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FROM: <[removed]@bramlib.on.ca>
REC'D: 2/3/01, 5:15 PM

Hello All!

I was asked by a teacher of English for a list of trilogies for her senior
high school class. The ones I've come up with follow here, but I'm
wondering what major/obvious/classic mainstream trilogies I might have
missed. In addition to the ones I've listed, I've also come across some
science fiction ones, so I don't need those. I also don't want trilogies
that have companion volumes! (In my view, those are no longer trilogies,
but what do I know!)

Many thanks to you all, and I'll post a final compilation once I get one to
post.

THE LIST SO FAR (which currently includes non-fiction/drama as well as
fiction):

Adams, Douglas. Hitchhiker's Guide

Asimov, Isaac. Foundation

Banks, Lynne Reid. Jane Graham

Burgess, Anthony. Malayan trilogy

Davies, Robertson. Salterton
Deptford

Deighton, Len. Game, set and match

Dos Passos, John. USA etc.

Doyle, Roddy. Barrytown

Golding, William. To the Ends of the Earth

McCarthy, Cormac. Border trilogy.

Nordhoff, Charles. The Bounty

Pargeter, Edith. The Heaven Tree

Saint-Exupery, Antoine de. Airman's Odyssey

Sophocles. Oedipus plays


Thanks again.

Maureen


* * * * * * *
Never apologize for your reading tastes.

Maureen O'Connor
Brampton Public Library
[removed]@bramlib.on.ca

The opinions expressed above are mine alone.

FROM: [removed]@cs.com
REC'D: 2/3/01, 5:57 PM

Guy Gavriel Kay's Summer Tree Trilogy.

Marlyn

"Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org> wrote:
>
> Hello All!
>
> I was asked by a teacher of English for a list of trilogies for her senior
> high school class.  The ones I've come up with follow here, but I'm
> wondering what major/obvious/classic mainstream trilogies I might have
> missed.  In addition to the ones I've listed, I've also come across some
> science fiction ones, so I don't need those.  I also don't want trilogies
> that have companion volumes!  (In my view, those are no longer trilogies,
> but what do I know!)
>
> Many thanks to you all, and I'll post a final compilation once I get one to
> post.
>
> THE LIST SO FAR (which currently includes non-fiction/drama as well as
> fiction):
>
> Adams, Douglas.  Hitchhiker's Guide
>
> Asimov, Isaac.  Foundation
>
> Banks, Lynne Reid.  Jane Graham
>
> Burgess, Anthony.  Malayan trilogy
>
> Davies, Robertson.  Salterton
>               Deptford
>
> Deighton, Len.  Game, set and match
>
> Dos Passos, John.  USA etc.
>
> Doyle, Roddy.   Barrytown
>
> Golding, William.  To the Ends of the Earth
>
> McCarthy, Cormac.  Border trilogy.
>
> Nordhoff, Charles.  The Bounty
>
> Pargeter, Edith.  The Heaven Tree
>
> Saint-Exupery, Antoine de.  Airman's Odyssey
>
> Sophocles.  Oedipus plays
>
>
> Thanks again.
>
>  Maureen
>
>
>
>
>
>
> * * * * * * *
> Never apologize for your reading tastes.
>
> Maureen O'Connor
> Brampton Public Library
> [removed]@bramlib.on.ca
>
> The opinions expressed above are mine alone.
>
>
> ......................................................................
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FROM: [removed]@aol.com
REC'D: 2/4/01, 9:24 AM

I think that Isaac Asimov had a trilogy with his robot/cop bonding books.
The first was The Naked Sun, the second was Caves of Steel. I don't know the
name of the third - but Dennis will - and he'll also know if it's really a
trilogy.

Dennis?

Binnie Syril Braunstein
romance novelist/former librarian

FROM: Barry Trott <[removed]@mail.wrl.org>
REC'D: 2/4/01, 10:56 AM

There's one more Robertson Davies trilogy -- The Cornish Trilogy (The
Rebel Angels, What's Bred in the Bone, The Lyre of Orpheus), and
Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.

Barry


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Readers' Services Librarian Williamsburg VA 23188
Williamsburg Regional Library Phone: 757-259-4050 or
[removed]@mail.wrl.org 757-259-7720
http://www.wrl.org/REF/Bookweb_Main.html
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FROM: Jenny Carson <[removed]@oplin.lib.oh.us>
REC'D: 2/4/01, 11:06 AM

How about Janice Holt Giles' Piney Ridge Trilogy (The Enduring Hills, Miss
Willie and Tara's Healing).

FROM: "Linda Lundquist" <[removed]@mediaone.net>
REC'D: 2/4/01, 5:19 PM

How about Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy: The Golden Compass,
The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass.

Linda Lundquist
Youth Services Librarian
Bartlett Public Library

FROM: Renee Patterson <[removed]@exchange.acld.lib.fl.us>
REC'D: 2/5/01, 7:55 AM

Eugenia Price has three trilogies (Southern historical): the Georgia
Trilogy, St. Simons Trilogy, and Florida Trilogy.


