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Originally Posted by bill_mchale
Well in defense of the list, I would point out that it specifies the years 1953-2002. That being said though, that means that Foundation qualifies on a technicality since with the exception of the very first story in the Trilogy, the stories were for the most part published earlier than 1953.
I would say I am annoyed that in some cases, they count a "series" as a book, and at others, they only list a single book in the series.
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Bill
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Bill, no need to "defend" the list...but I admit I completely missed the date range. Not that I would have paid any attention to it anyway...hehehehe....besides what about books still in print form the 1800's...ok, that is a weak defense.
Now as to including a series rather than a single books. The thing is, many of these series are indeed one cohesive story not unrelated stand alone novels set in a given world-space. The Gor series by John Norman are one story but published in serial form. Same for Harry Potter, which is all one story even if the books themselves are HUGE...
Taking any single book from a serial novel, when all the books in the serial are of equal significance to the quality of the work, is doing a disservice to the work itself.