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Worm (web serial)

Worm is a self-published web serial by John C. "Wildbow" McCrae and the first installment of the Parahumans series, known for subverting and playing with common tropes and themes of superhero fiction. It was McCrae's first novel. Worm features a bullied teenage girl, Taylor Hebert, who develops the superpower to control worms, insects, arachnids, and…

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Author
John "Wildbow" McCrae
Genre
Superhero fiction science fiction web serial
Publication date
2011–2013
Language
English
Media type
Digital
Pages
7,000 (1,680,000 words)

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Worm (web serial)

Nodes48
Edges47
Triples11
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.041667
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Worm (web serial)

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Author · 1
Worm (web serial) → John "Wildbow" McCrae
Genre · 1
Worm (web serial) → Superhero fiction science fiction web serial
Language · 1
Worm (web serial) → English
Media type · 1
Worm (web serial) → Digital
Pages · 1
Worm (web serial) → 7,000 (1,680,000 words)
Publication date · 1
Worm (web serial) → 2011–2013
Text · 1
Worm (web serial) → Worm at WordPress
Website · 1
Worm (web serial) → https://parahumans.wordpress.com/

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Worm (web serial)AuthorJohn "Wildbow" McCrae1.00infobox
Worm (web serial)GenreSuperhero fiction science fiction web serial1.00infobox
Worm (web serial)LanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Worm (web serial)Media typeDigital1.00infobox
Worm (web serial)Pages7,000 (1,680,000 words)1.00infobox
Worm (web serial)Publication date2011–20131.00infobox
Worm (web serial)TextWorm at WordPress1.00infobox
Worm (web serial)Websitehttps://parahumans.wordpress.com/1.00infobox
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Mark Twaininstance ofand compared to the work of authors0.80text
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