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Movies and television shows can have ensemble casts; why not books? I've seen this in SF/fantasy books where the ensemble is the members of an adventuring party, the crew of a ship, etc; often the...
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2019-12-08T01:54:45Z (almost 5 years ago)
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Movies and television shows can have ensemble casts; why not books? I've seen this in SF/fantasy books where the ensemble is the members of an adventuring party, the crew of a ship, etc; often there are 3-6 core characters. The novel _1632_ (and successors) has many more important characters than I'm used to. There are a few core characters and one who may be the most important in the story, but I don't think of him as the lead character because he spends a lot of time off-stage. So it can work, though too many key characters can be hard to manage.
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2011-09-06T21:22:00Z (about 13 years ago)
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