Narrative Layers

There are multiple layers of narration in Poul Anderson's The Earth Book of Stormgate. 

In the opening story, the first person narrator, having remained in orbit, presents a third person account of the activities of the landing party on the surface of Ythri. Thus, she is not the viewpoint character. Next, immediately after the text of the story, Hloch names her as Maeve Downey, planetologist. This is an addition to the story as originally published.

In the second story, "The Problem of Pain," an unnamed first person narrator recounts his conversations with Peter Berg on the planet Lucifer. Berg begins to describe his earlier experiences on the planet Gray/Avalon. However, with the change of scene from Lucifer to Avalon, we read a third person account of Berg's experiences. The story returns us to the unnamed first person at the end. Then, after the end, the Earth Book returns us to Hloch who next introduces Jim Ching's first person account of his dealings with Adzel, then A. A. Craig's third person account of Nicholas van Rijn.

Rich, complicated and worthy of multiple rereadings.