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Originally Posted by pwalker8
I've read more than a few books where the book was a reasonable stand alone book, but was also open ended enough to allow follow on books if the first book was popular enough. Sometimes it became the start of a series, other times, it was simply a stand alone book.
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"Reasonably standalone" and "open ended enough" are exactly the type of waffling descriptions that don't help me one bit. It is my opinion that "reasonably stand alone" is just double-speak for "NOT stand alone." Used primarily by people who want really badly to recommend non-standalone books to people who have specifically asked for standalone recommendations.
"It
CAN stand alone" is another.