What are your favorite novels where the conceit of the novel is that you are reading a primary text--a letter, a diary, etc--IN the world of the novel itself
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Replying to @zunguzungu
every single thing i’ve read by Gene Wolfe. his work is overwhelmingly concerned with whether texts are credible, and what considerations and preferences of that texts author should be taken into account when reading any text. they’re all great!
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Replying to @jameskeithford
you know, I meant to try Gene Wolf, but then I got confused and bought a different writer. What would you suggest I start with?
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Replying to @zunguzungu
definitely "Book of the New Sun," which is a four-part series (basically a 1000-page narrative, split into four sections). the first half is usually collected as "Sword & Citadel." sorry it sounds like I'm recommending the dorkiest fantasy thing, it reads very different from that
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Replying to @jameskeithford @zunguzungu
… while still, also, being episodic adventures about medieval-type guy with a sword. but also it's about sin and faith and redemption and all the other good stuff. it takes a while to cohere but when it pays off it REALLY does. Jeet Heer compared him to Proust and wasn't kidding
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Book of the New Sun is definitely the masterpiece. But for a smaller book that showcases his gifts, The Fifth Head of Cerebus --which has that property of being a collection of texts in a world as well as a coherent novel.
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Seconded.
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