Comments on: Halting State http://heliologue.com/2009/11/17/halting-state/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:33:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ben http://heliologue.com/2009/11/17/halting-state/#comment-183601 Ben Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:46:26 +0000 http://heliologue.com/?p=4644#comment-183601 Second-person perspective is uncommon but not unheard of; and of course it's a convenient stylistic in a novel about inhabiting other personalities, though whether it was intentional I don't know. I generally find second-person writing to be presumptuous (is that the root of your distaste for it, too?), but it quickly felt natural in this book—to the extent that I had to think about your comment for a few seconds before I understood what you were talking about. Second-person perspective is uncommon but not unheard of; and of course it’s a convenient stylistic in a novel about inhabiting other personalities, though whether it was intentional I don’t know.

I generally find second-person writing to be presumptuous (is that the root of your distaste for it, too?), but it quickly felt natural in this book—to the extent that I had to think about your comment for a few seconds before I understood what you were talking about.

]]> By: Jeff http://heliologue.com/2009/11/17/halting-state/#comment-183596 Jeff Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:58:49 +0000 http://heliologue.com/?p=4644#comment-183596 No mention of him writing this from the second person perspective (I can't figure out the right way to phrase that)? If I'd actually opened the book before buying it, I would have noticed that and probably not bought it. That would have been a bad decision, but still. Maybe it's just that it makes sense in a story centered around an MMO or maybe my aversion is unjustified. No mention of him writing this from the second person perspective (I can’t figure out the right way to phrase that)? If I’d actually opened the book before buying it, I would have noticed that and probably not bought it. That would have been a bad decision, but still. Maybe it’s just that it makes sense in a story centered around an MMO or maybe my aversion is unjustified.

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