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Sounds fine to me. George R.R. Martin's been doing it for about five thousand pages so far. ETA: Martin makes the vast array of characters work by starting slow, with one family, and building outw...
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Sounds fine to me. [George R.R. Martin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire)'s been doing it for about five thousand pages so far. ETA: Martin makes the vast array of characters work by starting slow, with one family, and building outwards as the family splits apart and the members travel. Ned Stark goes from Winterfell to King's Landing, where we meet another family at the palace, which introduces us to the politics of the country. That's a springboard to other families, other castles, and more politics. He also helps the reader by keeping to one POV per chapter, and naming the character at the top of the chapter, so you know who and where the plot is focusing on. (As some characters shift their internal identities, the names change as well, which is a nice touch.) There's a huge character list with thumbnail descriptions at the end of each book, for those who have difficulty remembering who was doing what to whom six years ago when the last book was published, and several maps as well.
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2012-01-11T00:44:14Z (almost 13 years ago)
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