Just finished A Darkness at Sethanon for the first time

Hey people,

This is just a simple drive-by posting. Just wanted to mention that I've
finished Magician, Silverthorne and A Darkness at Sethanon for the first
time today. Began reading a couple of weeks ago and have only stopped to
study for some exams. And, okay, to eat, sleep and talk to some actual
living breathing people from time to time as well.

A friend of mine recommended the books to me during a late-night talk
about, well, books, some time ago. And I haven't regretted starting the
read. The books were well-written, fast-paced and had great characters
(although I guess I'm kind of lecturing to the choir here). Before
starting with these books, I was reading Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time
series (currently paused the reading in book and after the slooooow
way Jordan writes (although he doés create one hell of a story), I was
very pleasently surprised by these books.

I'm gonna be picking up some more of mr. Feists books pretty soon, after
I've finished reading the two other books still waiting for me on the
bookshelf ('The Sparrow' and 'Children of the Gods' by Mary Doria Russel
if anyone was wondering ). My question, though, is: can I now start
reading The Serpentwar Trilogy, or should I read other books first, to
optimally enjoy this whole world that REF has created?

Thanks in advance for your opinions

--
Later,
George

"I think I've actually turned into someone you want around after a
crazed robot attack."
Xander, 'I Was Made to Love You'

George van Hal wrote:
 > Hey people,

Hey George, good to see you here. As a matter of fact, it's good to see
me here (second post here in almost a year

 > I'm gonna be picking up some more of mr. Feists books pretty soon, after
 > I've finished reading the two other books still waiting for me on the
 > bookshelf ('The Sparrow' and 'Children of the Gods' by Mary Doria Russel
 > if anyone was wondering ). My question, though, is: can I now start
 > reading The Serpentwar Trilogy, or should I read other books first, to
 > optimally enjoy this whole world that REF has created?

Well, I suppose the safest order is the publishing order, but as far as
I can tell there are plenty of alternate orders which do not spoil
anything. The people are crydee.com have three excellent reading order
lists, the most interesting in my opinion being this one:
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://blank.org/link/?q=1093211520" target="_blank">http://blank.org/link/?q=1093211520</a>

The prerequisite for reading the Serpentwar Trilogy is to have read
Krondor's Sons, which means:
Magician
Silverthorn
A Darkness at Sethanon
Prince of the Blood
The Kings Buccaneer

Hope that helps,

Sjoerd<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->