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ClinkerGynoid
Since: Dec, 2010
2012-05-12 06:17:20
William Goldman does this a lot in the novel of The Princess Bride("This was after taste too, but only just") And he wrote the novel as if he were remembering a book that was read to him as a kid, he said his own version was the "good parts" version.
Edited by ClinkerGynoid The way the world is, I think a silly evening in the theatre is a good thing, to take our minds off terror. -Tim Curry
thajaro1
Since: Dec, 1969

This was probably a novel, though it might have been a short story. All I remember is that the narrator tried to establish the setting chronologically through sentences in brackets like this: "They rode horses (this was after horses)." However, these events that the narrator referred to contradicted each other, like he would say that the story happened "after electricity" but "before Shakespeare." It reminded me a lot of Lemony Snicket's writing style. I think there may have been a fake review or editor's footnote that pointed out the absurdity of the setting.