Mysterious worlds or Max Frei - reading order for adequate perception

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

The question of who is the best Russian-speaking fantasy writer in our country is often answered succinctly - Max Frei. But albeit less often, however, there is still such a reaction: "Max Fry? And forget to think! I tried to read - nothing is clear." Who is right? And oddly enough, both are right.

Who is Max Fry, the order of reading of whose books we undertook to explain to the inexperienced reader? Our compatriot, or rather, a compatriot.

Those who regularly visit bookstores have probably seen many shelves filled with colorful volumes. Judging by the number of published books, this Max Fry is trying to catch up and overtake not only America, but also Daria Dontsova herself. And it is not known who will emerge victorious from this race, since their weight categories are approximately equal.

Just like Daria Dontsova is the pseudonym of Agrippina Vasilyeva (marriedly Dontsova), so Max Fry is actually not Max at all, and even more so not Fry, but the artist Svetlana Martynchik. That is, before she was just an artist, and now she is a respected author of many books. However, initially the pseudonym Max Fry did not belong exclusively to Mrs. Martynchik. She began to create in collaboration with a colleague in the brush - artist Igor Stepin.

But in the process of evolution and deanonymization, Igor somehow imperceptibly dropped out, and now Svetlana is single-handedly Max Fry. Why such a pseudonym was chosen need not be explained. Max Frei (Echo and Co.) began in the not so distant nineties of the last century. And then the people without looking rushed to buy all the books written by foreign authors. So this was such a profitable marketing move. They would hardly have read the books of a certain Svetlana Martynchik, since the niche of a female fantasy author was then firmly occupied by Andrew Norton, and it was difficult to squeeze into it (into a niche). "Wolfhound" was just beginning its procession, and it cannot be said that it was actively swept off the shelves. So introducing himself as a man, and even a foreigner, was just right.

The series was not just bought, but literally swept off the shelves, so there were all the prerequisites to continue writing as long as the wind was fair.

Today, a person who decides to start reading Martynchik's books can immediately abandon them, because he simply does not understand anything about the plot. We don’t know if this was a premeditated cunning move by the author or if it all happened by chance, but you need to read the books strictly in order. That is, the way Max Fry wrote them. The order in which the books are read guarantees understanding of the plot, so you need to buy books sequentially. As well as giving them to fans.

So that you do not get confused in the book maze of stories about adventures in the world of Sir Max (that is not the author, but hisor its title character), learn the following cheat sheet. You need to start reading Echo's Labyrinths first - they are almost all in an orange cover. And having finished buying orange volumes, you can move on to green ones - they are called "Chronicles of Echo". Yes, there are many books in one series and in another. Here is such a prolific Max Frei. The reading order is strictly regulated: without finishing the Labyrinths, do not even think about taking on the Chronicles. You won’t understand anything anyway, and you will be forced to return to the Labyrinths again.

But those who undertake to read the cycle strictly sequentially, without missing a single book, can only be envied. So great they are waiting for a lot of pleasure from reading. A bunch of adventures, sparkling humor, a funny and wise life philosophy of the hero, plus his extraordinary, by the standards of any dimension, magical abilities - all this was combined in his books by Max Fry.

The reading order of his books coincides with chronological writing. Let's say that you should start reading "The Outsider" first, then take on "Volunteers of Eternity", and the next to take off the shelf "Simple Magical Things".

We are not able to provide here a complete list of books about the adventures of Sir Max, and it is not required. You can contact the consultants in the store. Yes, there is a complete list on the books themselves. So arm yourself with a list, get some books and get ready to dive into the fascinating world of humor and adventure.