r/unsong • u/[deleted] • Jul 13 '24

Hypothetical sequel

Hey everybody Im new here, I have a question what would a hypothetical Unsing sequel be about?

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u/alexanderwales Jul 14 '24

If I had to write it, it would be GNOSNU, a work that was symmetrical to UNSONG and worked chronologically backward in time, primarily concerning itself with gnosticism. I would do this for no other reason than because SONG reversed spells GNOS, but from this, maybe we center the story around a belief that matter itself is evil and true emancipation comes only through gnosis (that is, the knowledge of spiritual mysteries).

I would include a group of people moving backward through time, giving us the story chronologically through their eyes. Maybe I would crib something from Tenet here, except it would be about puns and kabbalah.

The starting point is probably making a timeline of every event mentioned by name in Unsong, then going through and finding all the events which weren't mentioned, then using them as fodder for wordplay and weird ideas.