As for a Fiction series I highly recommend Theives' World by... well a plethora of authors. Thieves' World is an anthology of Short Stories written by up and coming Fantasy writers in the 70's that all take place in the same world. Each author creates a character, and a storyline to that character, and each of that author's short stories is about that character. However, any author is allowed to use other author's characters provided that they do not kill off a character that is not their own. This leads to plenty of antics where authors will write other authors characters into horrible situations and leave their story off there, forcing the other author to write their way out of killing their character off. It is funny, inventive, and playful while also maintaining a continuous story about a town on the ass end of the Ranke empire.
As for a Fiction series I highly recommend Theives' World by... well a plethora of authors. Thieves' World is an anthology of Short Stories written by up and coming Fantasy writers in the 70's that all take place in the same world. Each author creates a character, and a storyline to that character, and each of that author's short stories is about that character. However, any author is allowed to use other author's characters provided that they do not kill off a character that is not their own. This leads to plenty of antics where authors will write other authors characters into horrible situations and leave their story off there, forcing the other author to write their way out of killing their character off. It is funny, inventive, and playful while also maintaining a continuous story about a town on the ass end of the Ranke empire.