I have to agree with SF_fan_mae that Voyages of the Imagination is great. I primarily read them on my PDA, which now is a poor man's e-Book reader and much cheaper and in color as well, so when I bought Voyages of the Imagination I sat down that night and went through them all and figured out correct orders and what I needed to get.
The one drawback to reading them on my PDA is that the screen is so narrow that picking the book in the files make it hard to keep some in order. In MS Reader the book titles are not uniformly formatted to keep them in order from the publisher. As a result I skipped around a bit early on deciding what to read next. First it was whatever was next in the Reader list, then by size of the file, and finally just reading everything in one area (e.g. all DS9, Voyager, ENT, etc.). Of course with crossover books and series that include different areas I have to make exceptions.
I have to agree with Ross V that in the last 10+ years the books have worked much better together. If you have been reading a cross-section of them for a while you can really tell a modern written book compared to the ones written 20+ years ago. Quality of writing and plots aside, it is easier for me to read a book that I know is not just standing on its own but fits into the world and knowledge base of the world you have read and learned. I am not just reading a book I am reading about an entire universe of books. If I read one thing in one book and then the opposite thing in another book, sometimes on the same ship/space station/planet/area it takes away from both books for me. I only really started reading books just for me in the last few years because I could never really get over the fact that reading one book really did not relate to any other book I might read later. In ST I can related what happened in one book to the next book.
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