Great Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Who Never Wrote Sequels or Trilogies

[Swede]

Here are some of the greatest writers in the genre who never wrote sequels to their work. Note: This is by no means going to be an exhaustive list. Especially given how many Golden Age authors only wrote standalone books, we could be here all day if we tried to list every author who wrote nothing but standalones.

http://io9.com/5880602/great-science-fiction-and-fantasy-writers-who-never-wrote-sequels-or-trilogies

[phantom power]

1. I would add Greg Egan to that list

Greg Bear writes sequels, although his series seem to come twos, not trilogies.

Neal Stephenson wrote his Baroque trilogy, but aside from that his novels are all standalone.

I wonder how to categorize Iain M. Banks - his culture novels are pretty much stand-alone, but all set in the same universe.

[semillama]

3. I was wondering about Banks

I've not read his stuff before but it's highly recommended. So sounds like I don't have to start with his earliest work if I can't find it?

[eppur_se_muova]

6. No, you don't, but Player of Games and Consider Phlebas are both awesome reads.

His later works don't carry quite the same fire -- I'm thinking particularly of The Algebraist.

I ended up reading his books in more or less the order of publication, except that I read Phlebas first.

BTW, his earliest works were reprinted in QP not that long ago, so you should be able to find it. I never read books twice, but for Phlebas and Games I'd be willing to make exceptions.

[bemildred]

8. Early stuff is better.

He's become a bit routine and formulaic. I liked "Against A Dark Background" and "Excession" in particular. The others mentioned here are good too, "Player of Games" for example.

[mzteris]

2. Wow

What a great list!

[semillama]

4. Was Jules Verne on that list?

I'm fairly sure he didn't do sequels either.

[getting old in mke]

5. _The Mysterious Island_

was a sequel to _2000 Leagues Under the Sea_.

In an odder sequel, _An Antarctic Mystery_ (an obscure one) was a sequel to Edgar Allan Poe's _The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket_.

[eyl]

7. He also wrote

a sequel to "From the Earth to the moon"