1st person POV question

[Paradox 99]

Currently reading "Gentlemen and Players" by Joanne Harris that uses this approach and it works extremely well. I don't see any reason why this can't work in SF too, Brian. I say go for it.

[Bedlam]

Has anybody here read Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell? Very clever book, if you can stick with it. The main story is comprised of 6 or 7 shorter stories, each one loosely but cleverly connected to the next. The writing style of each individual segment is extreme – Mitchell uses 1st person for one character, as if they were writing in their diary, then 3rd person for another. One character tells their tale as if speaking to a reporter while another story unfolds in a rather hard to follow pigeon English. Also, eventually, it becomes a Sci-Fi, though you may not think it in the first few chapters.

[Sapheron]

As a big example, Treasure Island by R L Stevenson was all in first person, and features many POV's throughout. Shows a story can be great when written like this at least.