>I would say that after you read the Core, read
>TWILIGHT, and then start into the Future Imperfect era, and go back
>and fill in occasionally as needed. There are some real gems in the
>earlier stories, but if you don't get the older references, you can
>probably skip them. YMMV, though.

Thank you for your input as well! I will consider this way of going about it. I think I might end up worrying too much about if I'm missing out on callbacks to earlier stories, but we'll see. Having more references to things I'm more familiar with is a plus to starting with the later stuff. I'll look into it.