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Originally Posted by astra
It doesn't matter how it was published, it is a 6 books saga. Just because it is being published as Single volume it doesn't make it a single book. |
What it is NOT is a trilogy. As for whether it is a single book or six books, it all depends on your definition of "is''...no, wait..."book."
As between 3 and 6, I would say that the story is six books, not a trilogy, which would make it a <check Google> a hexology.
But it seems to me that Tolkien used the word "book" within LotR as being closer in meaning to "chapter" than to a book as most of us tend to use the word. Tolkien's usage verges on being an archaic one - as suits the story.
So on the whole, I think it is one book, to rule them all.