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does jean auel's Earth's Children count? I can not remember how many books are in it? i really enjoyed lotr and the hobbit but I haven't read the other one. i've been meaning to get it and the hobbit since i have lotr. Stephen King's Dark Towers but it contain's more than 3 or 4 books.
1. Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, a trilogy in four parts by Douglas Adams
2. The cosmic trilogy by C.S. Lewis
3. Starwars Trilogy (duhh)
4. The terminator trilogy (well thats stretching it)
there are at least 5 books in the Auel's series...sorry. :( but :) she does do book signings when her stuff comes out.
thanx i couldnt remember. its been 4-5 years since i read them
Thomas Tryon had a stab at acting in Hollywood, made some decent B movies and starred in The Cardinal in the 60's. He later tried his hand at writing, and he wrote some very good stories. The Other , about twins, one evil, one good, was made into a successful movie. One of my favorites of his was Lady .
He wrote a trilogy called Crowned Heads about life in Hollywood. One of the stories, "Fedora", was made into a movie starring William Holden.
I love Sharon Kay Penman trilogy of thirteenth century England and Wales. I had never read historical fiction before these and I fell head over heals in love with these books. Here be Dragons (the first in the trilogy) is my absolute favorite, Falls the Shadow is very good too. I don't remember falling in love with the 3rd in the series, The Reckoning.
The first two, I give as gifts to people that I know will appreciate the characters, and who will understand how a person can "fall in love" with characters in a book. :nod:
Just as a side note, I've read all of her others,and they are not as good.
C.S. Lewis's Space Trilogy (Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra and That Hideous Strength), which I haven't read in years, but am planning to undertake again shortly.
Also Madeleine L'Engle's Time Quartet consisting of A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet and Many Waters.
There's a fairly good series called Pendragon.
The first book to the Alexandria Quartet, Justine, is one of my top 5 favorite novels. the other 3 books aren't nearly as good- in fact I would say each one is a little worse than its predecessor, but they still are enjoyable reads. the number of characters and philosophic insights, the description of Egypt is all beautifully done. just read Justine even if you only read it.Quote:
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another good trilogy is Sartre's roads to freedom. it's not fantastic however.
Greatest connected works are Balzac's Divine Comedy- which really is never a sequel but only has recurring characters [it's like 90 novels, and I've only read about a dozen of them so I can't say for certain, lol] and Proust's ISOLT
I seem to recall reading a trilogy by Kurt Vonnegut as well when I was 19. about Mr. Rosewater? can't really recall i've not read him since.
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Loved this. There' a reason he's the father of the cothurn. The quote Pathei Mathos is one of my fave.
In fact this reminds me that Homer's Iliad and Odyssey originally had a third part which is now lost. I don't know off the top of my head what it's called
Oh Reginald...IDISAGREE! [*vroom*]Quote:
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the illuminatus! trilogy - robert anton wilson
and foucault's history of sexuality is a pretty good trilogy too, if i may add
Hello there, necromancer.
I totally just remembered one which is supposed to be amazing:
Thomas Mann's Joseph Quartet
The fantasy author Piers Anthony has a series that I think is pushing 40novels or something, all of which are bad :p.Quote:
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edit: just realized this thread is 6 years old :p