Renee Patterson
_____________________________
High Springs Branch
Alachua County Library District
High Springs, FL
[removed]@exchange.acld.lib.fl.us

The opinions expressed do not necessarily represent those of my
employer.


-----Original Message-----
From: [removed]@bramlib.on.ca [[removed]@bramlib.on.ca]
Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2001 6:14 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Trilogies


Hello All!

I was asked by a teacher of English for a list of trilogies for her senior
high school class. The ones I've come up with follow here, but I'm
wondering what major/obvious/classic mainstream trilogies I might have
missed. In addition to the ones I've listed, I've also come across some
science fiction ones, so I don't need those. I also don't want trilogies
that have companion volumes! (In my view, those are no longer trilogies,
but what do I know!)

Many thanks to you all, and I'll post a final compilation once I get one to
post.

THE LIST SO FAR (which currently includes non-fiction/drama as well as
fiction):

Adams, Douglas. Hitchhiker's Guide

Asimov, Isaac. Foundation

Banks, Lynne Reid. Jane Graham

Burgess, Anthony. Malayan trilogy

Davies, Robertson. Salterton
Deptford

Deighton, Len. Game, set and match

Dos Passos, John. USA etc.

Doyle, Roddy. Barrytown

Golding, William. To the Ends of the Earth

McCarthy, Cormac. Border trilogy.

Nordhoff, Charles. The Bounty

Pargeter, Edith. The Heaven Tree

Saint-Exupery, Antoine de. Airman's Odyssey

Sophocles. Oedipus plays


Thanks again.

Maureen


* * * * * * *
Never apologize for your reading tastes.

Maureen O'Connor
Brampton Public Library
[removed]@bramlib.on.ca

The opinions expressed above are mine alone.

FROM: "Becky H" <[removed]@blarneymail.com>
REC'D: 2/5/01, 10:02 AM

Since I am on digest, someone else may have pointed this out by now, but -- the Foundation books are more than a trilogy. Kent Library's What's Next lists 7 in the series by Asimov & 3 by David Hartwell. I'm pretty sure I've seen 1 by David Brin. Sorry!

Becky


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FROM: Robin Harwood <[removed]@dupagels.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 2/5/01, 11:33 AM

I second this. It is NOT "just for kids" (or even for kids at all, depending on your point of view), and is a thought provoking read.

Robin Harwood
Carol Stream Public Library

-----Original Message-----
From: Linda Lundquist [[removed]@mediaone.net]
Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2001 5:17 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: Trilogies

How about Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy: The Golden Compass,
The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass.

Linda Lundquist
Youth Services Librarian
Bartlett Public Library

FROM: Dennis Lien <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 2/5/01, 11:55 AM

At 06:14 PM 2/3/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello All!
>
>I was asked by a teacher of English for a list of trilogies for her senior
>high school class. The ones I've come up with follow here, but I'm
>wondering what major/obvious/classic mainstream trilogies I might have
>missed. In addition to the ones I've listed, I've also come across some
>science fiction ones, so I don't need those. I also don't want trilogies
>that have companion volumes! (In my view, those are no longer trilogies,
>but what do I know!)
>
>Many thanks to you all, and I'll post a final compilation once I get one to
>post.
>
>THE LIST SO FAR (which currently includes non-fiction/drama as well as
>fiction):
>
>Adams, Douglas. Hitchhiker's Guide
>
>Asimov, Isaac. Foundation

<snip>

Well, the HITCHIKER'S GUIDE "trilogy" is currently at five volumes and
a short story, so by the "companion volumes" rules that no longer
qualifies. And Asimov's "Foundation trilogy" was such for several
decades, but late in his career Asimov (unfortunately, in most views)
decided to link this "robot" and "foundation" novels into one future
history and wrote additional prequels and sequels to knit them together,
so that no longer qualifies either. (And more recently other authors
have produced pastiches set in that future history, further muddying
the waters.)

In case you decide you do want further examples from the sf/f fields,
many could be pulled out from the "series" lists on the Locus/Contento
sites:

http://www.locusmag.com/index/a10.html

plus comparable lists for the 1999 and 2000 supplements to the basic
list.

Sigh--threads on fat books followed by a thread on trilogies; two
of my least favorite things in rapid succession....

Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu

FROM: Dennis Lien <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 2/5/01, 12:09 PM

At 10:15 AM 2/4/01 EST, you wrote:
>I think that Isaac Asimov had a trilogy with his robot/cop bonding books.
>The first was The Naked Sun, the second was Caves of Steel. I don't know
the
>name of the third - but Dennis will - and he'll also know if it's really a
>trilogy.
>
>Dennis?
>
>Binnie Syril Braunstein
>romance novelist/former librarian

Nope; first was THE CAVES OF STEEL, second THE NAKED SUN (books 1954 and
1957 respectively; the third was THE ROBOTS OF DAWN (1983). But there
followed a fourth, ROBOTS AND EMPIRE (1985), which tied this series into
the "Foundation" series," and for that matter the "Robotics" novels were
already tied into the short stories in I, ROBOT and some of the short
stories in THE REST OF THE ROBOTS, so by the "companion volumes disqualify
things" rule this was out even before 1985. (And more recently there
was a long series of "sharecropped" pbs by other authors under the
title ROBOT CITY which were also tied into Asimov's continuity.)

Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu

FROM: [removed]@aol.com
REC'D: 2/5/01, 12:21 PM

You see? Someone else says that Dennis will know the answer.

FROM: "Brad Scott" <[removed]@ci.allen.tx.us>
REC'D: 2/5/01, 1:25 PM

A few thoughts on modern "three-deckers":

Jane Roberts Wood: "The Train to Estelline", "A Place Called Sweet Shrub", and "Dance a Little Longer." YA historical series about a young woman in a small Texas town.

Larry McMurtry's Thalia trilogy: "The Last Picture Show", "Texasville", and "Duane's Depressed". McMurtry takes on a lot of adult issues, but if your students can handle Cormac McCarthy they can probably handle McMurtry.

C.S. Lewis's Space Trilogy: "Out of the Silent Planet", "Perelandra", and "That Hideous Strength." Not exactly typical SF, so I don't know whether it would have appeared in the SF series that you've already collected.

Then of course there's Tolkien, the originator (for good or ill) of the massive fantasy trilogy tradition. I personally loved the "Lord of the Rings", but found many of its imitators to be pretty thin gruel, with the exception of Mary Stewart's Merlin books ("The Crystal Cave", "The Hollow Hills", and "The Last Enchantment".) Both of these trilogies have prequels or sequels, but they can stand on their own.

Bradley A. Scott
Allen (Texas) Public Library

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: <[removed]@bramlib.on.ca>
Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2001 18:14:01 -0500

>Hello All!
>
>I was asked by a teacher of English for a list of trilogies for her senior
>high school class. The ones I've come up with follow here, but I'm
>wondering what major/obvious/classic mainstream trilogies I might have
>missed. In addition to the ones I've listed, I've also come across some
>science fiction ones, so I don't need those. I also don't want trilogies
>that have companion volumes! (In my view, those are no longer trilogies,
>but what do I know!)
>
>Many thanks to you all, and I'll post a final compilation once I get one to
>post.
>
>THE LIST SO FAR (which currently includes non-fiction/drama as well as
>fiction):
>
>Adams, Douglas. Hitchhiker's Guide
>
>Asimov, Isaac. Foundation
>
>Banks, Lynne Reid. Jane Graham
>
>Burgess, Anthony. Malayan trilogy
>
>Davies, Robertson. Salterton
> Deptford
>
>Deighton, Len. Game, set and match
>
>Dos Passos, John. USA etc.
>
>Doyle, Roddy. Barrytown
>
>Golding, William. To the Ends of the Earth
>
>McCarthy, Cormac. Border trilogy.
>
>Nordhoff, Charles. The Bounty
>
>Pargeter, Edith. The Heaven Tree
>
>Saint-Exupery, Antoine de. Airman's Odyssey
>
>Sophocles. Oedipus plays
>
>
>Thanks again.
>
> Maureen
>
>
>
>
>
>
>* * * * * * *
>Never apologize for your reading tastes.
>
>Maureen O'Connor
>Brampton Public Library
[removed]@bramlib.on.ca
>
>The opinions expressed above are mine alone.
>
>
>......................................................................
>Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
>Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>

FROM: Cindy McCormack <[removed]@mail.win.org>
REC'D: 2/5/01, 2:59 PM

Did anyone mention Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials"? Great start but
strange ending.
Cindy McCormack
St. Charles City-County Library District
Corporate Parkway Branch
St. Charles, MO.

FROM: Merle Jacob <[removed]@chipublib.org>
REC'D: 2/5/01, 3:31 PM

Hi Maureen
IF you look in To Be Continued: Fiction in Sequels 2nd edition which just came
out, you'll see numerous trilogies with annotations to help you pick ones for
high school. There are hundreds of scfi and fantasy trilogies listed. We also
include classics and popular new titles, both genre fiction and literary. Also
the ALA Sequels book which came out a few years ago also lists numerous
trilogies.
Merle Jacob
Director of Library Collection Development
Chicago Public Library

[removed]@bramlib.on.ca wrote:

