BRAID

BRAID
   or BRAIDED
   Term used to designate a SHARED-WORLD anthology or book-length tale whose individual parts, written by different hands, are edited - generally by the proprietor/editor of the shared world - so that their beginnings and ends weave (or braid) into one another, and the whole tells a unified story. When done properly, braids can generate a chronicle-like sense in the reader - an effect attained also by successful FIXUPS, which can in this sense be defined as one-handed braids. It is probable that Robert Lynn ASPRIN created the first full-scale braid in sf or fantasy with his Thieves' World sequence from 1979. A further example of a braided anthology is the Merovingen Nights sequence created and presided over by C.J. CHERRYH.
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Science Fiction and Fantasy Encyclopedia. . 2011.

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