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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Last there is the never ending series. I call it that because, while usually there is a final book, it tends to be open ended until it finally gets to the point where it's lost steam and the author/publisher realizes enough is enough, time to wrap it up. Wheel of Time is a famous example and I guess Game of Thrones. I would tend to call the Honor Harrington an example of this. The author might have an end in mind, but he or she just rambles along never really wrapping things up.
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I think Piers Anthony's "Xanth" series turned into this somewhere along the line. The first several books told a fairly coherent, contained story, then it expanded to include the children of the original characters, then it expanded to include just about anyone who wandered into view. I enjoyed them up through "Night Mare" and "Crewel Lye" ("Dragon on a Pedestal" being so-so) but then things started going downhill and I lost interest.