AI admits mistake!

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I was putting together a slide show on the topic of Omniscient POV to Zoom present for fellow and sister writers, but I could not find any examples from indie-pubbed authors. So, I requested Claude.ai to

“please give an example of third person omniscient pov in an indie published popular novel”

Claude gave me this:

Finding an example of third-person omniscient point of view in a popular indie-published novel is a bit challenging, as indie publishing tends to favor more intimate viewpoints like first-person or close third-person. However, I can provide an example from a relatively well-known indie-published novel that uses elements of third-person omniscient:

“The Martian Chronicles” by Hugh Howey

While Hugh Howey is best known for his “Wool” series, “The Martian Chronicles” (not to be confused with Ray Bradbury’s work of the same name) is a lesser-known indie-published novella that employs a third-person omniscient perspective.

Here’s a brief example of how Howey uses this viewpoint:

“The colonists went about their business, unaware of the danger lurking just beyond the dome. In the control room, Captain Anders monitored the atmospheric readouts, his brow furrowed with concern. Meanwhile, deep in the Martian soil, ancient microbes stirred…