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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ctate" data-source="post: 1339987" data-attributes="member: 16459">Other notable SF series from pre-1980 that folks have missed, while we're cataloguing:Roger Zelazny's Amber books:  first series of five novels dated 1970-1978. Frank Herbert's Dune books:  1965, 1969, 1976, 1981, 1984, 1985 Jack Vance's "Dying Earth" stories and novels first appeared in 1950 (!), and were continued intermittently in the 60s through 80s.  As another example, his four Planet of Adventure novels were published in 1968-1970. And who could forget E. E. Smith, PhD, who brought us the Lensman series:  1934, 1937-8, 1939, 1941-2, 1947-8, 1950?There's a long, long history of SF being published in a succession of sequels, firmly rooted in the pulp-serial publishing days.  It's ironic that The Lord of the Rings has become the poster child for the trilogy format:  it is one novel, not three, and Tolkien vigorously objected to its being split into multiple volumes.  His publisher, Allen and Unwin, insisted and got their way.</blockquote>