Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihu1e.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!ucdavis!ucbvax!decvax!bellcore!petrus!magic!nvc!sabre!zeta!epsilon!gamma!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!ihu1e!fletch From: fletch@ihu1e.UUCP (Fletcher) Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: re: Remo Williams Message-ID: <550@ihu1e.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Nov-85 18:14:42 EST Article-I.D.: ihu1e.550 Posted: Wed Nov 6 18:14:42 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Nov-85 06:09:38 EST References: <1074@decwrl.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 30 > > > From: uwmcsd1!jerry > > > I also liked the movie, but haven't read any of the Destroyer novels. Is > > there one to start with, etc.? Any suggestions? > ....... > > It's not all that crucial to read them in sequential order, at least > after the first 20, but the first 20 books sort of work themselves up to a > climax that works best if you read them in order. Even *then*, it won't be > bad to read them out of order, with some exceptions: > There is a recurring character in four of the first twenty books, > named Nuihc (read it backwards if you want a clue). These four books are sort > of a series within the series and these *should* be read in order. They are > #7 (UNION BUST), #10 (TERROR SQUAD), #16 (OIL SLICK), and #20 (ASSASSINS > PLAYOFF). > > --- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Acton-Nagog, MA) *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** Also, there are two Destroyer novels which deal with a protege'[sic] of Nuihc called the Dutchman in #46 (Next of Kin) and #55 (Master's Trial). Both of these novels should be read after the ones mentioned above. "Master's Trial" is without a doubt the *best* Destroyer novel written to date. For Destroyer fans, it is a must!(but read #46 first) --- fletch (Jonathan Fletcher, AT&T Information Systems, Naperville, IL) P.S. Hope I haven't botched this; this is my first posting on the network.