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## [D] What are the top online rational fictions?
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* Author: u/theflametest *
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* URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/rational/comments/3jsluv/d_what_are_the_top_online_rational_fictions/
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* Score: 17
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* Created: 2015-09-05T22:23:03
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### Post:
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Hi, new to this subreddit, I came from /r/novelupdates where we mainly discuss Japanese/Chinese/Korean translated novels and the occasional original English novel written in the style, from there I found Worm and Mother of Learning, I found that the writer of mother of learning post in this subreddit, so I'm interested if I can find more in that style, so I would like to see a discussion of which webnovels are the best
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### Comments:
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> **u/Escapement** [+23] *Ankh-Morpork City Watch* (19 minutes later)
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> More than half of the stuff we discuss here is fanfiction.
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> You can always look at the [top by all time](https://www.reddit.com/r/rational/top/) sort as a good place to see the sort of things we tend to upvote.
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> I personally really like the stuff by /u/alexanderwales especially [The Metropolitan Man](https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10360716/1/The-Metropolitan-Man) (superman) and his ongoing work with the Shadows of the Limelight which he has a [subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/ShadowsOfTheLimelight/) for.
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> Scott Alexander's fiction, [on his blog](http://slatestarcodex.com/tag/fiction/), is almost all really weird but really really good, and also short/self contained.
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> There tends to be a lot of Harry Potter fanfiction, because one of the works that inspired the creation of the subreddit in the first place - Eliezer Yudkowsky's [Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality](http://hpmor.com/). HPMoR tends to be extremely polarizing (people either love it or hate it, almost never feel ambivalent) so it's worth a shot. If you liked the HPMoR idea of a genius going to Hogwarts but felt that HPMoR was too mean-spirited and Harry in it was unlikeable, I'd recommend out [Potter Who and the Wossname's Thingummy](https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8484470/1/Potter-Who-and-the-Wossname-s-Thingummy). The single funniest thing that's been posted to the subreddit so far is ["Seventh Horcrux"](https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10677106/1/Seventh-Horcrux) by EmeraldAshes.
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>> **u/Roxolan** [+9] *Head of antimemetiWalmart senior assistant manager* (15 hours later)
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>> I recommend the ratings at [RationalReads](http://rationalreads.com/). "Top all-time" for small/new subreddits is not as useful, especially here where a single work can get a bunch of threads.
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>>> **u/alexanderwales** [+5] *Time flies like an arrow* (18 hours later)
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>>> Also, "top all-time" will naturally favor newer entries, given that the subreddit has grown over time.
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>> **u/blazinghand** [+6] *Chaos Undivided* (21 hours later)
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>> I'd like to note when I shared Seventh Horcrux, it was in an attempt to win some kind of argument about good vs rational I think. It's the kind of fanfiction I use as a counterexample when people say "wait, by rational fiction do you just mean good fiction?" because it's the best Harry Potter fanfiction, but also clearly irrational.
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>>> **u/Nevereatcars** [+2] *The Greatest Is Behind* (a day later)
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>>> > The best Harry Potter fanfiction
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>>> Clearly you need another read-through of Harry the Hufflepuff.
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>>>> **u/None** [+5] (a day later)
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>>>> [deleted]
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>>>>> **u/Nevereatcars** [+6] *The Greatest Is Behind* (a day later)
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>>>>>
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>>>>> The OG David Monroe.
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>> **u/Quietus42** [+10] (an hour later)
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>> >The single funniest thing that's been posted to the subreddit so far is ["Seventh Horcrux"](https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10677106/1/Seventh-Horcrux) by EmeraldAshes.
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>> Seconding everything by Alexanderwales (Metropolitan Man is outstanding) and Seventh Horcrux. I'm on my fourth reread and it's as funny as the first time I read it.
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>> Also, [Rational Reads](http://rationalreads.com/) is a great collection of rational works.
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>> **u/theflametest** [+2] (4 days later)
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>> I just rfinished HPMoR, it was pretty good, (good enough for me to take 4 days to go back on reddit) but I think I'll take a break from ff, thanks for the recommendations though.
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>>> **u/theflametest** [+2] (6 days later)
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>>> Ok, I lied and just read Metropolitan Man today, that was dark. Good read though, thanks.
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>> **u/Nevereatcars** [+1] *The Greatest Is Behind* (a day later)
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>> This Doc Who xover is sheer brilliance, and a blessing on your House and Name for the recommendation.
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>> **u/None** [+1] (a day later)
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>> Oh sod it. Now that I've gotten through *Shinji and Warhammer 40k* and *Consider Phlebas* is boring me, I'm gonna download *The Metropolitan Man* and add it to the queue with *The Shepherd's Crown*.
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>> **u/gabbalis** [+1] (3 days later)
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>> Holy shit. I just realized EmeraldAshes has other comedy fics beyond "Seventh Horcrux"
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>> Edit: Goal-Oriented is the only other good one though.
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>> **u/Anderkent** [+1] (3 days later)
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>> > Potter Who and the Wossname's Thingummy
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>> Oh my this thing definitely starts well!
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