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MathiasZaman comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, January 2015, chapter 103 - Less Wrong
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The following chapters together will be at least as long as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. There might be room for all sort of directions. Some stories work very well with endings that quickly escalate.
Not from Yudkowsky. He has said before that he wants to wrap up all the plot points in this story.
If he manages to fit everything in the last arc, then never mind 'quickly escalate' its going to be a literary singularity.
The final arc is 90,000 words. That's a fairly large book on its own; there's time enough, if he's even halfway terse.
I don't think you read as much epic fantasy as I do.
I've read Worm. Does that count?
However, getting your point across with fewer words is also a skill. 90,000 is enough to describe quite a lot of things happening.
EY for better or worse is generally quite verbose, although out of the whole of HPMOR the only part I felt was superfluous was Hermine vs the bullies.
It does, but my comment was intended as a joke.