Dragaera

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

Casey Rousseau casey at the-bat.net
Fri Feb 20 12:15:18 PST 2004

KG 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?

Without looking at my bookshelves, (which are chock full of 80's and
earlier fantasy)...

Peirs Anthony
Xanth (yeah, not very literary, but...)
Immortals (OK, maybe only 5 POV's but I think one or two books might
have had multiple POV)

Tolkein
Middle-Earth (i.e. taken as a collective whole.  Sure LotR, is one novel
in three parts, but there's a lot more than just LotR.)

Donaldson
Covenant chronicles 

McCaffrey
Pern.  Heck, Dragonriders and Dragonsingers had that many POV's in each.
It isn't until the tail end of The White Dragon that she reveals a true
SF component.

Bradley
Darkover.  A rambling series, not Doorstop volumes, but many POVs if
only because it's multigenerational.  Part SF, part fantasy.

As for Doorstoppers, how about Eddings' Belgariad/Mallorean.  A few
volumes post 1990.

And last, but certainly far from least, how about Zelazny's Amber!  (not
trilogies, and it's been a while since I read 'em so I may be
misremembering the POV count but ...)