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charlemango comments on Open thread, 23-29 June 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

3 Post author: David_Gerard 23 June 2014 07:21AM

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Comment author: charlemango 24 June 2014 09:01:27PM 1 point [-]

Are you saying the whole point of the book is to confuse readers?

Comment author: lmm 24 June 2014 10:46:44PM 1 point [-]

I was thinking that might be part of the experience the book was trying to induce, yes. Something along the lines of this.

Comment author: Ander 24 June 2014 10:06:10PM *  0 points [-]

The entire book is actually just the greatest troll in the history of literature!

The beginning section, Benjy, is a bunch of different narrative timelines spliced together and switched out of order. Wait until you get to the Quentin section. It gets even worse.

Comment author: sediment 29 June 2014 07:33:37PM 0 points [-]

I'm not sure, but my recollection is that the other parts aren't as hard as Benjy's bit. It's been a few years, though.