>the author is the narrator >he's also a character

Breakfast of Champions was actually pretty good.

>>7736747
>smug reddit atheist liberal hack
>"""""good""""

>>7736749

>Muh immortal soul is too pure to stop existing

Knee-jerk elitist contrarian filth.

>>7736752
upvoted :^)

>>7736756
LOL ;)

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>tfw you realize the pale king means his brain

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>the protagonist gets a wrong number call for the author

>>7736743
10:04 was great

>>7736749
Cat's Cradle is his best.

>>7736760
Name one kino where this happens

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>>7736759
......oh

>>7736768
>“Hello?”
>“Who is this?”
>“Hello?”
>“I’m listening, who is this?”
>“Is this Paul Auster? I would like to speak
to Mr. Paul Auster.”
>“There’s no one here by that name.”

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>>7736756

Thank you for the upvote.

>>7736768
He's talking about The New York Trilogy.

>>7736826
Wtf ni gold ?

>>7736845

Maybe if you gave me a bonus (You) on the original comment. Thanks for another though kid.

its called metafiction

>>7737312
Thanks. I don't get this board sometimes

>>7736743
The Darren Shan Saga - Darren Shan

Mist by Unamuno.

In Search of Lost Time

ofc

>>7736749
Haha nice meme arrows

>>7737433
>this guy hasn't read any of the Darren Shan saga.

>>7736759
Did DFW actually smoke cigs??

>>7736749
Only autists dislike vonnegut

>>7738095

he dipped so he probably did occasionally

>>7738099
found the redditor. back to r/books with you.

>author is the narrator
>and basically the only character
>narrates his own death
>ends with "i have not regained consciousness since"

>>7738166
>you're Reddit
>no you're Reddit
>no you are

>>7738175
Name 15 books that do this

>>7738196

hey faggot, who do you think you are, king of the internet? gimme a break you fuckin dweeb

>>7738191
nope, anon is right, >>7738099 is a redditor.

>>7738229
ok bitch now give me 20 books that do it

>>7738246

tbhwu i only know Moscow Circles

>>7738236
name 10 redditors that do this

>>7738095
He did until he started to dip.

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>the author is the narrator
>he's also a character within the universe of the story

LEFT: When most authors do this.
RIGHT: When PKD does this.

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>Let's see... where do I begin

>>7739983
Man that's the worse

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>It is possible I already had some presentiment of my future.
>The locked and rusted gate that stood before us, with wisps of river fog threading its spikes like the mountain paths, remains in my mind now as the symbol of my exile.
>That is why I have begun this account of it with the aftermath of our swim, in which I, the torturer's apprentice Severian, had so nearly drowned.