> Hello All!
>
> I was asked by a teacher of English for a list of trilogies for her senior
> high school class. The ones I've come up with follow here, but I'm
> wondering what major/obvious/classic mainstream trilogies I might have
> missed. In addition to the ones I've listed, I've also come across some
> science fiction ones, so I don't need those. I also don't want trilogies
> that have companion volumes! (In my view, those are no longer trilogies,
> but what do I know!)
>
> Many thanks to you all, and I'll post a final compilation once I get one to
> post.
>
> THE LIST SO FAR (which currently includes non-fiction/drama as well as
> fiction):
>
> Adams, Douglas. Hitchhiker's Guide
>
> Asimov, Isaac. Foundation
>
> Banks, Lynne Reid. Jane Graham
>
> Burgess, Anthony. Malayan trilogy
>
> Davies, Robertson. Salterton
> Deptford
>
> Deighton, Len. Game, set and match
>
> Dos Passos, John. USA etc.
>
> Doyle, Roddy. Barrytown
>
> Golding, William. To the Ends of the Earth
>
> McCarthy, Cormac. Border trilogy.
>
> Nordhoff, Charles. The Bounty
>
> Pargeter, Edith. The Heaven Tree
>
> Saint-Exupery, Antoine de. Airman's Odyssey
>
> Sophocles. Oedipus plays
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Maureen
>
> * * * * * * *
> Never apologize for your reading tastes.
>
> Maureen O'Connor
> Brampton Public Library
> [removed]@bramlib.on.ca
>
> The opinions expressed above are mine alone.
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html

FROM: Peggy Hadid <[removed]@multcolib.org>
REC'D: 2/5/01, 8:17 PM

Then there's Pat Barker's WWI Regeneration trilogy: _Regeneration_, _The
Eye in the Door_, and _Ghost Road_.

Peggy Hadid Library Assistant, Central
Multnomah County Library 801 SW 10th, Portland, OR 97205
[removed]@multcolib.org (503) 988-5471

FROM: "Deb Warner" <[removed]@co.durham.nc.us>
REC'D: 2/6/01, 7:14 AM

Mervyn Peake The Gormenghast Trilogy: Titus Groan, Gormenghast, Titus Alone
Very richly descriptive works: satirical, poetic, gothic,
melodramatic...well give it a try. I love it
The St. Exupery Airman's Odyssey is not a trilogy, just all written by the
same author ( one of my favorites). Great writing about men and flying
though.

FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 2/7/01, 1:55 PM

I can't vouch for how many of these would be suitable for high-school
seniors (probably most), but here, FWIW, is a list of the trilogies I was
able to find in a fast search of available resources:

