"I never lie," he lied.

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I was reading a discussion of The Thief, and one of the people said that what was cool about the book was that Gen treats us, the readers, like he does everyone in the story, and lies to us all (probably with a smirk, they said).

Although he leaves out a whole lot, I can't think of any times Gen actually tells any lies in his narration to the reader. We talked recently about whether it's possible to guess the surprise ending from the clues that are given and some people thought it is possible.

Did anyone guess the ending, or even know Gen was hiding something? Do you all think Gen lies to the reader? Any examples?

Writing Group

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I suggested this a few days ago on athanarel, where it met with a pretty good response, so I thought I'd try it here.

Would anyone be interested in taking part in a group for young writers, whether on LJ or Yahoo? What I have in mind is more of a feedback group than a critique group, where you can get an unbiased second look at your work from sympathetic writers who know what it's like to be dealing with school and work and family and scenes that have to be rewritten seven times, as well as a place to talk about writing in general.

And, if you're interested, would you prefer LJ or Yahoo?