Dragaera

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

Mark A Mandel mam at theworld.com
Fri Feb 20 10:47:29 PST 2004

On Thu, 19 Feb 2004, Jerry Friedman wrote:

#--- Gaertk at aol.com wrote:
#>
#> 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?
#
#_Lord of the Rings_ (Bilbo, Frodo, Sam, Merry, Pippin,
#Aragorn/Legolas/Gimli, and some frammed narrative by Gandalf,
#among others).  I think also _The Chronicles of Narnia_ and
#_Gormenghast_, but I'm not sure.

LotR is not a series; it is a single book that was published in three
physical volumes. (Here's the test: Can you pick up any book in the
set and read it as a whole?) I'm not sure about Gormenghast. The Narnia
Chronicles, definitely a series with multiple POVs.

#> (And I believe "trilogy" is the wrong word for what we're
#> talking about, but I can't remember the right one.)
#
#Three-volume novel?

LotR & such? "Three-decker" has often been used.

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