Carol Aarsen, Love Inspired books (Homecoming, Ever Faithful, A Bride at
Last)
Agamemnon, The Oresteia
Randy Alcorn, Deadline Tril
Louisa May Alcott, Jo March ser (Little Women, Little Men, Jo's Boys)
M. A. Aldanov, The Thinker (The Ninth Thermidor; Devil's Bridge; St. Helena,
Little Island)
Brian Aldiss, Helliconia ser
Lloyd Alexander, Westmark tril
Alice Alfonsi, Eternal ser
Piers Anthony, Battle Circle, Man & Manta tril, Mode ser, Tarot ser
Charlotte Armstrong, the MacDougal Duff mysteries (not exactly a trilogy,
but there *are* three of them: Lay On, Mac Duff; The Case of the Weird
Sisters; The Innocent Flower)
Rosalyn Alsobrook, Seascape ser (The Perfect Stranger, For the Love of Pete,
Tomorrow's Treasure), Time Travel n's (Time Storm, Beyond Forever, Love's
Image)
Nick Bantock, The Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine
Suzanne Barclay, Lion tril
Jill Barnett, Medieval Tril
Edward L. Beach, submarine tril (Run Silent, Run Deep; Dust on the Sea; Cold
is the Sea)
Arnold Bennett, Clayhanger Tril
Eluki bes Shahar, Hellflower, Darktraders, & Archangel Blues
Jo Beverly, Malloren ser (My Lady Notorious, Tempting Fortune, Something
Wicked), Medieval novels (Lord of My Heart, Dark Champion, The Shattered
Rose)
Rosanne Bittner, Blue Hawk Saga, Mystic Indian ser, Bride ser
Thyra Ferre Bjorn, Papa's Wife, Papa's Daughter, Mama's Way
Lawana Blackwell, Gresham Chronicles
Daniel J. Boorstin, The Americans (social history)
Leigh Brackett, Eric John Stark novels (The Ginger Star, The Hounds of
Skaith, The Reavers of Skaith)
Barbara Taylor Bradford, Emma Harte ser (A Woman of Substance, Hold the
Dream, To Be the Best)
Marion Zimmer Bradley, Avalon tril
" " w/Andre Norton & Julian May, World of the Three Moons
Gillian Bradshaw, Life of Gwalchmai tril (omni ed as Down the Long Wind)
David Brin, Uplift Saga (Sundiver, Startide Rising, The Uplift War), Uplift
Trilogy (The Brightness Reef, Infinity's Shore, Heaven's Reach)
Gwen Bristow, Plantation Trilogy
D. K. Broster, The Flight of the Heron, Gleam in the North, Dark Mile
John Buchan, The Adventures of Richard Hannay
Pearl S. Buck, House of Earth
Thomas Bulfinch, Bulfinch's Mythology (The Age of Fable, The Age of
Chivalry, Legends of Charlemagne)
T. Davis Bunn, Priceless Collection ser
Karel Capek, Krakatit, Meteor, & Hardubal
Joyce Cary, two tril's: #1, Herself Surprised, To Be a Pilgrim, The Horse's
Mouth; #2, Prisoner of Grace, Except the Lord, Not Honor More
Carla Cassidy, Cheyenne Nights
Linda/L. L. Chaiken, Buccaneers ser, Heart of India ser, Royal Pavilions ser
C. J. Cherryh, The Faded Sun
Judy Christenberry, Lucky Charm Sisters
Chris Claremont & George Lucas (continuations of the movie Willow), Shadow
Moon, Shadow Dawn, Shadow Star
Paul Claudel, The Hostage, Le Pain dur, & Le Pere humilie
Jo Clayton, Moongather, Moonscatter, & Changer's Moon
Paul Clayton, Calling Crow ser (Calling Crow, Flight of the Crow, Calling
Crow Nation)
Richard Condon, Prizzi tril
Catherine Cookson, Mallen ser
James Fenimore Cooper, European Trilogy (The Bravo, The Heidenmauer, The
Headsman), The Littlepage Manuscripts (Satanstoe, The Chainbearer, The
Redskins)
Lori Copeland, MacDougal Sisters Tril
Catherine Coulter, The Bride tril, The Legacy tril, The Viking ser, The Song
ser, The Night ser, The Magic ser
Neva Coyle, Summer Wind ser
Millie Criswell, Flowers of the West tril, The Lawmen tril
Donna Fletcher Crow, Daughters of Courage ser
Brian Daley, the Alacrity Fitzhugh ser (Requiem for a Ruler of Worlds, Jinx
on a Terran Inheritance, Fall of the White Ship Avatar)
Len Deighton, Hook, Line & Sinker tril, Faith, Hope, & Charity tril
L. Sprague deCamp, The Reluctant King (The Goblin Tower, The Clocks of Iraz,
The Unbeheaded King)
" " & Fletcher Pratt, the Harold Shea adventures (The
Incompleat Enchanter, The Castle of Iron, Wall of Serpents)
Jude Deveraux, James River tril
Ivan Doig, Montana Tril
Stephen R. Donaldson, First & Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the
Unbeliever
John Dos Passos, District of Columbia (Adventures of a Young Man, Number
One, The Grand Design)
Theodore Dreiser, Cowperwood Novels (The Financier, The Titan, The Stoic)
Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers, The Vicomte de Bragelonne (aka The
Man in the Iron Mask & Louise de laValliere), Twenty Years After
David Eddings, two fantasy trilogies about Sparhawk and his friends
Andrea Edwards, This Time, Forever; Great Expectations
James T. Farrell, Studs Lonigan, Bernard Clare/Carr Trilogy
Jane Feather, Charm Bracelet Tril
Harvey Fergusson, Followers of the Sun
Lion Feuchtwagner, Josephus, The Jew of Rome, Josephus and the Emperor
John D. Fitzgerald, Papa Married a Mormon, Mamma's Boarding House, Uncle
Will and the Fitzgerald Curse
Antonio Fogazzaro, The Patriot, The Sinner, The Saint
Ford Madox Ford, Fifth Queen Trilogy
Alan Dean Foster, the Icerigger tril (Icerigger, Mission to Moulokin, The
Deluge Drivers)
Daniel Fuchs, Summer in Williamsburg, Homage to Blenholt, Low Company
Patricia Gaffney, Wyckerly Ser
Cindy Gerard, Northern Lights Brides Tril
Nancy Gideon, Midnight Vampire ser
Ivan Goncharov, A Common Story, Oblomov, The Precipice
Maxim Gorky's Autobiography (My Childhood, In the World, My Universities)
Heather Graham, Civil War tril (One Wore Blue, And One Wore Gray, And One
Rode West), MacAuliffe ser (Golden Surrender, Viking's Woman, Lord of the
Wolves)
Barbara Hambly, the Darwath Tril (Time of the Dark, The Walls of Air, The
Armies of Daylight)
Sue Harrison, Ivory Carver tril
Holly Harte, Texas Healing Women Tril
L. P. Hartley, Eustace and Hilda (The Shrimp and the Anemone, Hilda's
Letter, Eustace and Hilda)
Ethel Herr, Seekers ser
Deborah Hill, Merrick Family Tril
Kay Hooper, Shadows Tril
Angela Elwell Hunt, Legacies of the Ancient Riber, The Heirs of Cahira
O'Connor, The Theyn Chronicles
David Ignatius, Siro, Agents of Innocence, The Bank of Fear
