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Series is usually thought of as books by a single author or
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group of authors. I don't see how this can be called a series, when it is defined by a publisher. That would be like calling all of the Penguin Classics a series.
I think that Moloch refers to: http://www.goodreads.com/help/show/23...so this does not seem a serie despite its name.
These books were not written in order to be part of this series but were gathered up for it after the fact; that's usually the easiest way to distinguish the two types of series. Series as used on GR are collections of books created to be part of that collection; publishers may call other things "series", but they don't fit the GR use.Someone should probably transfer this to a listopia list, and then the series object should be deleted.
Cait wrote: "These books were not written in order to be part of this series but were gathered up for it after the fact; that's usually the easiest way to distinguish the two types of series. Series as used on ..."
Amara wrote: "Cait wrote: "These books were not written in order to be part of this series but were gathered up for it after the fact; that's usually the easiest way to distinguish the two types of series. Serie..."Thank you very much for the help, Amara :-)
yeah, well I don't think THIS is a series, either. ;-)http://www.goodreads.com/series/79787...
I mean c'mon... two books that are already part of the Miss Marple series, and Rafiel is dead before Nemesis even begins???
(I know I could do it; I'm just looking for someone to share the blame.) ;-)
On a related note, do you think we could create a non-series series of all the Agatha Christie books that are NOT part of a series? (yeah, I'm a little bit nuts about stuff like this.) :-s
Thanks for reading.
Andy wrote: "yeah, well I don't think THIS is a series, either. ;-)"I agree. Deleted it.
Andy wrote: "On a related note, do you think we could create a non-series series of all the Agatha Christie books that are NOT part of a series? (yeah, I'm a little bit nuts about stuff like this.) :-s"
You could definitely create a Listopia for that, yes. (But not an actual series listing.)
Why is this a Listopia instead of a series? See here.And amazingly enough, it links right back here to this thread. :-D
If I understand correctly, a Listopia is a collection of stuff that's not necessarily related to anything for people to vote on. It wouldn't actually be tied to Agatha Christie, would it? You'd have to be looking for it to find it. (shrugs) To my way of thinking, that'd be kind of pointless. :-s
Andy wrote: "It wouldn't actually be tied to Agatha Christie, would it? You'd have to be looking for it to find it. (shrugs) To my way of thinking, that'd be kind of pointless."It would appear under the "Lists with This Book" section of each of the added books, but yes, it would be mostly stumbled upon by people specifically searching Listopia for Agatha Christie-related lists.
The two reasons I could think of arguing for it would be:
A) If it were locked, it would be a "challenge" list, which at least a few Agatha Christie fans or groups might enjoy.
B) It'd be convenient for anyone with specific interest in reading her non-series works.
But, like you said, *shrug*
Another series that doesn't seem such to mehttp://www.goodreads.com/series/74405...
Can someone check? Thanks
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Another series that doesn't seem such to mehttp://www.goodreads.com/series/86882...
Can someone check? Thanks
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Moloch wrote: "To be deleted (probably)http://www.goodreads.com/series/61267..."
I think a lot of those are legitimate - and the series is legit - but some of those books definitely don't belong there.
It looks like the legit ones are published by Sterling and are all 48 pages.
Maybe I can start separating the editions that don't belongEDIT: Seems like someone already removed the Pushkin work that led me to this series. Lobstergirl is probably right, I might get confused when I see different authors or I have a too strict concept of legitimate "series"
I got a bunch of them but not all.
I'd say its a collection of unrelated graphic novels, though I don't speak Spanish. Doesn't appear related by author, topic or publisher.
At least these are humanist lectures, not sure if the institute exists though?
Puzzlingly, The Other does not seem to be part of this series. The actual books were all written to be part of this series:http://www.iwm.at/index.php?option=co...
http://www.goodreads.com/series/91050...I don't believe this is a series just because the books were bundled together in a box set. They do not have any of the same characters or themes.
Can you check this one?http://www.goodreads.com/series/104083
Doesn't seem to apply to all the editions of all the books in it. Thanks
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Romance By You are print on demand books personalized with your own chosen character names and places: http://www.bookbyyou.com/romance. They could be a series if you wanted them to be, I suppose.
Is it?