# How are the sequels to "Bridge of Birds"?

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**Created:** [January 3, 2009, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-the-sequels-to-bridge-of-birds/479757 "2009-01-03T23:55:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-the-sequels-to-bridge-of-birds/479757/1 "2009-01-03T23:55:18Z")

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Subterranean Press has put out a volume that collects the Master Li/Number Ten Ox books (I think it’s out of print already, but my bookstore still had a couple of copies). I’ve only read “Bridge of Birds”, and thought it was good-but-not-great. How are the remaining novels in the series?

I did buy a copy of the book, so I guess what I’m really asking is how far up in my reading queue I should put it.

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**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-the-sequels-to-bridge-of-birds/479757/2 "2009-01-04T00:05:18Z")

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Off the top of my head - I think there were 3 books. I enjoyed the first two quite a bit, thought the third one sort of fell apart. Unable to check out more details for you right now. Try Amazon. The author’s Barry Hughart, right?

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**Author:** ![XaMcQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/f9ae1b/32.png) [@XaMcQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XaMcQ)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-the-sequels-to-bridge-of-birds/479757/3 "2009-01-04T00:08:56Z")

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I thought they were wonderful, but I thought the first one was great, so you may not agree. I really do urge you to read ‘The Story of the Stone’, though. I thought it was the best of the three, and how I wish I could kick the asses of whatever bureaucrats who discouraged Hughart from continuing his writing career.

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**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-the-sequels-to-bridge-of-birds/479757/4 "2009-01-04T00:19:19Z")

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> [@well\_he\_s\_back](#):
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> The author’s Barry Hughart, right?

Yep. It’s sounding like I should just stick the volume at the end of the queue and get around to it someday.

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-the-sequels-to-bridge-of-birds/479757/5 "2009-01-04T01:58:12Z")

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First class series, although #3 is the weakest.  
But, no matter.  
still head & shoulders above most of what’s out there.