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I would say that "it depends" on what is meant by "end point" & the interpretation of "end point".
I started the Lord of the Rings long ago by reading the 2nd volume. Is David Weber's Honor Harrington saga completed as open ended? Lois Bujold of Penric's Demon series still continuing? Is being "open ended" an end-point?
I also read some Light Novels which are a series but have not been "completed" because the newer volumes have not been translated; would the lack of translation into English considered a series of volumes without an end-point for each volume?
The worst case is more of what James patterson did on one of his "free" novels where the last chapter is omitted & it was stated that one needed to buy the book to read the last chapter; have never read anything by patterson since.
How does people feel about the David Eddings books where each novel should not be considered to have an "end point"? And at what point/novel should one consider a series ended when it may or may not be on-going?
I guess 1st Star Wars was presented as the end point & the subsequent films are just fill-ins of the background?
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