are there any books or stories that make fun of the reader in

I kind of felt like Phillip K Dick was a master baiter.

>>9858260
Don Quixote makes fun of the reader.

>>9858260
seems like those would be books in the Sterne tradition, not sure really. There are experimental things but not so much that particular plan as far as i know. i was thinking of this as well when discussing Gass and DFW making pleb filter in the beginning of their books, it would be an interesting thing to do, to fuck with the reader directly.

>>9858260
also it was probably easier to do that in a certain era, i remember reading the third policeman recently and there's a
philosopher that's mentioned and discussed at length (which reminds me of a book called tomcat murr) and he's not real. it's not made apparent that the philosopher isn't real, so if you're reading in a specific time where you don't have the resources of say the internet, how the hell would you know the guy isn't real? seems like a little trick.

>>9858694
I don't think the author intends to trick the reader by writing like that, but rather that he wants the writing to feel real. If you're reader feels like you're talking about real people when writing fiction, you have probably succeeded.

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nah the book is quite honestly a surreal romp through hell that often becomes so absurd that it's humorous. there are footnotes constantly talking about the guy and people who have reviewed and critiqued his works. it's only believable for the first half of the book, then it becomes apparent that the guy may not be real at all and that the author has been fucking with you the entire time.

herovit's world. meta-as-fuck making fun of the writer, his friends, his fans, and his readers all at once.