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Originally Posted by Sirtel
Murder mysteries and thrillers, with a separate story in each book, yes (although personally I never read even those out of order); in fantasy and (to a lesser extent) science fiction, where most series have a continuous story, not so much.
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And that's the difference that @theducks talked about
: series vs. serial
Most
series are not highly
serialized for important plot points.
I would also argue that many recent science fiction and fantasy "series" are in reality a story that could have been told well in one long-ish book, but expanded to 5 to make more money.