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From: ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>)
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Subject: Re: John Grimes (A Bertram Chandler) - a little help?
Date: 16 May 2025 22:04:35 GMT
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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?
>
>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.
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