• Clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    Worm: Parahumans is a “web serial”, a (not exactly a) book series that an amateur author wrote one chapter at a time over several years. The authors handle is Wildbow, and the link to the beginning is https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-1-gestation/1-01/

    It’s a story about teenagers with superpowers struggling against public perception, the expectations of adult heroes, and a shadowy organization (there’s always one, right?). It’s dark and extremely creative. Personally, I thought it got a little wobbly at the end, but I loved it until then.

    The biggest cultural impact the series had is its power classification system, which shows up all over online.