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Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: John Grimes (A Bertram Chandler) - a little help? Date: Fri, 16 May 2025 18:06:19 -0700 Organization: dis Lines: 35 Message-ID: <1008neb$1345$1@dont-email.me> References: <10083hn$3s9qp$1@dont-email.me> <m8pr3jFnqj3U1@mid.individual.net> Reply-To: blissInSanFrancisco@mouse-potato.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sat, 17 May 2025 03:06:20 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="2e47c722103a39de2090122ed385f231"; logging-data="35973"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/G0SSzJIzL0B6i6/cdn88u" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:sMEk0Ty515Vi1++7TOPGKScjR6s= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <m8pr3jFnqj3U1@mid.individual.net> On 5/16/25 15:04, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote: > 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? >> >> Thanks for any help, >> Tony > > IIRC Calver was a bit of a sad sack and Grimes was much more entertaining. > Assuming I am recalling correctly, I would say you can skip those > with no ill effects. > > The later, DAW, books let Chandler use a higher page count and were, I think, > better for it. _The Big Black Mark_ is probably the most pivotal book > in the series, explaining how the older Grimes came to be a big-shot in > a threadbare pond. i remember enjoying the Rim novels intensely quite some years ago. bliss.