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Originally Posted by DNSB
Should we move on to the reading order vs. publication order series indexes?
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Although
The Hunt for Red October was the Tom Clancy Jack Ryan-verse book that was published,
Patriot Games was actually written first and published second.
Clancy had the idea for Red October, but couldn't get the handle on certain parts of the Jack Ryan character. When he was in London doing research, he came up with the backstory that turned into
Patriot Games, and wrote most of it (at least a draft) before really digging in to Red October, which was shown by the British naval officers being very deferential to Jack Ryan, as he had saved their future king (in the not-yet-published book).
So, the reading order for this case is definitely not publication order, but rather chronological.
For a non-book example where "publication" seems to work better,
Captain Marvel as the flashback movie it was instead of putting it right before the final scene of
Captain America.