# Quick question about Short Sun *The Urth list — 4 messages, 4 voices, 19 Oct 2011* > Exported from an unofficial mirror of a public mailing list. Copyright > in each message remains with the person who wrote it. > Email addresses are obscured as `user at host`, the form the original > archive published. This file was rebuilt from parsed fields rather than > retained headers, so it is faithful in content but not byte-exact. --- ### johnwwoolley at comcast.net *19 Oct 2011, 22:44* Is "The Book of the Short Sun" all one long novel, like "Long Sun" and "New Sun"? Or is it actually a three connected books, a trilogy proper? I'm getting on toward the end of "Long Sun", and I think I'm going to have some questions for y'all ... -- John Woolley --- ### Gerry Quinn *19 Oct 2011, 22:52 · in reply to johnwwoolley at comcast.net* > From: johnwwoolley at comcast.net > Is "The Book of the Short Sun" all one long novel, like "Long Sun" and > "New Sun"? Or is it actually a three connected books, a trilogy proper? One long novel. And you need to read at least Long Sun, and preferably New Sun as well, before it. - Gerry Quinn --- ### António Pedro Marques *19 Oct 2011, 22:56 · in reply to johnwwoolley at comcast.net* > johnwwoolley at comcast.net wrote: > Is "The Book of the Short Sun" all one long novel, like "Long Sun" and "New > Sun"? Mostly so. > Or is it actually a three connected books, a trilogy proper? The chronology and relationship between the volumes can be tricky for the unwary. > I'm getting on toward the end of "Long Sun", and I think I'm going to have > some questions for y'all ... If only we had the answers. --- ### James Wynn *21 Oct 2011, 10:25 · in reply to António Pedro Marques* > johnwwoolley at comcast.net wrote: > Is "The Book of the Short Sun" all one long novel, like "Long Sun" and > "New Sun"? Yes. In fact, the Long Sun/Short Sun are single novel. J. ---