Dragaera

Robert Jordan (was: Seen the other night....)

Thu Feb 19 19:23:44 PST 2004

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.