supergee | (Reply)

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I don't think I've ever read a tapestry novel, and I'm not sure I ever want to. I'd also never heard the term.

What I expected this term to refer to was what the article calls a braid novel, particularly the kind I've seen a lot of in the last 20 years of SF - a huge cast of characters, most/many of whom recur, with the viewpoint flitting among them, generally in 3rd person. If it's a braid, it's a braid created by a small child's first attempts at braiding hair - loose ends bursting out in all directions, along with lots of broken strands. (As you can guess, I don't like this style.)

Fortunately there's room for everyone's preferences, somewhere out there.