Venkatesh Rao ☀️
@vgr
Can anyone think of a story with an unreliable-omniscient pov narration? Like say a trickster god pov who can see all events and thoughts but may be messing with you
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Shawn
@paperclypse
Oh yeah, Luda by Grant Morrison comes pretty close to this
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Shawn
@paperclypse
Peace by Gene Wolfe And probably also his New Sun books.
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Charlie Harrington
@whatrocks
Mycroft Canner in Terra Ignota series comes close
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Martial Artz
@mjbr
Googled, The Castle in the Forest is the memoir of a demon - Dieter, who was assigned by Satanic forces to influence young Adolph Hitler. https://absolutewrite.com/forums/index.php?threads/unreliable-omniscient-narrator.93093/#:~:text=A%20true%20unreliable%20narrator%20is,will%20question%20everything%20she%20reads.
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Bravo Johnson
@bravojohnson
American gods by Neil Gaiman is narrated by an omniscient trickster god, Odin.
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Stuart Culpepper
@stuartculpepper
Anything by Thomas Pynchon.
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