Talk:Now: Zero

A fact from Now: Zero appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 7 March 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the 1959 short story "Now: Zero", while sharing some concepts with the popular 2003 manga Death Note, has been described as one of J. G. Ballard's weakest works?

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Fourth wall?

I think the story ending twist invovle breaking the fourth wall, but I couldn't find any reliable source to confirm this? Saying this without a source would be WP:OR, I am afraid. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:39, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:29, 2 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the 1959 short story "Now: Zero", while sharing some concepts with the popular 2003 manga Death Note, has been described as one of J. G. Ballard's weakest works? Source: see ref 5 and 6, with quotations, for criticism, and reference 7 for the connection

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Stuck: How Vaccine Rumors Start and Why They Don't Go Away

Created by Piotrus (talk). Self-nominated at 09:20, 18 February 2021 (UTC).[reply]

- 5x expansion on February 17. No copyvio, refs check out (had to scam Google Book into showing me the "feeble" part of the quote)[1]), hook is interesting, QPQ completed. Good to go! - Floydian ^τ _¢ 21:40, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]