What is the best Trilogy or Quartet?

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Originally posted by Raven
Lord of the Rings

you're all going to hate me soon, I'm such a Fantasy Freak ;)

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Don't worry me too ;) What else do you like?

I adore both Tamora Pierce and Mercedes Lackey. Pierce tends towards Quartets (although she has just published the first in a duology). Lackey is big with the trilogies, but has a couple of free-standing novels. Both are fantasy, and both feature unappreciated and unknown heroes

I liked Lackey's Firebird.

The trilogy of Oedipus sparked the study of a lot of psychological debate pertaining to the love of your mother and even your own sanity. It told of the twisted ways that Fate worked and how you can do something you may not want to out of pure ignorance. Poor Oedipus was a man between a rock and a hard place.
Since I am probably the only person on this side of the universe who didn't care for Lord of the Rings,I'd have to say dumb ol' Oedipus is quite a crooked tale.

I recently read a little known trilogy that I found filled with magic realism, the first book is called The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts and it is writted by Lois De Bernieres.

wowswers that's quite a title

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Originally posted by Jinny
The trilogy of Oedipus sparked the study of a lot of psychological debate pertaining to the love of your mother and even your own sanity. It told of the twisted ways that Fate worked and how you can do something you may not want to out of pure ignorance. Poor Oedipus was a man between a rock and a hard place.
Since I am probably the only person on this side of the universe who didn't care for Lord of the Rings,I'd have to say dumb ol' Oedipus is quite a crooked tale.

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I love Oedipus, it's one of my fave plays :D

How about the Oresteia.

Forgot all about the ole Oresteia. Read the Agamemnon bit in the 11th grade Greek overview (think it's the second part, right?). I planned to read the others, but we went on to Plato and there was enough to think about there! I should go back to it, I liked it a lot, although Cassandra got a bit whiney. Sophocles is still better, though, it my opinion ("A State of one man is no State at all" --Haemon, 'Antigone').

Oh, and Tolkien kicks both their butts. :p

They're not really even the same genre. How can you compare them?

You can't, I'm just being silly.

Sophocles is a cannon compared to the small ladies pistol of Aeschylus. They aren't even in the same munitions factory.

My favorite triology: the original Foundation books.

I don't really consider Lord of the Rings as a triology since the author didn't intend it that way.


I also like George R R Martin's 'A Song of Fire and Ice Saga' which compromises of three huge books at the moment.

Riftwar Triology is also brilliant.

Kane and Abel, The Prodigal Daughter and Shall we tell the President by Jeffery Archer also form a triology of sorts. Brilliant books.

The Lord of the Rings.Since this is the only trilogy I've read, I chose it. Though I'd like you guys to recommend me other ones.

Err, George what is your taste in literature? If you looking for general recommendations, then there are a lot scatterred throughout various previous posts in this thread. :)
For starters, I'd recommend the Science fiction classic, Foundation. [The original foundation.]