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The Remarkable Realm of Reading: Series
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Post by
Pwntiff
Book series aren't just a way for authors and publishers to make more money. They are also a way to create a more real universe for characters. I am defining a series in this poll as "a collection of works that are connected by a common plot." Star Wars is probably the best example. Kevin J Anderson's Jedi Academy trilogy is a three-part story within the much larger Star Wars universe.
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Post by
Queggy
However many it takes to complete the series in an excellent fashion. I don't care if that's 1 book or 25.
Post by
Adamsm
However many it takes to complete the series in an excellent fashion. I don't care if that's 1 book or 25.
Agree with that.
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Post by
Pwntiff
However many it takes to complete the series in an excellent fashion. I don't care if that's 1 book or 25.
This is more or less how I feel, but I've noticed that I like the way stories told in four or fewer parts read. Of course, my experience with 5+ is Dune, Sword of Truth, and Wheel of Time. The Dresden Files is kind of a longer series, but each book can nearly stand entirely on its own.
Post by
Adamsm
Heh hate(/sarcasm) to mention her again, but Mercedes Lackey does things like that. She has truly epic series, such as her Valdemar one which is currently 28 books and a dozen or so completions that go with it.
Her Bedlam Bard series is 6 books long. The newer Obsidian/Phoenix Reborn trilogies are 3 books each but in the same universe, just about 10 thousand years apart or so. The Jousters series was 4 books.
Her Diana Tregarde(think Dresden only short and perky female lead((was also out long before the Dresden files lol)) ) has 3 official books and one brand new short story. She also has the new 500 Kingdoms series which are fractured Fairy Tales to the extreme and currently have . And her other series, the Elemental Masters, which...well, kind of the same, only set in 'our' world heh; which has 5 books and another short story so far.
She has another series based in medieval Europe, but never really got into that one heh. Still, over all, the fact that she writes large worlds is the main reason I love her writing and her series.
Edit: And yes, I do own all of the series that was mentioned.
Post by
Worldflayer
I like series that maintain the story arc over a good amount of time, so 5+ for me.
Post by
Interest
Tough vote between the last 2. Voted for 5+ though.
Post by
tuckmuck203
I think I'd prefer an infinite amount of books in a series as long as it didn't feel like the author was just spewing out more books.
I read about 10 of the series of unfortunate events books, and then it just got tedious. However, there's a series such as....Well, pretty much anything by Scott Westerfeld that I wouldn't mind continuing for longer than they do.
Post by
Monday
I like the series a little shorter, so I voted for the middle. Five would be alright, but it said "or more" which I don't like.
Post by
Pwntiff
I like the series a little shorter, so I voted for the middle. Five would be alright, but it said "or more" which I don't like.
I picked the cutoffs because from what I've read series that end at four seem to be paced differently.
Post by
Skreeran
However many it takes to complete the series in an excellent fashion. I don't care if that's 1 book or 25.Same. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy was like 5 books, and I loved nearly everyone of them (the ending to Mostly Harmless was depressing), but I also loved the LotR trilogy (technically 6 books in 3 volumes). On the other hand, there have been many great standalone books, and series like Harry Potter with seven or more.
Really it just depends on how long it needs to be. When an author just starts churning them out for profit, though, it's time to stop.
Post by
Hyperspacerebel
LotR trilogy (technically 6 books in 3 volumes)
Technically it was one book, broken into three by the publishers, with 6 sections which happen to be called "books."
LotR + The Silmarillion was meant to be a 2 volume series.
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Monday
LotR trilogy (technically 6 books in 3 volumes)
Technically it was one book, broken into three by the publishers, with 6 sections which happen to be called "books."
This ^
They wouldn't allow him to publish it in one volume because of the cost of paper after the war.
Post by
Pwntiff
LotR trilogy (technically 6 books in 3 volumes)
Technically it was one book, broken into three by the publishers, with 6 sections which happen to be called "books."
Yeah. The Bible is technically 66 books, while my protestant one anyway.
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Skreeran
LotR trilogy (technically 6 books in 3 volumes)
Technically it was one book, broken into three by the publishers, with 6 sections which happen to be called "books."
Yeah. The Bible is technically 66 books, while my protestant one anyway.Well that's true. I was just going by the word Tolkien used.
Post by
Squishalot
However many it takes to complete the series in an excellent fashion. I don't care if that's 1 book or 25.
This is more or less how I feel, but I've noticed that I like the way stories told in four or fewer parts read. Of course, my experience with 5+ is Dune, Sword of Truth, and Wheel of Time. The Dresden Files is kind of a longer series, but each book can nearly stand entirely on its own.
You do realise that Dune is a single book, and the rest are simply 'reference' books, right?
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tuckmuck203
However many it takes to complete the series in an excellent fashion. I don't care if that's 1 book or 25.Same. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy was like 5 books, and I loved nearly everyone of them (the ending to Mostly Harmless was depressing), but I also loved the LotR trilogy (technically 6 books in 3 volumes). On the other hand, there have been many great standalone books, and series like Harry Potter with seven or more.
Really it just depends on how long it needs to be. When an author just starts churning them out for profit, though, it's time to stop.
I liked all the hitchikers guide to the galaxy books except for the last one.
It had a different tone/pace. Wasn't it written by a different auther due to the original auther dying? I heard something about that I think....
Post by
Pwntiff
Dune, Dune Messiah, Children of Dune, God Emperor of Dune, Heretic of Dune, and Chapterhouse: Dune by Frank Herbert, then Brian Herbert's and Kevin J Anderson's Hunters of Dune and Sandworms of Dune based on Frank Herbert's Dune 7 notes. All eight books tell a connected story in series.
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