From: owner-glencook-fans-digest@lists.xmission.com (glencook-fans-digest) To: glencook-fans-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: glencook-fans-digest V1 #128 Reply-To: glencook-fans-digest Sender: owner-glencook-fans-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-glencook-fans-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk glencook-fans-digest Monday, August 27 2001 Volume 01 : Number 128 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 13:50:26 -0400 From: "Trinixx of Westmarch" Subject: (glencook-fans) Silver Spike or Shadow Games? Hello out there! New guy here. I've just finished reading _The White Rose_ after a friend recommend The Black Company series to me, and I'm unsure what I should read next. I've got a copy of _The Silver Spike_, but _Shadow Games_ seems to pick up where the third chronicle left off. What gives? (Why isn't Silver Spike the fourth chronicle?) Probably a common question, but I didn't want to look through the list archive too extensively because the first thing I happened to glance at was a terrible spoiler... *groan* Take it easy all, - -- Trinixx of Westmarch, Barrister Extraordinaire of D&D Federal Regulations "The Master said, 'Do I possess knowledge? No, I do not. A rustic put a question to me and my mind was a complete blank. I kept hammering at the two sides of the question until I got everything out of it.'" -Confucius, _Analects_ IX.8. The Hellfire Campaign Rules Interpretation Archive http://travel.to/TheHellfireCampaign Celebrating five years+ private legal practice!Celebrating five years+ private legal practice! _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ======================================================================= To unsubscribe, subscribe, or access the archives of this list, visit . ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 10:59:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Craig Dutton Subject: Re: (glencook-fans) Silver Spike or Shadow Games? - --- Trinixx of Westmarch wrote: > Hello out there! New guy here. > > I've just finished reading _The White Rose_ after a friend recommend > The Black Company series to me, and I'm unsure what I should read next. > > I've got a copy of _The Silver Spike_, but _Shadow Games_ seems to > pick up where the third chronicle left off. What gives? (Why isn't > Silver Spike the fourth chronicle?) The company splits. Silver Spike follows Darling, Silent, & the rest who stayed in the North. Shadow Games follows Croaker, One Eye, Goblin, and the others who go south. The events occur in the same time frame, but really don't interact. > > Probably a common question, but I didn't want to look through the list > archive too extensively because the first thing I happened to glance at > was a terrible spoiler... *groan* > > > Take it easy all, > -- > Trinixx of Westmarch, > Barrister Extraordinaire of D&D Federal Regulations > > "The Master said, 'Do I possess knowledge? No, I do not. A rustic put > a question to me and my mind was a complete blank. I kept hammering at > the two sides of the question until I got everything out of it.'" > -Confucius, _Analects_ IX.8. > > The Hellfire Campaign Rules Interpretation Archive > http://travel.to/TheHellfireCampaign > Celebrating five years+ private legal practice!Celebrating five years+ > private legal practice! > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > ======================================================================= > To unsubscribe, subscribe, or access the archives of this list, > visit . __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ ======================================================================= To unsubscribe, subscribe, or access the archives of this list, visit . ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 16:32:20 EDT From: CookReader@aol.com Subject: Re: (glencook-fans) Silver Spike or Shadow Games? In a message dated 8/24/01 1:01:23 PM, craigld@yahoo.com writes: >The events occur in the same time frame, but really don't interact. They *almost* interact. You get to see a few of the same scenes from different perspectives and both groups hit some of the same tourist attractions. The short answer is it doesn't matter which book gets read first. I'd make a case for saving the Silver Spike for second, since it does have some impact on the other. If I remember correctly I read them in publication order, but I've sense gone back several time and read them both way, and even once read the at the same time (chapter of one, chapter of the other, repeat). christopher.... - -- myroadkill.com pogrompublishing.com ======================================================================= To unsubscribe, subscribe, or access the archives of this list, visit . ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 18:26:06 -0600 From: Eric Herrmann Subject: Re: (glencook-fans) Silver Spike or Shadow Games? > I've just finished reading _The White Rose_ after a friend recommend > The Black Company series to me, and I'm unsure what I should read next. In the order of publishing: "Shadow Games", "Silver Spike", "Dreams of Steel". You wouldn't read "An Ill Fate Marshalling" before "Reap the East Wind", would you? > I've got a copy of _The Silver Spike_, but _Shadow Games_ seems to > pick up where the third chronicle left off. What gives? (Why isn't > Silver Spike the fourth chronicle?) Croaker didn't write it. It's not part of the annals. > Probably a common question, but I didn't want to look through the list > archive too extensively because the first thing I happened to glance at > was a terrible spoiler... *groan* Peter (I actually looked this time), would you please add this to the FAQ? - -- Eric Herrmann ======================================================================= To unsubscribe, subscribe, or access the archives of this list, visit . ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 10:03:35 -0500 From: "Vonder Haar, Peter C." Subject: RE: (glencook-fans) Silver Spike or Shadow Games? > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Herrmann [mailto:shpshftr@xmission.com] > > Peter (I actually looked this time), would you please add > this to the FAQ? I'm on it. 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