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* [[Audiobook|Worm Auditory Book Project]]   
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Worm is an online web serial by Wildbow that ran from June 2011 to November 2013. It has roughly 1.75 million words. The story follows protagonist Taylor Hebert as she faces a world altered by the presence of superpowers, trying to do the right thing and find an escape from her unhappy civilian life.
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{{ '''John "Wildbow" McCrae''', is a self published [[Web_fiction#Web_serial|web serial]] that inverts common [[Trope (literature)|tropes]] of [[superhero fiction]]. It is one of the most popular web [[Serial (literature)|serials]] on the internet, with a readership in the hundreds of thousands.<ref name="Beacon-Villager">{{cite web|url=http://maynard.wickedlocal.com/article/20150702/NEWS/150709367|title=Adam Sherman of Maynard publishes web serial|first=Jesse|last=Collings|publisher=Wicked Local}}</ref><ref name="Litreactor"/><ref name="Creative Writing Guild">{{cite web|url=http://creativewritingguild.com/sl/interview/worm-author-john-mccrae/|title=Interview with Worm Author John McCrae - Creative Writing Guild|date=2 December 2015|publisher=}}</ref><ref name="The Star">{{cite web|url=http://www.thestar.com.my/opinion/online-exclusive/reading-revolution/2014/02/20/discipline-and-determiniation/|title=Discipline and determination pay off for webserial writer|date=20 February 2014|publisher=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]}}</ref> It was McCrae's first novel.<ref name="T4anky"/>
 
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''Worm'', by '''John "Wildbow" McCrae''', is a self published [[Web_fiction#Web_serial|web serial]] that inverts common [[Trope (literature)|tropes]] of [[superhero fiction]]. It is one of the most popular web [[Serial (literature)|serials]] on the internet, with a readership in the hundreds of thousands.<ref name="Beacon-Villager">{{cite web|url=http://maynard.wickedlocal.com/article/20150702/NEWS/150709367|title=Adam Sherman of Maynard publishes web serial|first=Jesse|last=Collings|publisher=Wicked Local}}</ref><ref name="Litreactor"/><ref name="Creative Writing Guild">{{cite web|url=http://creativewritingguild.com/sl/interview/worm-author-john-mccrae/|title=Interview with Worm Author John McCrae - Creative Writing Guild|date=2 December 2015|publisher=}}</ref><ref name="The Star">{{cite web|url=http://www.thestar.com.my/opinion/online-exclusive/reading-revolution/2014/02/20/discipline-and-determiniation/|title=Discipline and determination pay off for webserial writer|date=20 February 2014|publisher=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]}}</ref> It was McCrae's first novel.<ref name="T4anky"/>


''Worm'' features a bullied teenage girl, Taylor, who develops the super power to control [[Insect|Insects]].<ref name="Toolsandtoys"/><ref name="GS Williams"/> She deals with both [[super heroes]] and [[super villains]], and struggles to do the right thing even when there is no clear difference between right and wrong.<ref name="Creative Writing Guild"/>
''Worm'' features a bullied teenage girl, Taylor, who develops the super power to control [[Insect|Insects]].<ref name="Toolsandtoys"/><ref name="GS Williams"/> She deals with both [[super heroes]] and [[super villains]], and struggles to do the right thing even when there is no clear difference between right and wrong.<ref name="Creative Writing Guild"/>
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They manage to bully the entity into giving up caring about the fight. Without the motivation to dodge, they are able to wound it using the weakness Taylor discovered, then destroy it using the combination of a dozen super-science weapons.  
They manage to bully the entity into giving up caring about the fight. Without the motivation to dodge, they are able to wound it using the weakness Taylor discovered, then destroy it using the combination of a dozen super-science weapons.  


In the aftermath, Taylor is seemingly killed, too much of a threat to allowed to live. A series of epilogues reveal the fates of other characters. However, the final epilogue shows Taylor seemingly alive and de-powered.<!-- setting - <ref name="The Odyssey"/><ref name="GS Williams"/><ref name="T4anky"/> -->
In the aftermath, Taylor is seemingly killed, too much of a threat to allowed to live. A series of epilogues reveal the fates of other characters. However, the final epilogue shows Taylor seemingly alive and de-powered.<!-- setting - <ref name="The Odyssey"/><ref name="GS Williams"/><ref name="T4anky"/>  


==Themes==
==Themes==
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==References==
==References==
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== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
* Topped out at roughly 1.74 million words.
* Topped out at roughly 1.74 million words.
==References==
 
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Revision as of 06:26, December 11, 2016

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Created by John C. McCrea AKA Wildbow worked on for several years, can be found here.

The story is beloved by many[citation needed]

It topped out

History

First posted chapter on.... with the final chapter on...

received a flood new readers with the recommendation by elizer yudawsky

as of 2016 it is being edited and prepared for submission to publishing houses

Major Events

See more at the events category page or on the tab above.

See also

Trivia

  • Topped out at roughly 1.74 million words.

References

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