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Heh. jh Send a noteboard - 18/02/2013 12:30:48 PM
1. Must be composed of at least 4 books, and a trilogy plus an anthology or lone prequel should be avoided.

2. Is not the novelization of some movie, TV series, or video game like Star Trek or Star Wars or Star Craft, or for that matter a RPG like Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance, Warhammer 40k, etc.

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Adams, Douglas - Hitchhiker's Guide


Doesn't this violate rule number 2?


Also, for series with four books.. there is sergei lukyanenko's night watch/day watch/twilight watch/last watch books... and steph swainston's novels about the fourlands. Couldn't find them in your list, anyway.

I must admit I'm having difficulties thinking of such long series... I suppose you could make an argument for the baroque cycle and cryptonomicon by stephenson, but that would probably be stretching the rules a bit far...

Now I am stretching my memory a bit, but how about david farland? I am pretty sure there was a series... sum of all men, and all that?

and when we're doing davids... dave duncan... a man of his word? wasn't that four books? and the kings blades, a trilogy of trilogies?

Also, didn't OSCard write something about some 7th son or something like that?

C.J. Cherryh's fortress series...

I can't even remember if these last ones are any good, but they're long. ish.
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Best SF/F series Isaac - 16/02/2013 07:13:08 PM 1988 Views
Re: Best lesser known SF/F series HyogaRott - 16/02/2013 07:45:41 PM 1433 Views
Re: Best lesser known SF/F series Isaac - 16/02/2013 08:10:30 PM 1413 Views
So you're looking for series that are not yet on your list, yes? I'm a little confused. Legolas - 16/02/2013 09:05:53 PM 1572 Views
I am but figured a list would save time and multi-task Isaac - 16/02/2013 09:58:18 PM 1468 Views
Fair point, could be useful to point to whenever people ask the same question of what to read next. Legolas - 16/02/2013 11:05:06 PM 1509 Views
Yes, there is that, I have always felt the site could use a recommendation list Isaac - 17/02/2013 02:45:43 AM 1432 Views
Robin Hobb's work should be in here. *NM* temeraire - 17/02/2013 12:45:17 AM 768 Views
Doctrine of Labryinths by Sarah Monette. Chas - 17/02/2013 03:07:55 AM 1742 Views
Re: Doctrine of Labryinths by Sarah Monette. Isaac - 17/02/2013 04:45:54 PM 1437 Views
Lloyd Alexander, Chronicles of Prydain - 5 major books and one anthology. Tom - 17/02/2013 06:25:29 AM 1343 Views
Re: Lloyd Alexander, Chronicles of Prydain - 5 major books and one anthology. Isaac - 17/02/2013 04:55:33 PM 1613 Views
Re: Best SF/F series Dar Valon - 17/02/2013 07:12:29 AM 1270 Views
Barsoom is my overrall favorite book series, not just on SF, but in general. Bergioyn - 17/02/2013 10:47:52 AM 1347 Views
Bakker's SECOND APOCALYPSE novels. Two trilogies, same world, same characters. *NM* Ghavrel - 17/02/2013 10:48:31 AM 628 Views
For myself, there seems to be a lot of shit on that list Larry - 17/02/2013 08:02:37 PM 1528 Views
Oh come on. I know you like Bakker's work. *NM* Ghavrel - 18/02/2013 09:36:39 AM 632 Views
And Erikson's. Larry - 18/02/2013 02:32:12 PM 1349 Views
Heh. jh - 18/02/2013 12:30:48 PM 1364 Views
Was that a snarky way of saying you don't like Adams or something? Tom - 18/02/2013 06:30:49 PM 1449 Views
I think it was a not so snarky way of saying Hitchhiker's Guide started as a radio show. *NM* Legolas - 18/02/2013 06:41:44 PM 607 Views
Not a TV series, movie series or video game...and not really even based on a radio show. Tom - 19/02/2013 06:56:15 PM 1203 Views
Well, it was a trilogy in 5 (6?) parts Larry - 18/02/2013 07:03:10 PM 1416 Views
I actually had to look that one up Isaac - 18/02/2013 07:13:44 PM 1357 Views
A couple to consider Knightscape - 18/02/2013 05:29:41 PM 1559 Views
2001 violates rule number 2. *NM* heartbreak - 19/02/2013 12:29:26 PM 701 Views
The movie and the book were written at the same time *NM* random thoughts - 19/02/2013 05:49:44 PM 608 Views
Clarke wrote both, so is the book really anything more than a novelization of the screenplay? *NM* heartbreak - 19/02/2013 06:18:31 PM 630 Views
he co-wrote the screen play and both were based on a short story so yes was more than that random thoughts - 23/02/2013 11:19:31 PM 1244 Views
I find it strange that you list the Donaldson's Gap series but not the Thomas Covenant series random thoughts - 19/02/2013 05:52:58 PM 1380 Views
??? It is on there Isaac - 19/02/2013 07:39:36 PM 1306 Views
I guess my eyes skiped it random thoughts - 21/02/2013 06:14:54 PM 1342 Views
Re: I guess my eyes skiped it Isaac - 21/02/2013 09:52:57 PM 1563 Views
He is a wordy writer and the main character is not very likeable random thoughts - 23/02/2013 11:15:33 PM 1633 Views
I finished that one just now, too. It was... interesting. *NM* Legolas - 21/02/2013 06:20:18 PM 591 Views
Re: I finished that one just now, too. It was... interesting. Isaac - 21/02/2013 09:43:43 PM 1236 Views
did you read the entire series? random thoughts - 24/02/2013 01:22:03 AM 1261 Views
Oh no, only the first one. Legolas - 24/02/2013 11:53:01 AM 1208 Views
Sorry I was talking about Donaldson random thoughts - 24/02/2013 05:12:24 PM 1234 Views
Steven Brust - Jhereg / Elizabeth Boyer - various novels in same world *NM* wheelwright - 19/02/2013 06:26:21 PM 754 Views
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