[Elan Morin Tedronai]

Well, everybody's speaking: Jordan's saga, Feist's saga, Shannara series?
But do you make the difference between saga and series? IMVHO saga is part of series. "Riftwar saga" is part from Midkemia series. "Heritage of Shannara" is saga and is part of Shannara Series, which includes all three sagas of Shannara. Other difference is that saga has essential ending, as for the series... I don't think so. That's are the differences I think.
Oh, and if you are wandering what is writing Robert Jordan, I think he's writing saga and Terry Goodkind is writing series.

[This message has been edited by Elan Morin Tedronai (edited May 19, 2002).]

[ChrisW]

Elan, sery isnt a word.

Saga: A series of novels about several generations or members of a family.

The Rift War books fit that definition. Actually all of Feists Midkemia books except the Krondor books fit that definition of saga.

Both Goodkind and Jordan are writing series. The differnece between them is that Goodkinds books can be read as individual novels as each book has it's own plot, where as Jordans books apart from the first 3 don't.
Goodkind has er 7? individual novels that can be put together to make a series. Jordan has ONE story that is so far cut into 9 pieces.

That prolly doesnt help you much but i felt like rambling http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/smile.gif.

[This message has been edited by Caldazar (edited May 17, 2002).]

[Mithfânion]

Elan, sery isnt a word

Neither is "prolly". Or "differnece"

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[ChrisW]

heh i was trying to be helpful http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/smile.gif. Oh and those are words, one just not spelt correctly and the other one me just being lazy.

Elan thought series was the plural of sery.

Now stop bugging me or i'll go post stuff in your Martin thread..oops to late http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/wink.gif.

[Cadfael]

... and lets not forget that Elan is not typing in his mother language... so we can excuse a few gaffs... but...

...okay... it is a learning process, and there is nothing wrong with helping him out if it is done with tact. http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

[Corwwyn]

Actually, a saga is simply a long, detailed account (or long, involved story - depending on which dictionary you scrutinize).

Thus, a saga can be one book, or it can be one or more series of books.

Then again, a series can contain one or more sagas too.

Clear as mud? ;P