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Examples for books that don't use (traditional) chapters? [closed]

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Closed by System‭ on Dec 12, 2013 at 09:46

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I'm a big fan of Terry Pratchett, and he doesn't use chapters (mostly). Are there any other authors who tend to not use traditional chapters or chapters at all in novels?

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Another is Alternatives to Sex. It has chapters, but they're not what you'd consider traditional chapters -- much shorter and they broken by the shape and pace of the narrative.

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David Gerrold has always shied away from numbering chapters; he just puts in a section break and keeps writing. Of particular note are his books When HARLIE Was One, The Man Who Folded Himself and The Flying Sorcerers, his collaboration with Larry Niven; all of these have no numbered or named chapters, just chunks of text.

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