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1:40 AM

@Tsundoku thanks for the links! My novel is a personal narrative by an unreliable narrator so first-person present is perfect. A friend pointed out that "Hunger Games" is first-person present. Don't see how I missed that one. Other examples include "Odd Thomas" and "The True History of the Kelly Gang"

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b_jonas

8:54 AM

@Kevin I found more at home. Stanisław Lem, Wizja lokalna en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observation_on_the_Spot is in first person present too. The other Tichy stories are in first person too, but in past tense.

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Librarian

2:07 PM

Q: Should we make the criteria for book IDs stricter?

I think we could improve the quality of book ID requests if we required sufficient information to verify if the book does not exist - a contrapositive. We could close questions if we don't feel that there's enough of a boundary to know where to look. In case people agree, how do we implement a st...

discussion

Bookworm

2:38 PM

Q: What's the meaning of "Hassan milled about uncertainty on the periphery of my life"?

From The Kite Runner: Hassan milled about the periphery of my life after that. I made sure our paths crossed as little as possible, planned my day that way. Because when he was around, the oxygen seeped out of the room. My chest tightened and I couldn’t draw enough air; I’d stand there, gasping ...

meaning character-analysis the-kite-runner

Bookworm

3:28 PM

Q: Rhyme scheme in two of William Blake's poems

I have a question regarding rhymes in two English poems by William Blake. Here is the first poem: The Ecchoing Green The sun does arise, And make happy the skies. The merry bells ring To welcome the Spring. The sky-lark and thrush, The birds of the bush, Sing louder around, To the bells’ cheerful...