# Unreliable narrator...but what about unreliable REALITY in fiction?

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**Created:** [May 30, 2007, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unreliable-narrator-but-what-about-unreliable-reality-in-fiction/406128 "2007-05-30T23:01:19Z")\
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What’s the distinction between unreliable narrator and unreliable reality, especially in situations where said narrator is unaware of the unreliability of their situation?  
(Giving examples might give away too much, but you know what I’m talking about.)

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