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From: Tony Nance <tnusenet17@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: John Grimes (A Bertram Chandler) - a little help?
Date: Sat, 17 May 2025 14:59:27 -0400
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On 5/16/25 9:06 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
> 
> 
> 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.
> 

I am hoping it turns out that way for me, starting soon-ish.
- Tony