McBinary to Books@kbin.social • 1 year agoWhat are you reading this week? [7/16/23]message-square58fedilinkarrow-up112file-text
arrow-up112message-squareWhat are you reading this week? [7/16/23]McBinary to Books@kbin.social • 1 year agomessage-square58fedilinkfile-text
What book is currently on your nightstand? Who is the author? What genre? How do you like it? Would you recommend it to others?
minus-squareMcBinaryOPlinkfedilink2•1 year agoAccording to StoryGraph that one is #7 in the “Culture” series. How tightly are the books integrated, do you need to read them in order? Would you recommend starting at #1?
minus-squarePons_Aeliuslinkfedilink2•1 year agoEach story is standalone, and you could read any first but LTW does broadly reference events from early books. A good starting point is Player of Games, which was my first. Solely because that it was the first one a friend gave me to read. I read Consider Phlebas next and was hooked. Either is a good starting point. From there published order works.
According to StoryGraph that one is #7 in the “Culture” series. How tightly are the books integrated, do you need to read them in order? Would you recommend starting at #1?
Each story is standalone, and you could read any first but LTW does broadly reference events from early books.
A good starting point is Player of Games, which was my first. Solely because that it was the first one a friend gave me to read.
I read Consider Phlebas next and was hooked. Either is a good starting point. From there published order works.