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Re:A lack of male protagonists is making it harder to get yo... by GeoAtreides on Sunday November 08, 2026 @10:14AM (#50413988)
hey you! yes you! listen, come here.

Interested in some good ol' reading slop? maybe with a side-dish of a nice community? you like comments, right? you like discussions about a fast hard hitting chapter?

boy do i have a forum for you: https://forums.spacebattles.com/forums/creative-writing.18/

more and better fiction than two RRs combined!*

*terms and conditions apply, knowledge of Worm and Worm-related media required

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Re:A lack of male protagonists is making it harder to get yo... by ryzvonusef on Sunday November 08, 2026 @10:51AM (#50414287)
I've heard of spacebattles forum, haven't delved into it because of the forum structure makes reading awkward, i prefer RR's presentation, not the best but atleast it's a damn website and not a forum lol.

as for worm... i read it a bit but dropped it because i arrived too late (iirc author had already moved to the third series when i heard of it) and the backlog was too daunting. That said, apparently there ia graphic novel coming up so might look into it.

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Re:A lack of male protagonists is making it harder to get yo... by GeoAtreides on Sunday November 08, 2026 @11:31AM (#50414676)
spacebattles has a reading mode: https://forums.spacebattles.com/library/stories/

It's never too late for Worm. There is no backlog, it's a self-contained story. I'd recommend reading it before the comics (not graphic novel).

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Re:A lack of male protagonists is making it harder to get yo... by ryzvonusef on Monday November 09, 2026 @08:24AM (#50425268)
Every website has it's one winning story, RR has 'Mother of Learning', I guess spacebattles forums has Worm.

Any other recommendations?

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