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tangential_quip t1_j4xv8a0 wrote

There is a very simple rule for this. If the preface was not a part of the book in its original printing, skip it if you are reading the book for the first time.

If a preface was added in a later edition, whether or not the preface is actually written by the author, it isn't intended for first time readers.

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drelos t1_j4yheuh wrote

Yeah, I learned this as a teen, any text added to the OG edition can have basically any adding spoiling it like 'I admire what my friend the author did here, not only killing the protagonist one time but two' or 'now I am older and we are republishing this book I am proud of not only killing the protagonist one time but two'

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