SRD is a slow writer.
"Daughter of Regals" One person who now acknowledges the greatness of SRD, and wishes to read the rest of Daughter of Regals and Other tales.
"TCTC"-Have introduced it to numberless people, one has actually read them...
"Deal-Making"-I'm in the process right now, I have to read a ton of Stephen King books, but this person must read the Chronicles and the Short Stories.
As you can see, there are various methods to introduce Donaldson, and some are better then others. Thoughts I've had are the following:
"Animal Lover" and "Mythological Beast" Could be used to for those with short attention spans. This can be later used to try to convince them that ideas are sometimes worth reading through, possibly with the short story "By Any Other Name".
"Unworthy of the Angel" would be excellent to show Donaldson's main purpose in writing with little grittiness.
Most of "Reave the Just" is pretty heavy stuff and should not be used to introduce people unfamiliar with reading. "Daughter of Regals" contains easier flowing short stories, though they must be informed that "Gilden-Fire" is "part" of TCTC it makes for a good introduction.
And, most importantly, when they decide to read LFB, let them find out about the rape themselves.
How to introduce folks to SRD....
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How to introduce folks to SRD....
'Tis dream to think that Reason can
Govern the reasoning creature, man.
- Herman Melville
I am Lazarus, come from the dead,
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all!
"All creation is a huge, ornate, imaginary, and unintended fiction; if it could be deciphered it would yield a single shocking word."
-John Crowley
Govern the reasoning creature, man.
- Herman Melville
I am Lazarus, come from the dead,
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all!
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Some great ideas there. I generally tell people to start with TRS, because if they can handle that they can handle any of the rest. 
Most people I have recommended it to have enjoyed it and finished the series, but your list would work with a much larger audience.
Most people I have recommended it to have enjoyed it and finished the series, but your list would work with a much larger audience.
Oh, a change is coming, feel these doors now closing
Is there no world for tomorrow, if we wait for today?
most usually if someone tells me that they like sci-fi i immediately ask them if they know of donaldson and refer to the chrons and then tell them about The Gap. can't help it. i love that freakin story. heh. 
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