John Jakes, Civil War Trilogy
Erica Jong, Isadora Wing ser
Jeanne Kalogridis, The Diaries of the Family Dracul
April Kihlstrom, Wescott ser
Jane Kirkpatrick, The Dream Catchers ser
Jayne Ann Krentz, Legends & Ladies
Mercedes Lackey, Diana Tregarde Investigations (Children of the Night,
Burning Water, Jinx High); the Valdemar Chronicles, which come in a series
of trilogies; the Elvish chronicles (#1, A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows,
Summoned to Tourney, Chrome Circle; #2, Born to Run, Wheels of Fire, When
the Bough Breaks)
Selma Lagerlof, The Ring of the Lowenskolds
LaMotte-Fouque, The Hero of the North (pl)
Halldor Laxness, The Bell of Iceland
Linda Francis Lee, Saga of the Hawthorne Men
Beverly Lewis, The Heritage of Lancaster County
R. A. MacAvoy, Trio for Lute tril
Anne McCaffrey, Decision at Doona, Crisis on Doona, & Treaty at Doona (last
two w/Jody-Lynn Nye); first Pern tril (Dragonflight, Dragonquest, The White
Dragon), Harperhall ser, Catteni (Planet Botany) ser, Killashandra ser,
Pegasus ser (To Ride Pegasus, Pegasus in Flight, Pegasus in Orbit) and the
interlinked Rowan tril (The Rowan, Damia, Damia's Children), Planet Pirates
ser (w/Ball & Moon), Pataybee Planet ser (w/Elizabeth Ann Scarborough)
May McGoldrick, Highland Treasure Tril
Tom McNamara, Henry Lunt Seafaring Novels (Henry Lunt and the Ranger, Henry
Lunt and the Spymaster, Henry Lunt at Flambrough Head)
Debbie Macomber, Manning Brothers ser, From This Day Forward ser, Legendary
Lovers ser, Orchard Valley Tril
Henrich Mann, Kaiserrich tril (The Poor, The Patrioteer, The Chief)
Kenneth Maynard, Matthew Lamb ser (Lieutenant Lamb, First Lieutenant, Lamb
in Command)
Ellis K. Meacham, Percival Mereweather ser (On the Company's Service, For
King and Company, The East Indiaman)
Margaret Mead, From the South Seas (Coming of Age in Samoa, Growing Up in
New Guinea, Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies)
H. L. Mencken, The Days of Mr. Mencken
Dmitri Merejkowski, Christ and Antichrist (Julian the Apostate, The Romance
of Leonardo daVinci, Peter and Alexis)
Fern Michaels, Las Vegas tril
Maryann Minatra, Alcott Legacy
L. M. Montgomery, Emily ser
William Vaughn Moody, The Masque of Judgment, The Fire-Bringer, The Death of
Eve (though the last is a fragment) (pl)
Alan & Gilbert [or vv] Morris, Katy Steele Adventures, American Odyssey ser,
The Wakefield Dynasty
Alan Morris & Aaron McCarver,, The Spirit of Appalachia
Maisie Mosco, Sandberg Family Saga
Ralph H. Mottram, Spanish Farm Trilogy
Martin Anderson Nexo, Ditte
Charles Nordhoff, Sr., Nine Years a Sailor (Man-of-War Life, The Merchant
Vessel, Whaling and Fishing)
Joyce Carol Oates, A Garden of Earthly Delights, Expensive People, them!
Oliver Onions, Whom God Hath Sundered
Catherine Palmer, A Town Called Hope
Vernon L. Parrington, Main Currents in American Thought (lit crit)
Jane Peart, American Quilt ser
Judith Pella, Lone Star Legacy, Ribbons of Steel
Sharon Kay Penman, Middle Ages Tril (Here Be Dragons, Falls the Shadow, The
Reckoning)
Michael Phillips & Judith Pella, Stonewycke Legacy
Joan Elliott Pickart, Family Men, The Baby Bet
Katherine Anne Porter, The Collected Stories (3v. in 1)
Jaclyn Reding, Restoration Roques Tril
Fritz Reuter, Old Stories (In the Time of the French Conquest, In the Time
of My Incarceration, In the Time of My Apprenticeship)
Henry Handel Richardson, The Fortunes of Richard Mahony
Conrad Richter, The Awakening Land
Anne Rice, Mayfair Women ser (The Witching Hour, Lasher, Taltos)
Francine Rivers, Mark of the Lion ser
Nora Roberts, Irish Sisters Tril, Dream Tril, Stars of Mirtha, Ardmore ser,
Stormswept ser/Brothers of Chesapeake Bay
Edwin Arlington Robinson, Merlin, Lancelot, Tristram (p)
Evelyn Rogers, Chadwick Sisters ser
Jules Romains, the Psyche or Body's Rapture tril
A. N. Roquelaire, Sleeping Beauty Novels (The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty,
Beauty's Punishment, Beauty's Release)
Ray Rosenbaum, Ross Colyer ser (Falcons, Hawks, Condors)
Sharon Sala, Gambler's Daughter tril, Justice Way ser
Carl Sandburg, Abraham Lincoln
Siegfried Sassoon, The Memoirs of George Sherston
Schiller, Wallenstein
Valerie Sherwood, Tales of the Silver Wench
Henryk Sienkiewicz, With Fire and Sword, The Deluge, Pan Miuchael
William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan, Mellichampe, & another
Harold Sinclair, Everton tril
Wilbur Smith, The Courtneys (When the Lion Feeds, The Sound of Thunder, A
Sparrow Falls)
Howard Spring, a biographical tril incl. Heaven Lies About Us
Hilda Stahl, White Pine Chronicles
T. S. Stribling, Vaidan Tril
Marlene Suson, Midnight Tril
Algernon Charles Swinburne, Chastelard, Bothwell, Mary Stuart (pl)
Booth Tarkington, Growth
Bodie Thoene, Galway Chronicles
Jodie Thomas, Texas Brothers Tril
Flora Thompson, Lark Rise to Candleford
Aleksei K. Tolstoy, pl tril (The Death of Ivan the Terrible, Czar Fyodor
Ivanovich, Czar Boris)
Aleksei N. Tolstoy, The Road to Calvary (n)
Leo Tolstoy, Childhood, Boyhood, Youth
Sigrid Undset, Kristin Lavransdatter
Patricia Nell Warren, Front Runner ser
Frank Waters, #1 (The Wild Earth's Nobility, Below Grass Roots, The Dust
Within the Rock), #2 (People of the Valley, The Man Who Killed the Deer, &
another)
Evelyn Waugh, Sword of Honour
Marian Wells, Starlight Tril
Arnold Wesker, Wesker Tril (pl)
Edmund White, Autobiographical Tril (A Boy's Own Story, The Beautiful Room
is Empty, The Farewell Symphony) (novels in spite of the name)
Lori Wick, Rocky Mountain Memories
Sophus Keith Winther, Take All to Nebraska, Mortgage Your Heart, This
Passion Never Dies
Joan Wolf, Prehistoric ser (Daughter of the Red Deer, The Horsemasters, The
Reindeer Hunters)
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Atta Olivia Clemens ser (A Flame in Byzantium,
Crusader's Torch, A Candle for D'Artagnan)
Emile Zola, Trilogy of the Three Cities, Trilogy of Transition

