I consider the Kay books to be stand-alones because that's how they're marketed; they aren't sold as connected works in any way. At least not in Canada (where I think you also live). I don't know how they're marketed in the US or the UK, though; he's one of the only writers I can think of in genre who always has a separate Canadian edition and publisher for his works.
Ditto the de Lint books re: world. It's been a while since I've read his earlier books, but I didn't see the connection between HARP or WOLF or WREN (three of the high fantasies), and I don't remember the connection between MULENGRO and YARROW or MOONHEART (although SPIRITWALK is directly related to MOONHEART); I can't remember anything that connected SOMEPLACE TO BE FLYING, but that could be me. The Newford short story collections, I've exempted, and I suppose I can throw in ONION GIRL as well, as the character is based on those, but in essence, de Lint books sell as standalones, and are pretty much marketed that way.
Which is sort of the opposite of what I was saying when I said that you can argue that some books are standalone because they're loosely connected by world or place, rather than story or character, and I said that I was thinking of the way they were marketed, as opposed to their actual content <wry g>.
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Date: 2004-08-25 11:58 pm (UTC)I consider the Kay books to be stand-alones because that's how they're marketed; they aren't sold as connected works in any way. At least not in Canada (where I think you also live). I don't know how they're marketed in the US or the UK, though; he's one of the only writers I can think of in genre who always has a separate Canadian edition and publisher for his works.
Ditto the de Lint books re: world. It's been a while since I've read his earlier books, but I didn't see the connection between HARP or WOLF or WREN (three of the high fantasies), and I don't remember the connection between MULENGRO and YARROW or MOONHEART (although SPIRITWALK is directly related to MOONHEART); I can't remember anything that connected SOMEPLACE TO BE FLYING, but that could be me. The Newford short story collections, I've exempted, and I suppose I can throw in ONION GIRL as well, as the character is based on those, but in essence, de Lint books sell as standalones, and are pretty much marketed that way.
Which is sort of the opposite of what I was saying when I said that you can argue that some books are standalone because they're loosely connected by world or place, rather than story or character, and I said that I was thinking of the way they were marketed, as opposed to their actual content <wry g>.