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trilogy

"A series of 2 books = Duology

A series of 3 books = Trilogy

A series of 4 books = Tetralogy

A series of 5 books = Pentalogy

A series of 6 books = Hexology

A series of 7 books = Heptalogy

A series of 8 books = Octology

A series of 9 books = Ennealogy

A series of 10 books = Decology

A series of 11 books = Undecology

A series of 12 books = Dodecology

A series of 13 books = Tridecology

A series of 14 books = Tetradecology

A series of 15 books = Pentadecology

A series of 16 books = Hexadecology

A series of 17 books = Heptadecology

A series of 18 books = Octodecology

A series of 19 books = Nonodecology

A series of 20 books = Icosology

I wasn't able to find any terms for describing a series with more than 20 books"

I wasn't able to find any terms for describing a series with more than 20 books"

Multuology 😁

I wasn't able to find any terms for describing a series with more than 20 books"

I have seen a longer list with names of polygons with n number of sides. The prefix would be the same.

I wasn't able to find any terms for describing a series with more than 20 books"

Series is a perfectly good word.

I wasn't able to find any terms for describing a series with more than 20 books"

Icosimonology
Icosidyalogy
Icositrialogy
Icositetralogy
etc.

Dictionary. :-)

the 'Foundation' trilogy

Asimov's Foundation was a trilogy for thirty years. He finally wrote two prequels and two sequels, with references to events in his Robot and Empire series

You can argue the foundation isn't a trilogy because the three "books" are rather collections of short stories and novellas. But back then very few SF stories were published as books, instead they went to pulp magazines, some officially serialized, others as – closely connected – short stories.

HM.

There are several complete stories, some finished over a decade ago, that still promise updates twice a week, or whatever pace.

This. Yes. I've often thought that this could be avoided by Lazeez adding a second 'blurb' section for posting timing info or 'codes may change with future chapters'-like notices, shown only while the story is active and not complete.

This. Yes. I've often thought that this could be avoided by Lazeez adding a second 'blurb' section for posting timing info or 'codes may change with future chapters'-like notices, shown only while the story is active and not complete.

You have to draw the line somewhere. I think a second 'description' would be useful too, but for how many stories? The same with the once proposed second tags line where the first has the main codes and the second for incidental occurrences or squick warnings. Just thinking further along that line there are many more "nice to haves" but it has to remain manageable in code maintenance and data storage as well as remaining understandable by most readers. Too much information can be annoying too. So far I think SOL is very well balanced. Just try navigating 'that other site'. That site looks like they made an effort to make it as illogic and difficult to navigate as humanly possible.

When I started writing "12th Grade", it was to be the third book in what I had originally planned as a trilogy. Unfortunately, about a third of the way through that book my body suffered a serious health reversal and I believed my life was coming to an end. I was unable to arrive at a satisfactory resolution to the story in the time I believed I probably had left, so I ended the story without resolving a host of storyline issues. I started a fourth book, "The Good Years", I had hopes that I'd be able to tie up all the loose ends and come to a satisfactory conclusion. Unfortunately, rather than improve the storylines, I became stuck in a morass of issues that provided bigger complications without adding real closure to the problems I'd left at the end of the third book. I managed to trudge my way though a literary swamp enough to finally arrive at a conclusion I was willing to settle for. In retrospect, I put in a whole lot of work into an effort that harmed rather than helped the story I wanted to have my readers enjoy.

I agree, that.

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