I completely agree! I'm only 17, picked up SYW exactly a week and a day after Wizard's Holiday came out, so I'm almost as far removed from the time and place of the earlier books as you can get. While occasionally the dated tech and lifestyle references becomes an issue (I've had to ask my mum about some odd cultural relic several times) I find the differences so interesting! Especially, like you said, in High Wizardry. Then again, I just find all previous cultural definitions of "modern" interesting.
The biggest thing for me is the timeline, which has caused quite a few headaches. I look forward to one day doing a marathon read-through of the series without having to mentally adjust the flow of time in my head almost every book. And, as everyone else has said, I'll still always have the 'classic' editions to go back to. They were such a huge part of my childhood, especially the first three, that they'll always hold a special place in my heart, no matter how old they get.
Ultimately, I see the upcoming New Millennium editions as a kind of companion to the series, instead of a replacement. A great way to get new readers hooked, and an exciting prospect considering it will have at least some new material, but forever separate from the books that I grew up with.
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Date: 2011-07-02 07:31 pm (UTC)The biggest thing for me is the timeline, which has caused quite a few headaches. I look forward to one day doing a marathon read-through of the series without having to mentally adjust the flow of time in my head almost every book. And, as everyone else has said, I'll still always have the 'classic' editions to go back to. They were such a huge part of my childhood, especially the first three, that they'll always hold a special place in my heart, no matter how old they get.
Ultimately, I see the upcoming New Millennium editions as a kind of companion to the series, instead of a replacement. A great way to get new readers hooked, and an exciting prospect considering it will have at least some new material, but forever separate from the books that I grew up with.