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0 pointsOJFord21d ago0 comments

I haven't read it, but if it's written in the first person with the narrator referring to themself as 'YT', then it's at least consistent? If yours truly suddenly referred to my mother, or indeed if I referred to yours truly's mother, that would be more jarring I think?

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kridsdale121d ago· 2 in thread

That’s not what’s happening. Snow Crash has an omniscient 3rd person narrator.

A protagonist (but not THAT Protagonist!) is named Y.T. (street nickname for Yours Truly) and her mom doesn’t matter. She’s environmental set dressing.

OJFordOP21d ago

Called YT by someone other than herself?

dredmorbius21d ago

I'm not sure she's actually addressed as such by others in the story, but it's how the narrator addresses her. And IIRC how she introduces herself to the hero protagonist (Hiro Protagonist) on first meeting.

In a later work she's referenced as Miss Matheson.

semiquaver19d ago· 1 in thread

WTF, why chime in without any additional research if you haven’t read it in the first place?

No, it’s an omniscient third person narrator. Yeah, YT is probably the “true” viewpoint, esp if you take diamond age into account. “Chiseled spam” and all that.

OJFordOP18d ago

There seemed to be enough information to comment from a language perspective.

Third-person narration that refers to the narrator themself as 'yours truly' seems contradictory to me.

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