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<blockquote data-quote="Deset Gled" data-source="post: 6401404" data-attributes="member: 7808"><p>I think this tells more about the structure of the book than how much I like it.</p><p></p><p>Harry Potter, to take your example, has a relatively formulaic timeline. The book starts at the end of summer and ends in spring, and the characters are all one year older each book. So even though I'm not a huge fan of the series and have only read each book once, I can tell you what book and how far along an event occurs simply by knowing minor factors such as time of year and maturity level of the plot point.</p><p></p><p>On the other end of the spectrum, Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy is fairly random. I love the series, but if you as me about a specific joke or event I can't always remember exactly when it happened, because it could often have happened at any point. And it gets even more confusing when you consider that some events happen at different times in the radio series, BBC mini-series, movie, or comic book than they do in the books.</p><p></p><p>Different books will be structured differently and make different types of questions easier. The amount that a book series is episodic vs serialized in nature will have a large factor. The extended universe around the books will also play a role.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deset Gled, post: 6401404, member: 7808"] I think this tells more about the structure of the book than how much I like it. Harry Potter, to take your example, has a relatively formulaic timeline. The book starts at the end of summer and ends in spring, and the characters are all one year older each book. So even though I'm not a huge fan of the series and have only read each book once, I can tell you what book and how far along an event occurs simply by knowing minor factors such as time of year and maturity level of the plot point. On the other end of the spectrum, Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy is fairly random. I love the series, but if you as me about a specific joke or event I can't always remember exactly when it happened, because it could often have happened at any point. And it gets even more confusing when you consider that some events happen at different times in the radio series, BBC mini-series, movie, or comic book than they do in the books. Different books will be structured differently and make different types of questions easier. The amount that a book series is episodic vs serialized in nature will have a large factor. The extended universe around the books will also play a role. [/QUOTE]
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