At 21:00 -0500 19.2.2004, Gaertk at aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 2/19/2004 7:16:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, > Joshua Kronengold <mneme at io.com> writes: > > > Eh -- I think Hobb's just writing traditional SF/Fantasy > > trilogy, with recognizable beginnings and endings, and > > doing just fine with it. > > > > See Clayton's body of work, or numerous trilogies. > > I haven't read Clayton, and I'm having trouble finding > examples of fantasy trilogies outside of D&D tie-ins. Can > you cite a fantasy series with at least 6 POVs that was > published before 1990? I'm not sure about the "6 points of view" criterion -- does Hobb really have that many points of view (and are we talking about Farseer or the Liveship series or both?), but Katherine Kurtz's Deryni series started in the early 70s and is still going; it centers around four or five characters but does include scenes from the antagonists' points of view and numerous minor characters. Hers are trilogies, but grouped together kind of the way Hobb's are, each centered around a storyline but part of a longer arc. MZB's Darkover series? Haven't read enough of those to know about points-of-view, and I know some people dispute the SF-vs-F quality. Same with McCaffrey's Pern. I like Hobb's work a lot, but it doesn't strike me as anything far beyond a traditional fantasy series. Higher quality than many, but still traditional. (I haven't read Clayton, so can't comment on that, and only read the first Song of Ice and Fire book.) - Nancy.