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[David Whitham]

I suggested Children of Ruin. I did so purely out of selfish desire. I read Children of Time and enjoyed it immensely. It won the Clarke Award so I would suggest that the investment of time needed to read Children of Time would not be squandered. I do think the world building (universe building b/c space?) of the first book is carried forward into the second and your enjoyment will only be amplified having read it. That being said I am only 100 pages into CoR so we shall see if Adrian keeps up the quality.

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From: David G. Grubbs
Date: Sun, May 9, 2021 5:19 PM
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I asked a similar question.  The answer seems to be that books are separate enough to make sense on their own.


On Sun, May 9, 2021 at 5:09 PM Chip Hitchcock <cjhi at newcastle2.com<mailto:cjhi at newcastle2.com>> wrote:
the question on Children of Ruin reminds me to ask: was there a reason the proposer suggested a book which is not the first in a series (or worse, duology)? Can anyone who has already read both comment on how safe/sane/... it is to just read this one without reading Children of Time? These are both monster books; I'm torn between falling-into-the-middle-with-no-idea-wtf-is-going-on and committing a large chunk of time to playing catchup.

/CHip
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