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 Jan 05, 2008 @ 18:33:55 | #6 | dragonpoet
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Join Date: Jun 2007 | bloody__bug said:
No, i NEVER start reading a series in the middel, NEVER. I refuse to watch shows on TV because i havnt seen the first episodes, its so hard to understand eveything thats going on.As for themes i prefere sci-fi, i buy all of my books second hand so i just get any that look interesting.Spending fifty cents on a book is mutch more apeeling to me then spending $13+, it would get very expensive. For the price of one new book i can buy twenty six used(alot in VERY good condition)
Very true...and I don't normally either start in the middle, but at least this one, pretty much stood on its own, even though I was left with a few questions. That is a great idea on how to get various books....Most of the time, I get mine from the library....
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| Jan 05, 2008 @ 18:35:27 | #7 | dragonpoet
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Join Date: Jun 2007 | hedkandi1984_21 said: I never read a book in the middle of a series! I always start at the beginning.
I read a lot of fantasy stuff, and for most of them, you HAVE to start at the beginning, or you'll miss lots of important points and confuse yourself!
I always like to have complete series anyway  I'll buy a complete set straight away, just on the off chance I'll like it.
So very true....the person was trying to get something they thought I would like, not realizing it, and the book itself doesn't state that is volume 13 of a series, it was only when I looked it up on amazon.com that I discovered it was volume 13, so in a sense the book stood up on its own with a few unanswered questions.
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| Jan 06, 2008 @ 03:59:11 | #11 | shadowy
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Join Date: Oct 2007 | dragonpoet said:
Have you ever started reading a series of books in the middle of it, and just had to find the others to read them all? Or have you ever gone through a period of time where you find yourself interested in a specific theme in books, such as tales dealing with vampires or such? I know have, currently on a vampire kick, and was wondering what ones everyone could suggest? At Christmas I received "dark Demon" by Christine Feehan and unbeknowst to the person who got it for me, it was like book 13, so now I am curious about the others, before and after...anyone else go through this?
I read a book called "Black Genesis" which was the 2nd in a series called "Mission Earth" by L Ron Hubbard, so i went and found the other 9, it took me years as they were not longer being printed, the newest one i have is from the 90's sometime.
It's a shame that they seemed to have reprinted after bringing out Battlefield Earth again so now they are very easy to get
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