For the science-fiction and fantasy lovers in the class, all the Star Wars
novels and most of DragonLance and Forgotten Realms come in trilogies

Asimov's Foundation, by the way, comes to eight books altogether: the
original three (Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation), the
second trilogy (Foundation's Edge, Foundation and Earth, Forward the
Foundation), the prequel (Prelude to Foundation), and an associated volume
(Robots and Empire)


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FROM: <[removed]@bramlib.on.ca>
REC'D: 2/8/01, 4:50 PM

"Pace," Dennis, and many thanks to you all. I've been working madly on your
suggestions (and wonderful corrections--thanks for saving my face!) and now
I'm taking my flu home to bed. I hope to get my list out to you next week.

Have a good weekend, and I hope you're not snowed in, wherever you are!

Maureen


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Never apologize for your reading tastes.

Maureen O'Connor
Brampton Public Library
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The opinions expressed above are mine alone.

FROM: "Maureen OConnor" <[removed]@bramlib.on.ca>
REC'D: 4/24/01, 2:12 PM

I owe a huge vote of thanks to you all for all the help you gave me for
my "trilogies" question. I will try to cut and paste it onto another
email to follow this one. (That way you won't have my thanks as a
header for your list, if you want to put it into a binder!)

I also would like to thank Brad Scott and Dusty Gres for their help on
the Dr. Goat question.

I've been giving RA workshops for the last few weeks to the staff in our
library system, and have been praising this listserv to the skies!

Many thanks, once again.

Maureen

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Brampton Public Library
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FROM: "Maureen OConnor" <[removed]@bramlib.on.ca>
REC'D: 4/24/01, 2:55 PM

TRILOGIES (N.B. The author's name is followed by the name of the
trilogy)


Banks, Lynne Reid Jane Graham

The L-shaped Room (1960)
The Backward Shadow (1970)
Two is Lonely (1974)

Bantock, Nick Griffin Moss & Sabine Stroheim

Griffin and Sabine (1991)
Sabine's Notebook (1992)
Golden Mean (1993)

Barker, Pat Doctor William Rivers

Regeneration (1991)
Eye in the Door (1993)
Ghost road (1994)

Beach , Edward Rich Richardson

Run Silent, Run Deep (1955)
Dust on the Sea (1972)
Cold is the Sea (1978)

Bradley, Marion Zimmer Avalon

Lady of Avalon (1997)
Mists of Avalon (1982)
Forests of Avalon (1997)

Bradshaw, Gillian Arthur and Gawain

Hawk of May (1980)
Kingdom of Summer (1981)
In Winter's Shadow (1982)

Buck, Pearl Wang Family

The Good Earth (1931)
Sons (1932)
A House Divided (1935)

Burgess, Anthony Malayan Trilogy

Time for a Tiger (1956)
Enemy in the Blanket (1958)
Beds in the East (1959)

