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Originally Posted by JSWolf
The Anita Blake series is not stand alone. Honor Harrington is not stand alone. The first two books in the Harry Potter series are not stand alone. Please stop saying this as it's not true. You obviously don't get what a series really is. You also don't get what stand alone means. It takes just one line that references anything that happened previously and it's not stand alone. All it takes is something in an earlier book that you know how it turned out in a later book and it's not stand alone.
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You do understand that your opinion is not the one absolute truth and absolute definition, don't you? If you are unwilling to consider the differences in types of series, that's your prerogative, but don't expect everyone to accept your views.
I will point out that just because a book uses the line "The face that launched a thousand ships" doesn't imply that it's part of a long running series with Doctor Faustus, nor was Doctor Faustus a sequel to the Iliad. Many works reference previous works.
My definition of stand alone is a work that is self contained, i.e. has a beginning and reaches a conclusion. You are welcome to define it however you wish. If you can make a good argument as to why your definition is correct, others may accept it.