Because Trilogies Are Awesome

In recentish times I've talked about my top 10 standalone fantasy novels, why series novels should not pretend to be standalone fantasy novels, and the kind of standalone fantasy novel that's really a stealthy series.

There's one kind of fantasy novel I haven't discussed in any depth, and it's the fantasy format which is most iconic as well as the most vilified. It also, apparently, sells better than any other fantasy format.

I'm talking about the trilogy.

The trilogy gets a bad rap, mostly...