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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread a series of two books #185084 05/31/2009 9:13 AM Joined: May 2009 Posts: 1 Yeek stranger Yeek stranger Joined: May 2009 Posts: 1 Can anyone tell me what a series of two books (literary fiction) is called? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: a series of two books Yeek #185085 05/31/2009 10:52 AM Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 390 कहीं &... latishya enthusiast latishya enthusiast Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 390 कहीं &... i have seen both diptych and duology used for this but i am not competent enough in English to know if such use was correct or not. a look at their dictionary definitions tells me probably not. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: a series of two books latishya #185086 05/31/2009 11:24 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Dictionaries are not always on top of the changing use of words. If there are any substantial numbers of prescriptivists railing against such usages the usages are probably correct. You will find the occasional prescrip that goes out in search of typos and other simple errors and rants against them as though they were common solecisms which is why I add the "substantial numbers" caveat. Of the two choices that latishya gave I would think 'duology' would better serve the purpose. 'Diptych' would more likely bring up the image of a two part painting and then you'd have to waste time explaining that it was books you were referring to. With 'duology' you would only have to explain if it weren't books. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: a series of two books Faldage #185087 05/31/2009 3:49 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass link (see Related terms) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter If you follow the KISS principle.. tsuwm #185089 05/31/2009 7:51 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,089 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,089 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA ...wouldn't it work just call them a "book" and a "sequel" ? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: reboot et seqq. wofahulicodoc #185090 05/31/2009 8:58 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh "sequel" Some sequels are prequels, midquels, or otherwise ... (link). Folks like to smoodge language into leeking and drafty corners like caulking. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: reboot et seqq. zmjezhd #185095 05/31/2009 11:27 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Also, a sequel sort of implies that the plotline of the first story wraps up neatly, which is not always the case with the first book of a duology. Besides, it's easier to say 'duology' than it is to say 'book and sequel.' If you want something to pule and micturate about with 'duology' you could always use the fact that it's mixed Latin and Greek. Some folk seem to think that's a punishable offense. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: reboot et seqq. Faldage #185096 06/01/2009 1:40 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont how about biology? or perhaps this is the wrong thread for that.... :¬ ) formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: reboot et seqq. Buffalo Shrdlu #185106 06/01/2009 8:09 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada To quote some wonderful person: heh Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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