![]() ![]() Readers should be cautioned that Worm is fairly dark as fiction goes, and it gets far darker as the story progresses. Further interludes were released as bonus content when the audience reached specific donation goals, but these were found to distract from the core story (with a good reception, but still) and were paced out more in favor of additional main-story chapters. Interludes (side stories) are inserted between each story arc to showcase events from different perspectives or provide some background information that the reader wouldn’t get from Taylor’s point of view. The actual work is divided into a number of story arcs, each containing five to sixteen individual chapters. The story updated on Tuesdays and Saturdays, with bonus chapters appearing on the occasional Thursday, as explained below. It totals roughly 1,680,000 words roughly 26 typical novels in length (or 10-11 very thick novels). Worm started in June 2011, updating twice a week, and finished in late November, 2013. The story, titled Worm, takes the form of a web serial, posted in bite-sized reads in much the same way that authors such as Mark Twain would release their works one chapter at a time in the days before full-fledged novels. As she risks life and limb, Taylor faces the dilemma of having to do the wrong things for the right reasons. Her first attempt at taking down a supervillain sees her mistaken for one, thrusting her into the midst of the local ‘cape’ scene’s politics, unwritten rules, and ambiguous morals. Read if you like: Creative and creatively used superpowers, a deeply cynical view of power structures and structural violence, incredibly well drawn and believable characters, generous servings of body horror and ultraviolence, and a plot that can be summarized by the 'well, that escalated quickly’ gif repeated for ~1.7 million words.Īn introverted teenage girl with an unconventional superpower, Taylor goes out in costume to find escape from a deeply unhappy and frustrated civilian life. ![]() (also keep spoilers light in the comments please.I’m going to display some heroic restraint and not give a joke answer.īut basically it’s a gritty superhero(well, -villain) story that was released in serial form online and ended up being slightly shorter than all currently released Song of Ice and Fire books combined.Įlevator pitch: Bullied teenage girl gets extremely unphotogenic but incredibly exploitable power to control all bugs within a few blocks, on her first night out ends up accidentally saving a team of supervillains from their rival and convinces herself that it’s a good idea to join them ‘undercover’ to find out what she needs to turn them in. Pale is still being written, and from my perception more "beginner-friendly", but also absurdly long? Isn't it above 3 millions words now? It's probably a nicer read than Pact, but I don't know if I'll manage to keep being hooked throughout. ![]() Pact is the first one, and afaik the shortest of Wildbow's works (<1 million words ?), but I've read it's also one of the more depressing stories he's written ? Blake takes a heavy karmic debt at the beginning and suffers through most of the story trying to repay it, and has few allies and tools at his disposal. I quite liked it, especially the worldbuilding, the interesting powers and how the characters approached the mecanisms of the world. I've also read Word in its entirety 5 years ago, and started (and forgot to continue) Ward ~1 year ago, if that helps. Problem is, I'm not sure which one I would prefer.įor context, I've read the first few chapters of both books 2-3 years ago I think, and forgot most of it (1.1 to 1.4 at most I think), so I don't really know much about the Pactverse outside of some PactDice documents and small parts of the wiki. I think I've been looking for something to read, and I've been eyeing the Pactverse for a while now.
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