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Originally Posted by j. d. worthington  When you get to the last few books (the last few he wrote, that is), yes, I'd say it makes a difference. It doesn't keep you from enjoying those books, but you miss a lot of the background, so your reaction is likely to be very different, and the story will be missing several layers....
If you've read the early Foundation books, that doesn't particularly matter, as those were written early in his career. But when he began tying things together late in his career, then those connections became much more important. So I don't think I'd advise reading such things as Prelude or Forward, etc., until you've read the earlier stories in the sequence.... |
By last few books you mean the latter Robot books ?
I can read I,Robot collection and the first couple books of R.Daneel Olivaw series until maybe
Robots and Empire where the connections might appear ?
Actually i havent read
Prelude and
Forward, they didnt seem important and maybe because i was dissapointed with the second Foundation triology who almost ruined the good name of the early books for me.