Ask the Author: J.S. Morin
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J.S. Morin
OK. Let's see. Mysteries in my life would include such glorious conundrums as "where did the cat run off to?" and "where did I just save that file?"
I might be able to scrape something together in the vein of humor or satire, but not the plot of anything that might resemble a decent mystery. The reason I write fiction is because I'm too dull to write memoirs ;)
I might be able to scrape something together in the vein of humor or satire, but not the plot of anything that might resemble a decent mystery. The reason I write fiction is because I'm too dull to write memoirs ;)
J.S. Morin
I think if you're interested in the series, you can't go wrong either way. Tech, Lies, and Wizardry doesn't contain any spoilers or inside jokes that you wouldn't get from not having read the main series. While the rest of the missions tend to flow from one to the next, it stands alone. It takes place months before Salvage Trouble, and does not show the events immediately preceding the main series.
So if you read the short story first, it can whet your appetite for what's coming in the rest of the series. If you read it later, you can look at it as a flashback to earlier days. It was written as the former, but works fine as the latter.
So if you read the short story first, it can whet your appetite for what's coming in the rest of the series. If you read it later, you can look at it as a flashback to earlier days. It was written as the former, but works fine as the latter.
J.S. Morin
Though it follows chronologically, and contains many holdover characters (especially in later books), the series was written to be able to stand alone. Before publishing, I had a number of readers who hadn't read the Twinborn Trilogy test out Mad Tinker's Daughter, and I tinkered with it (pun intended) to make it new-reader friendly.
That said, I'd only recommend it as a starting point if you're not interested in the Twinborn Trilogy. There is, of course, a certain amount of spoiling to be had simply by knowing who is (and is not) alive after the first trilogy.
That said, I'd only recommend it as a starting point if you're not interested in the Twinborn Trilogy. There is, of course, a certain amount of spoiling to be had simply by knowing who is (and is not) alive after the first trilogy.
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