http://www.steelypips.org/weblog/2001/08/lee_sharon_and.php Comments on Lee, Sharon, and Steve Miller: (01-03) Partners in Necessity (omnibus of Conflict of Honors; Agent of Change; Carpe Diem) en Copyright 2008 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:05:12 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.36 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss David Tate wrote on April 25, 2006 at 4:23 PM: <p>Very belated comment...</p> <p>I just re-read <i>Conflict of Honors</i> recently, and I still think it's the best starting place for the Liaden books. Its plot is self-contained, and it provides a nice outside-looking-in view of Clan Korval that is a good introduction to the universe.</p> <p>If you read <i>Conflict of Honors</i> first, you won't interrupt the flow of the should-be-read-in-one-swell-foop "Agent of Change" sequence. You also won't spoil <i>CoH</i> with the stuff you learn in <i>Agent of Change</i> et al. I seriously disagree with putting <i>Agent of Change</i> as the first novel in the omnibus -- the opening of that one will turn off quite a few readers who might have stuck it through with better background, before they even get to the turtles...</p> <p>These books[1] are becoming my number one comfort reading, to the point of near-addiction.</p> <p>Dave Tate</p> <p>[1]By which I mean the three in this omnibus plus <i>I Dare</i>, <i>Local Custom</i>, and <i>Scout's Progress</i>.</p> http://www.steelypips.org/weblog/2001/08/lee_sharon_and.php#c4425 David Tate wrote on April 25, 2006 at 4:25 PM: <p>D'oh, I meant I disagree with recommending that people start with <i>Agent of Change</i> -- apparently the omnibus is in my preferred order already, if I'm reading that right.</p> http://www.steelypips.org/weblog/2001/08/lee_sharon_and.php#c4426 Kate wrote on April 25, 2006 at 8:28 PM: <p>The omnibus is in your preferred reading order. These have stayed pretty good comfort reading, despite my disappointment with further books in the series.</p> http://www.steelypips.org/weblog/2001/08/lee_sharon_and.php#c4427