corematrix Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 I read Calamity first how badly have I ruined books 1 & 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidus Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Pretty badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Who Sharded? Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Why do people do this? I know I shouldn't care about what other people do, but people reading series out of order is one of my biggest pet peeves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidus Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Why do people do this? I know I shouldn't care about what other people do, but people reading series out of order is one of my biggest pet peeves. One of the first books I remember reading was the fourth in a series, though at the time I didn't know it. I have never done so again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Eh, I don't know. My personal feeling is that you've committed an unforgivable crime, but I don't remember either one of the other books' climactic scenes being revealed exactly in Calamity. You'll know how and what Megan is immediately, so you lose that reveal. Same with Prof. You'll know that Steelheard is dead, but not how. Many of the events in Babylar are not referenced in Calamity either. As far as spoiling previous books go, Calamity is not the worst out there. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yata Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Why do people do this? I know I shouldn't care about what other people do, but people reading series out of order is one of my biggest pet peeves. This are thing someone may do for mistake.... you find a book in a book store, you buy it and after reading you discover that there are books before it. There are things worst... My girlfriend for example read the last page of a book before start to reading it... she does this for every book... She said that motivate her to the reading.... I always found it an horrible habit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king of nowhere Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 (edited) This are thing someone may do for mistake.... you find a book in a book store, you buy it and after reading you discover that there are books before it. There are things worst... My girlfriend for example read the last page of a book before start to reading it... she does this for every book... She said that motivate her to the reading.... I always found it an horrible habit. get her to read alcatraz, that's thought out specifically to deal with that kind of people as for the original question, i'm with argent there; not too badly as it could have been, you'll know who prof and megan are but nothing else of the plot. Edited March 17, 2016 by king of nowhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yata Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 get her to read alcatraz, that's thought out specifically to deal with that kind of people as for the original question, i'm with argent there; not too badly as it could have been, you'll know who prof and megan are but nothing else of the plot. Unluckily Alcatraz don't exist in my language, and indeed I don't read it still Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citadel16 Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 and so millions scream out in agony and then are silent. I hope your happy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowiespoon Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Okay, as long as you learn your lesson here and don't read Mistborn or stormlight out of order, I'll call off the iron inquisition for now. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Who Sharded? Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 This are thing someone may do for mistake.... you find a book in a book store, you buy it and after reading you discover that there are books before it. Call me Steris, but I can't fathom not doing the proper research on a book before starting it. Even if I got a book I've never heard of as a gift, I would not start reading it until I confirmed that it is not a sequel. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowiespoon Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Call me Steris, but I can't fathom not doing the proper research on a book before starting it. Even if I got a book I've never heard of as a gift, I would not start reading it until I confirmed that it is not a sequel. Ok, you're Steris. but yeah, a quick google search lets you know what you're buying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king of nowhere Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Call me Steris, but I can't fathom not doing the proper research on a book before starting it. Even if I got a book I've never heard of as a gift, I would not start reading it until I confirmed that it is not a sequel. if you were steris, you'd buy everything the author of a book has written, down to the shoopping lists and his notebook from first grade, then you'd research every person he interacted with and buy everything written by them, then you researched into waht books has that guy read and buy all of them too. Then you'd start reading the book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Bard Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Well, it should be fairly obvious whether or not you were reading a sequel. I mean, I remember picking up Infernal Devices (Book 3 of the Mortal Engines). Within about 2 pages, I realized it was a sequel and stopped reading. I got a couple spoilers from Book 2 from that, but not nearly as many as I otherwise would have. Did you know it was a sequel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natc Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 I find a book in a bookstore with a convincing blurb, first thing I do is pull up Google on my phone. Same with video games, though those I've usually been tracking for months beforehand. When I see something I didn't know about though I look it up. It really only takes maybe 15 seconds tops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon314 Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 Alcatraz will throw things at you!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corematrix Posted March 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 Was a total mistake, i'm normally really careful but messed up here. Ah well will be fun to see how it all happened . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_am_NOT_fire Posted March 22, 2016 Report Share Posted March 22, 2016 Don't even bother reading the first two, but you can go back and read Mitosis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZenBossanova Posted April 2, 2016 Report Share Posted April 2, 2016 (edited) When I started the Dresden Files books, I started with book 6 (The building was on fire and it wasn't my fault....) because that is what the thrift store had. There were some reveals, but it wasn't the end of the world for the series, which I promptly devoured. You lost a few big reveals, but I think you will still really enjoy the build up to them. Sure you know how some things are going to end, but let's be honest. 99% of the time, the hero does not die in the story, so you really already knew that. Edited April 3, 2016 by ZenBossanova Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straw Posted April 3, 2016 Report Share Posted April 3, 2016 One time I read a series backwards by accident. It was lacking in the plot department so I didn't notice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haelbarde Posted April 3, 2016 Report Share Posted April 3, 2016 Journey before Destination - while the reaching the destination is fun, only part of fun is reaching the end. Most of the fun is reading the specifics of all the things on the way. So you'll miss out on being surprised by some of the big reveals, but doesn't mean you won't enjoy the books. If you're like me anyhow. That sorta thing might ruin things for some people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theuntaintedchild Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 get her to read alcatraz, that's thought out specifically to deal with that kind of people as for the original question, i'm with argent there; not too badly as it could have been, you'll know who prof and megan are but nothing else of the plot. Now when I finally get around to Alcatraz, I have to read the last page first. LOL. (something I've never done before.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theuntaintedchild Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 (edited) My favorite teacher in high school used to tell us that "Great literature is meant not to be read, but to be re-read." When you re-read a book you can spot the foreshadowing, things that don't seem important suddenly are. It's a whole different reading experience. Read it once for the story, read it twice for the art. Edited April 4, 2016 by theuntaintedchild 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhoof Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 (edited) woops, wrong thread Edited April 19, 2016 by Blackhoof Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citadel16 Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 I read Calamity first how badly have I ruined books 1 & 2 RAFO 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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