Summary: Steampunk biotech intrigue thriller Format: Web serial (aka a prose fiction series published for free online) Author: Wildbow, also famous for the superhero series Worm Related Works: Frankenstein, Sherlock Holmes, Ghost in the Shell
Reasons to read it:
The most inventive fictional biotech of all time.
‘What if Victor Frankenstein had as much impact as James Watt?’
Complicated relationships between 5 characters, each of whose brain has been upgraded in a different way.
Wait, the British Empire is doing what in this timeline?
The (many) superintelligent characters use strategies that are rarely seen in fiction yet often universally applicable. Fictional characters in other stories could really learn from Twig!
Lots of fun stagecoach heists, spycraft shenanigans, battles of wits, & mid-battle plot twists.
A unique mix of very abstract psychological plotlines & very grounded, tactile presentation.
Reasons to skip it:
The whole series sums to 5,000 pages. (HPMoR is 2,000.) Perhaps start with just the first arc.
Some of the monsters & exotic forms of torture are terrifically gruesome.
Twig—Fiction Review
Summary: Steampunk biotech intrigue thriller
Format: Web serial (aka a prose fiction series published for free online)
Author: Wildbow, also famous for the superhero series Worm
Related Works: Frankenstein, Sherlock Holmes, Ghost in the Shell
Reasons to read it:
The most inventive fictional biotech of all time.
‘What if Victor Frankenstein had as much impact as James Watt?’
Complicated relationships between 5 characters, each of whose brain has been upgraded in a different way.
Wait, the British Empire is doing what in this timeline?
The (many) superintelligent characters use strategies that are rarely seen in fiction yet often universally applicable. Fictional characters in other stories could really learn from Twig!
Lots of fun stagecoach heists, spycraft shenanigans, battles of wits, & mid-battle plot twists.
A unique mix of very abstract psychological plotlines & very grounded, tactile presentation.
Reasons to skip it:
The whole series sums to 5,000 pages. (HPMoR is 2,000.) Perhaps start with just the first arc.
Some of the monsters & exotic forms of torture are terrifically gruesome.
The main character is a jerk.
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