Any interests in books applying 'metafiction?'

[MROSS]

NEWS-STORY: Nine books incorporating meta-themes:


Just read all 550 pages of 'The Book of Form and Emptiness.'


Opinion on 'The Book of Form and Emptiness'

 

[Jumpinbare]

I have dabbled with this a bit in some of my stories

 

[TBRS1]

Have you read If Upon a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italio Calvino?

"The postmodernist narrative, in the form of a frame story, is about the reader trying to read a book called If on a winter's night a traveler. Each chapter is divided into two sections. The first section of each chapter is in second person, and describes the process the reader goes through to attempt to read the next chapter of the book they are reading. The second half is the first part of a new book that the reader ("you") finds. The second half is always about something different from the previous ones."
If on a winter's night a traveler - Wikipedia


Calvino is beyond awesome!

 

[AndyAmo]

Although listed as 'non-fiction' "Understanding Comics" explains comics by using the comic form itself. It breaks the fourth wall then leads the reader into micro stories / explanations that both illustrate and demonstrate what makes comics unique as an art form.

The reader experiences things like time shifts, location and viewpoint changes, action, identification while at the same time the book points out to the reader how the author and the reader are creating these sensations together, collaboratively.

I found it a dazzling read and had to pace myself as it gets very meta and thought provoking at times.
Understanding Comics - Wikipedia

 

[MROSS]

Kurt Vonnegut (most notably - 'Slaughterhouse Five') is notable for metafiction.

 

[TBRS1]

Kurt Vonnegut (most notably - 'Slaughterhouse Five') is notable for metafiction.

I love this book. Vonnegut was wonderful! Everything he wrote was great.

 

[Dagan]

It's more often that what was once only fiction is becoming meta (reality) as of late.

 

[MROSS]

Book-review of a 2025 book applying metafiction. Currently reading book - halfway through. Impressive.

Book Review - Death of an Author

 

[MROSS]

Stories applying meta-narrative techniques might be of interest with the Autism Spectrum (AS): Meta-narrative techniques serve as a means to reconcile fiction with truth.......challenges common with (AS). Such reconcilation can be beneficial with (AS) - in better understanding NTs.

Such reconcilliation sometimes resembles those uncommon meta-fictional works that encourage ample interest for an NT readership (meta-fictional works usually receive very little attention on acconut of being too intellectual in nature, and lacking common storylines).

With (AS), it's common to have much interest in factual content, yet, very little interest in storylines involving the dynamics of characters, situations, etc. Those uncommon metafictional works receiving ample interest amongst both NTs and (AS) seem to be those "sweet spots" where both AS, and NT readers can find common ground.

 

[MROSS]

Stories applying meta-narrative techniques might be of interest with the Autism Spectrum (AS): Meta-narrative techniques serve as a means to reconcile fiction with truth.......challenges common with (AS). Such reconcilation can be beneficial with (AS) - in better understanding NTs.

Such reconcilliation sometimes resembles those uncommon meta-fictional works that encourage ample interest for an NT readership (meta-fictional works usually receive very little attention on acconut of being too intellectual in nature, and lacking common storylines).

With (AS), it's common to have much interest in factual content, yet, very little interest in storylines involving the dynamics of characters, situations, etc. Those uncommon metafictional works receiving ample interest amongst both NTs and (AS) seem to be those "sweet spots" where both AS, and NT readers can find common ground.

ADDENUM: In a nutshell, readers with (AS) may view stories applying metafictional techniques as guidelines for navigating stories also applying common storyline structures.

Any similar experiences?