Literature Glossary     A word usually used in relation to
narrators, omniscience means all-knowingness. If a narrator is
omniscient, he or she has the god-like ability to see and know
everything going on in the world of the novel, the lucky duck.
Omniscience is often a feature of third-person narration, which
makes sense, because it would be awfully hard for a first-person
narrator to read the minds of the characters around her.  Want
to see an omniscient narrator in all their awesome, knowledgey
glory? Meet the narrator of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. He
knows what's up.