by:
Jacob, Merle L.
Apple, Hope

Publisher:
Oryx Press
Published:October 10, 2000
ISBN:157356155X
Format:Hardcover
Pages:488

Description: From Library Journal
Public librarians Jacob and Apple list 1,257 series of English-language adult fiction, excluding mysteries, "that tell a continuing story or are united by a regional, social, or philosophical theme." For each novel in a series, they provide author, series title (if any), title, bibliographical information, brief plot summary, genre, and subject headings. This guide is comparable in content, scope, and price to Sequels (ALA, 1990. 2d ed.), which includes mysteries. Despite the overlap, the two works complement each other; for example, Sequels gives fuller listings for Balzac and Zola but omits R.S. Surtees and was published before Marion Z. Bradley's "Black Trillium" trilogy appeared. Errors creep into the current work: Arnold Bennett's The Roll Call is omitted from his "Clayhanger" series; first American edition dates for Surtees's Handley Cross (1930) and Jorrock's Jaunts and Jollities (1928) and for William Beckford's Vathek (1786) are off by decades. Still, this work provides a wealth of information that is not easily found elsewhere. Highly recommended for public and academic libraries. [Jacob is the author of "Get It in Writing" (LJ 9/1/90), a guide to collection development.?Ed.]?Joseph Rosenblum, Greensboro, N.C.
-?Joseph Rosenblum, Greensboro, N.C.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Description:
Keeping track of prolific authors who write fiction series was quite challenging for even the most ardent fan until To Be Continued debuted in 1995. Now, readers will be happy that the soon-to-be-released second edition has added 1,600 new books and 400 new series. To Be Continued, Second Edition, maintains the first volume's successful formula that featured concise A-to-Z entries packed with useful information, including titles, publishers, publication dates, genre categories, annotations, and subject terms. Among the genre categories that can be found in To Be Continued are romance, science fiction, crime novel, horror, adventure, fantasy, humor, western, war, Christian fiction, and others.