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From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll)
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Subject: Re: John Grimes (A Bertram Chandler) - a little help?
Date: Fri, 16 May 2025 20:02:25 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <10083hn$3s9qp$1@dont-email.me>,
Tony Nance  <tnusenet17@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>I was looking at my shelves for something to read next, and I realized I 
>have roughly a dozen novels set in the Rim universe. A few feature Derek 
>Calver, set before John Grimes emerges as the main protagonist; and 
>almost all of my Grimes novels are set early in his career.
>
>Both isfdb and wikipedia give a pretty good in-universe chronological 
>order, and of course it's pretty easy to figure out publication order as 
>well.
>
>Any advice on how to go about reading this series? Is it important to 
>read the Calver stories first? Anything I should be aware of that can't 
>be deduced from isfdb?
>
As I recall, they were written out of order in an era when books were
expected to stand on their own. For the most part, each volume tells 
you what you needed to know to enjoy that book. Actually, I don't 
remember any that do not. 

That said, some do reference previous events. I would not read
the Far Traveller or Star Courier before The Big Black Mark. 
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