Like, it turns out that the narrator was a character this whole time, and they play a significant role in the back half of the story?
Anybody ever seen a story which starts where the near-omniscient third-person narrator unexpectedly show up as "I" halfway through?
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Slaughterhouse-Five is almost this, but establishes up front that the narrator is a minor character in the story. Here it would be a twist
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@qntm I did that once, though more towards the end than halfway:http://www.northofreality.com/tales/2015/10/28/a-reliable-narrator …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@qntm iirc, Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson. Not gonna say who, though, 'cuz spoilers.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@qntm Not "halfway" per se, but The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@qntm "Easy A" kind of has this quality.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@qntm@zarawesome I have, to great effect, but it’d be a spoiler. -
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