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    5/12/2006
    You may have noticed...
    I am all sorts of shades of a series whore. Build me an interesting world and I love to live there for a few books.

    But thinking about the recent comments about 'there are no stand alones' had me thinking.

    When was the last paranormal novel to come out that IS a stand alone. Everyone I can think of has a sequel, trilogy or a family of 20 books to follow.

    Do paranormals lend themselves to series books because the author and the reader invest so much time into world building and understanding? Or what?

    posted by sybil at 8:54:00 AM

    3 Comments:

    1. This one may actually have it's roots outside the romance genre. Does science fiction/fantasy even have stand-alone books or are they all in groups of some type?

      By Blogger Bev (BB), at 5/12/2006 09:51:00 AM  

    2. I think famed author Charles de Lint has stand alones. Same would be true for Patricia McKillip. Christopher Moore. Catherine Asaro. Robin McKinley (to my dismay). Series sell books, though, no question.

      By Anonymous Anonymous, at 5/12/2006 10:07:00 AM  

    3. Yeah, it's fairly rare to find a SF/Fantasy standalone.

      By Blogger Nicole, at 5/12/2006 08:09:00 PM  

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