Do you start on a trilogy knowing the last book is not out! - Page 2

Mostly Math · 11-14-2010, 12:29 PM

I try to avoid books in unfinished series, but I usually break down and start the first one before the last one(s) are written.

markuskane · 11-14-2010, 12:39 PM

If I knew a book was intended as a trilogy but had yet to release the second/third part, I don't think it would change me deciding to read it. Eagerly awaiting a new book is something I rather enjoy.

theducks · 11-14-2010, 12:43 PM

I buy'em when I see'em

The only one that bit me was the third book (The Great Game series by Dave Duncan) that the publisher never printed it in paperback. The Author apologised, the book was now OP.

Last year, I bought the e-version from Webscriptions (nothing like waiting a decade or more to finish a series)

mr ploppy · 11-14-2010, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by adrian1944

Surely the worst is Melanie Rawn's Exiles Series

Books one and two 1994 and 1997

Still no sign of book 3 'The Captal's Tower

I think this one beats that:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_Against_the_Chtorr

It's been 17 years since the last one ended on a cliff edge.

hollyahook · 11-14-2010, 03:26 PM

It doesn't really matter to me. I've started series books before the last books were out. I only have time to read on my lunch breaks, anyway, so by time I'm done, the whole series will be out anyway.

Ravensknight · 11-14-2010, 04:25 PM

I wait unless it is an author that I really like and want to support. Like Timothy Zahn or Tad Williams...

Krystian Galaj · 11-14-2010, 05:13 PM

I started on second series of Roger Zelazny's Amber. I knew the last book won't be out though

mish · 11-14-2010, 05:34 PM

In my genre, if I waited for a series to be finished before I started reading it I would never get to read it!

DuncanWatson · 11-14-2010, 06:01 PM

I buy them as they are available nearly every time. I have been burned, sometimes I bought the first book of a series and it was also the author's first published book. More than once I have never seen book 2.

But it is only temporarily annoying and you can always speculate what happens to the characters yourself. I have reread partial series more than once and in general though I may be eager for the next book I won't deprive myself of a good read if the next books aren't available.

astra · 11-15-2010, 05:23 AM

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Originally Posted by thinkpadx

How do you relate to reading books that comes in a trilogy, do you wait for all the books to be published or do you start right away?

Always wait. Be it trilogy, or 12 books series. Doesn't matter. I don't start reading a series until it is finished.

patrickt · 11-15-2010, 05:53 AM

For me, each book of the trilogy needs to stand on it's own merits. I read them as I get them and if a book requires another book I dump the series. If the author really wants to write one huge book, then do it. Don't write it and then publish it in pieces.

Maggie May · 11-15-2010, 06:00 AM

I prefer to have all the books available, then I read them one by one. If I don't do this and there's a long wait between books I lose the thread of the story. Then I have to refer back to the blurb to refresh my old memory.

Mag.

HappyMartin · 11-15-2010, 06:15 AM

I prefer to have them all available and I check out the geographical restrictions very carefully. Started one series only to have the last book unavailable to me due to geographic restrictions.

Seli · 11-15-2010, 06:27 AM

I never intentionally wait. I have no problems with pausing in a book for some months, so the wait between books hardly ever bothers me.

And I have a lot more experience with stopping with series because I lost interest than in a series stopping because the author stops or dies.

Sweetpea · 11-15-2010, 07:49 AM

I'll start reading because I usually only find out it's part of a series after I finish the first book

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11-14-2010, 12:29 PM	#16
Mostly Math Groupie Posts: 170 Karma: 1154013 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Toronto Device: Kobo (loaned out), KoboTouch (given away), KoboVox, KoboGlo, AuraHD	I try to avoid books in unfinished series, but I usually break down and start the first one before the last one(s) are written.

11-14-2010, 12:39 PM	#17
markuskane Markus Kane Posts: 49 Karma: 50000 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Kindle	If I knew a book was intended as a trilogy but had yet to release the second/third part, I don't think it would change me deciding to read it. Eagerly awaiting a new book is something I rather enjoy.

11-14-2010, 12:43 PM	#18
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,064 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	I buy'em when I see'em The only one that bit me was the third book (The Great Game series by Dave Duncan) that the publisher never printed it in paperback. The Author apologised, the book was now OP. Last year, I bought the e-version from Webscriptions (nothing like waiting a decade or more to finish a series)

11-14-2010, 03:26 PM	#20
hollyahook Member Posts: 19 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Michigan Device: none	It doesn't really matter to me. I've started series books before the last books were out. I only have time to read on my lunch breaks, anyway, so by time I'm done, the whole series will be out anyway.

11-14-2010, 04:25 PM	#21
Ravensknight Serpent Rider Posts: 1,123 Karma: 10219804 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: Sony 350; Nook STR; Oasis	I wait unless it is an author that I really like and want to support. Like Timothy Zahn or Tad Williams...

11-14-2010, 05:13 PM	#22
Krystian Galaj Guru Posts: 820 Karma: 11012 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Warsaw, Poland Device: Bookeen Cybook	I started on second series of Roger Zelazny's Amber. I knew the last book won't be out though

11-14-2010, 05:34 PM	#23
mish Addict Posts: 215 Karma: 1930065 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: USA Device: PRS-350, Kindle 2	In my genre, if I waited for a series to be finished before I started reading it I would never get to read it!

11-14-2010, 06:01 PM	#24
DuncanWatson Kindle Convert Posts: 190 Karma: 62704 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Woodinville, WA, USA Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Nook (all)	I buy them as they are available nearly every time. I have been burned, sometimes I bought the first book of a series and it was also the author's first published book. More than once I have never seen book 2. But it is only temporarily annoying and you can always speculate what happens to the characters yourself. I have reread partial series more than once and in general though I may be eager for the next book I won't deprive myself of a good read if the next books aren't available.

11-15-2010, 05:53 AM	#26
patrickt Wizard Posts: 1,221 Karma: 8381518 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Oaxaca, Mexico Device: Paperwhite 4 X 2	For me, each book of the trilogy needs to stand on it's own merits. I read them as I get them and if a book requires another book I dump the series. If the author really wants to write one huge book, then do it. Don't write it and then publish it in pieces.

11-15-2010, 06:00 AM	#27
Maggie May Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,907 Karma: 87755439 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ireland Device: CYbook Gen3 and Sony PRS 3505 Kindle 3 G Nexus 7 iPad	I prefer to have all the books available, then I read them one by one. If I don't do this and there's a long wait between books I lose the thread of the story. Then I have to refer back to the blurb to refresh my old memory. Mag.

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11-15-2010, 06:15 AM	#28
HappyMartin Martin Kristiansen Posts: 1,546 Karma: 8480958 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Johannesburg Device: Kindle International Ipad 2	I prefer to have them all available and I check out the geographical restrictions very carefully. Started one series only to have the last book unavailable to me due to geographic restrictions.

11-15-2010, 06:27 AM	#29
Seli Connoisseur Posts: 80 Karma: 732 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: Kobo Glo HD, Android phone	I never intentionally wait. I have no problems with pausing in a book for some months, so the wait between books hardly ever bothers me. And I have a lot more experience with stopping with series because I lost interest than in a series stopping because the author stops or dies.

11-15-2010, 07:49 AM	#30
Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	I'll start reading because I usually only find out it's part of a series after I finish the first book