Re: Is use of literary person changing in indie SF?

On Wed, 27 Mar 2024 08:48:44 -0500, "Michael F. Stemper"
<michael.stemper@gmail.com> wrote:

On 26/03/2024 10.51, Paul S Person wrote:

On Mon, 25 Mar 2024 13:13:41 -0500, "Michael F. Stemper"
<michael.stemper@gmail.com> wrote:

On 25/03/2024 02.15, Jerry Brown wrote:

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I got the large format illustrated version of "Number of the Beast"
which helpfully (and often necessarily) had the current POV character
identified at the top of each page.

>
I just pulled my MMPB off the shelf, and saw that it does this on the
odd-numbered pages. Apparently, I was looking back to find out the title
of the chapter, although I can't think of why.

 
IIRC, I just gave up on it. Either that, or (for some reason) I had no
trouble knowing who it was.
 
Or, of course, I just didn't notice the switches between narrators.
This was not my favorite book. I liked the alternate version better.

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The alternative version being _The Pursuit of the Pankera_? Ted Nolan's
description of it in a different thread makes it sound worth looking into.

Indeed. The Kindle edition, IIRC, marked the /exact/ point at which
the two start to diverge so, if it seems overly familiar at first,
just keep reading.

As far as TNotB not being a favorite, my first reading of it put me
off of Heinlein for a decade. (Since then, it's become a comfort read,
but please don't tell anybody.)

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