Reading through Worm, an original novel posted in serial form over about two years, after Eliezer’s fervent recommendation in the HPMOR author’s notes. It’s a single novel of about 1,750,000 words. And it’s brilliant. It’s the story of a world with superheroes, with a teenage girl as the viewpoint character. Tropes reminiscent of Miracleman.
Reading through Worm, an original novel posted in serial form over about two years, after Eliezer’s fervent recommendation in the HPMOR author’s notes. It’s a single novel of about 1,750,000 words. And it’s brilliant. It’s the story of a world with superheroes, with a teenage girl as the viewpoint character. Tropes reminiscent of Miracleman.
Good, and so tense it’s a superstimulus hazard.
I wouldn’t normally put good books in the superstimulus hazard category, but when they’re that long, you can’t just take an evening and finish it.
I read it over a bit less than a week. I thought “this is taking a while, how long is it … oh, 10 really fat books or 25 normal-sized ones. OK.”
It’s a touch over half as long as The Wheel of Time.
But finished rather more quickly.