Cary, Joyce Art

Herself Surprised (1941)
To Be Pilgrim (1942)
The Horse's Mouth (1944)

Chester Nimmo

Except the Lord (1953)
Prisoner of Grace (1952)
Not Honour More (1955)


Davies, Robertson Salterton

Tempest-tost (1952)
Leaven of Malice (1954)
Mixture of Frailties (1958)

Deptford
Fifth Business (1970)
The Manticore (1972)
World of Wonders (1976)

Francis Cornish
Rebel Angels (1981)
What's Bred in the Bone (1985)
The Lyre of Orpheus (1988)

Deighton, Len Game, Set and Match

Berlin Game (1983)
Mexico Set (1984)
London Match (1985)

Hook, Line and Sinker

Spy Hook (1988)
Spy Line (1989)
Spy Sinker (1990)

Doig, Ivan McCaskill Family

English Creek (1984)
Dancing at the Rascal Fair (1987)
Ride with me, Mariah Montana (1990)

Dos Passos, John U.S.A.

Forty-second Parallel (1930)
Nineteen hundred and nineteen (1932)
Big Money (1936)

Doyle, Roddy Barrytown

The Commitments (1988)
Snapper (1990)
The Van (1991)

Dreiser, Theodore Frank Cowperwood

Financier (1912) (rev. 1927)
Titan (1914)
Stoic (1948)

Eddings, David Elenium

Diamond Throne (1989)
Ruby Knight (1990)
Sapphire Rose (1991)

Tamuli

Domes of Fire (1993)
Shining Ones (1993)
Hidden City (1994)


Farrell, James T. Studs Lonigan

Young Lonigan (1932)
Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan (1934)
Judgement Day (1935)

Giles, Janice Holt Piney Ridge

Enduring Hills (1950)
Miss Willie (1951)
Tara's Healing (1951)

Golding, William Sea Trilogy

Rites of Passage (1980)
Close Quarters (1987)
Fire Down Below (1989)

Gorky, Maxim Childhood to University

My Childhood (1913)
My Apprenticeship (1915)
My University Days (1923)

Hanff, Helene An American in London (NF)

Eight-four Charing Cross Road (1970)
The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street (1973)
Q's Legacy (1985)

Harrison, Sue Mother Earth

Mother Earth, Father Sky (1990)
My Sister the Moon (1992)
Brother Wind (1994)

Hartley, L. P. Eustace and Hilda Cherrington

The Shrimp and the Anemone (1944)
Sixth Heaven (1946)
Eustace and Hilda (1947)

Kay, Guy Gavriel Fionavar Tapestry

Summer Tree (1984)
Wandering Fire (1986)
Darkest Road (1986)

Lewis, C. S. Space Trilogy

Out of the Silent Planet (1938)
Perelandra (1943)
That Hideous Strength (1945)

McCarthy, Cormac Border Trilogy

All the Pretty Horses (1993)
Crossing (1994)
Cities of the Plain (1998)

McMurtry, Larry Thalia

The Last Picture Show (1966)
Texasville (1987)
Duane's Depressed (1999)

Montgomery, L. M. Emily Starr

Emily of New Moon (1923)
Emily Climbs (1925)
Emily's Quest (1927)

Nordhoff, Charles Bounty

Mutiny on the Bounty (1932)
Men Against the Sea (1933)
Pitcairn's Island (1934)

Oates, Joyce Carol Jules and Maureen Wendall

Garden of Earthly Delights (1967)
Them (1969)
Wonderland (1971)

Bellefleur

Bellefleur (1980)
Bloodsmoor Romance (1982)
Mysteries of Winterthurn (1984)

O'Carroll, Brendan Browne Family

The Mammy (1994)
The Granny (1996)
The Chisellers (2000)


Peake, Mervin Titus Groan

Titus Groan (1946)
Gormenghast (1950)
Titus Alone (1959)

Pargeter, Edith Medieval Wales

Heaven Tree (1960)
Green Branch (1962)
Scarlet Seed (1963)

Penman, Sharon Kay Princes of Gwynedd

Here Be Dragons (1985)
Falls the Shadow (1988)
Reckoning (1991)

Price, Eugenia Georgia

Bright Captivity (1991)
Where Shadows Go (1993)
Beauty from Ashes (1995)

Pullman, Philip His Dark Materials

Northern Lights (1995)
Subtle Knife (1997)
The Amber Spyglass (2000)

Richter, Conrad American Pioneer

Trees (1940)
Fields (1946)
Town (1950)

Tarkington, Booth Growth

Magnificent Ambersons (1918)
Turmoil (1915)
Midlander (1923)

Tolkien, J. R. R. Lord of the Rings

Fellowship of the Ring (1954)
Two Towers (1954)
Return of the King (1955)

Tolstoi, Leo Nicholas Irtenyev

Childhood (1852)
Boyhood (1854)
Youth (1857)

White, Edmund Beautiful Room

Boy's Own Story (1982)
The Beautiful Room is Empty (1988)
Farewell Symphony (1997)

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