trilogy

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Some people say that the decision to release StarCraft II as a trilogy is a sign of Activision flexing its muscle over Blizzard-to "milk" the StarCraft franchise.

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  1. noun A group of three dramatic or literary works related in subject or theme.

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  • In a world where a trilogy is the ultimate act of selling-out to the nebulous fantasy mainstream, and originality is often more important than handling material well, returning to something you've already undeniably covered once, and unarguably covered well, seems to be asking for trouble. —  EBSCOhost
  • It's actually a five book series that's called a trilogy, and if Adams hadn't died of a heart attack at age 49 in 2001 there would have likely been more books written. —  Original Signal - The best of Web 2.0
  • The choice of Branch was particularly apt, Gibson added, because his trilogy -- "Parting the Waters" (1988), "Pillar of Fire" (1998) and "At Canaan's Edge" (2006) -- highlighted efforts by "a coalition of different religious leaders to come together in the face of implacable hatred and stand up for their highest religious values." —  post-gazette.com - News
  • Reading this piece reminded me of the "Mimic" trilogy, a series of science fiction / horror films that began on the big screen in 1997 and was followed by two direct-to-DVD sequels. —  PopPolitics.com
  • For those not familiar with the "Mimic" trilogy, here's a summary of each film: —  PopPolitics.com
 

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  1. Greek trilogiā, series of three related tragedies : tri-, tri- + logos, word, saying; see -logy.

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  1. =F. trilogie, from Greek τρι-λογία, a series of three tragedies, from τρεῖς (τρι-), three, + λόγος, a tale, story, narrative, speech, from λέγειν, say, tell: see logos, and cf. -ology.
 

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