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**AvatarForm**

Mannahnin wrote:AvatarForm, you are mistaken in your terminology. A single novel (particularly a long one) is often subdivided into several internal "books" which are never intended for separate publication or to stand alone in any way, but merely to indicate sections of the narrative. Tolkien wrote LotR as ONE novel, with seven books within it. The publishers required that it be split up and published as a trilogy. I don't think it's ever been published with the seven "books" being separated as standalone volumes. That would be crazy.

Yet, I own the 7, produced 1987. They are printed and covered as 7, not 3, and they stand alone together on my shelf.

**Ahtman**

Why does this feel like an argument over whether or not George Lucas wrote all the Star Wars movies at once?

**Mannahnin**

AvatarForm wrote:
Mannahnin wrote:AvatarForm, you are mistaken in your terminology. A single novel (particularly a long one) is often subdivided into several internal "books" which are never intended for separate publication or to stand alone in any way, but merely to indicate sections of the narrative. Tolkien wrote LotR as ONE novel, with seven books within it. The publishers required that it be split up and published as a trilogy. I don't think it's ever been published with the seven "books" being separated as standalone volumes. That would be crazy.

Yet, I own the 7, produced 1987. They are printed and covered as 7, not 3, and they stand alone together on my shelf.

1987; so 33 years after the original publication in three volumes.

Huh! Sounds kind of neat. First I've heard of it. But I'm sure they were produced and sold as a set, not separately. Do you have a pic, or a link to a site online which shows them? I'm not doubting; I've just never heard of it and am surprised anyone would print it like that.