# \_Halting States\_

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_halting-states_/443478>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 1, 2008, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_halting-states_/443478 "2008-04-01T02:53:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_halting-states_/443478/1 "2008-04-01T02:53:25Z")

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Was going to ask about second person narratives but Google and Wiki disabused me of the uniqueness. Gol’ Darn It, I spend, ten percent of my life perusing the library’s shelves and ninety-nine percent of my life reading. Then I come across a unique and enjoyable novel only to realize it is not so unique.

But it is. Think I’ll read it again, soon.

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**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_halting-states_/443478/2 "2008-04-01T14:36:03Z")

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[QUOTE=Will Repair]  
Was going to ask about second person narratives but Google and Wiki disabused me of the uniqueness. Gol’ Darn It, I spend, ten percent of my life perusing the library’s shelves and ninety-nine percent of my life reading. Then I come across a unique and enjoyable novel only to realize it is not so unique.

But it is. Think I’ll read it again, soon.  
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Hmmm. I don’t know how good the novel is in general, but I just looked at a couple pages on Amazon, and that’s an interesting narrative style. Second-person, you say?

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**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_halting-states_/443478/3 "2008-04-01T14:53:38Z")

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[QUOTE=Rocketeer]  
Second-person, you say?  
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Exactly, you say.